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- 1. Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit
- 2. Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit Started 1998 Coalition of National Health Education Organizations SOPHE – Summit coordinator
- 3. SOPHE Overview Founded in 1950; relocated to Wash, DC – 1995 Mission - To provide leadership to the profession of health education 4000 Members – nationally & in 20 chapters 2 Peer-reviewed journals 2 National meetings 4 Cooperative agreements Policy/systems change
- 4. SOPHE Chapters SOPHE CHAPTERS
- 5. Annual Health Education Advocacy Summit Early Summit focus on leaders, professionals IOM Report: Who Will Keep Public Healthy? Annual attendance – 200 60% students, faculty Student scholarships Website – www.healtheducationadvocate.org Open to other sponsors Council of Accredited MPH Programs National REACH Coalition
- 6. 2010 Summit Priorities Increased Appropriations for CDC NCCDPHP Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) – coordinated school health Preventive Health & Health Services Block Grant Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act to include Health Education
- 7. Summit Objectives Develop new advocacy knowledge & skills to become effective policy advocates at federal/state/local levels Articulate federal policy priorities related to school/public health education Develop/enhance personal relationship with policymakers Identify new colleagues to strengthen future advocacy efforts
- 8. Summit Agenda Saturday Afternoon Intensive skill building – tracks for beginner to advanced (including dedicated faculty session) Sunday Climate of Congress Presentation/Discussion of Priority Health Issues Making Hill Visits – Presentations, Demonstrations Small group planning and practice Monday Capitol Hill Orientation (Life on the Hill) Hill Visits Online documentation of responses
- 12. Class Photo on Capitol Hill
- 13. Meeting with a Legislator/Legislative Aide
- 14. Experiential Learning Make own Hill appointments Assigned Homework Research Legislator(s) Committees, Priorities Legislator’s History to PH issues Local ph stories, experiences Onsite Role plays Small group planning Going on Hill visits Follow-up
- 15. Experiential Learning Make own Hill appointments Assigned Homework Research Legislator(s) Committees, Priorities Legislator’s History to PH issues Local ph stories, experiences Summit role plays Small group planning Going on Hill visits Follow-up Legislator Class presentations, newsltr articles Before During After
- 16. Other Post Summit Ideas Connect to student service initiatives Provide program letter for student portfolio Incorporate student “case studies” in future courses Organize campus/local summits Encourage ltr to editor, op-eds in campus/local paper Involve Summit graduates in presenting and/or mentoring other students at future Summits
- 17. Summit Student Testimonials “ I really enjoyed the experience that I had at the Advocacy Summit …it brought to reality what we had been studying in class; it made me change my concept that politics is something you cannot change.” “ The Summit helped teach me advocacy skills I am using now and will use throughout my future career.” “ Today, I feel comfortable and confident to speak out and push for change in my personal areas of interest .... I look forward to participating in next year's Advocacy Summit.”
- 18. What Faculty Can Do Publicize on campus, dept. Tie to policy courses and initiatives Have students and faculty share past experiences Seek internal/external funding Hold a preparatory meeting Discuss the process Discuss outcomes and learning Link to courses, student organizations
- 19. Resources for Teaching Policy and Advocacy Health Education Advocacy Website: www.healtheducationadvocate.org Research America: www.researchamerica.org Trust for America’s Health: www.healthyamericans.org Kaiser Family Foundation: www.kff.org The California Endowment: Advocacy toolkit, www.calendow.org APHA: www.apha.org/legislative/index
- 20. Long-Term Summit Impact CDC DASH appropriations increase Influence Congressional questions during testimony Support/recognition of opinion leaders Enhanced organizational training by summit sponsors Advocacy days on campuses/state chapters Summit graduates moving into politics Increased capacity to mobilize across profession
- 21. ROB SIMMONS, DRPH, CPH, MPH, CHES [email_address] ELAINE AULD, MPH, CHES [email_address] Thank you. For More Information