Public Health Policy/Advocacy

Public Health Advocacy Process: The What
- Framing the problem - stories, pictures, metaphors, and data depicting the impact on people
- Creating the vision: What it would be like if the problem did not exist
- Describing the solutions - examples
- Requesting the action
- Confirming the response
- Follow-up

Public Health Advocacy Process: The Opportunity
- Researching opportunities - focus on the informal one
-Linking to policy's makers interests and schedule
- Orchestrating the moment
-Planning the next opportunity

Key: Forming a relationship between representative and constituent