Be the Change: Putting Health Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization into Practice in Public Health Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197570895 ISBN 13: 9780197570890

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Full of useful stories and advice, Be the Change is an affodable introductory resource on public health advocacy and policy that provides readers with the tools and inspiration to put advocacy into practice every day.

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About the Author

Keely Rees, PhD, MS, MCHES®, FESG, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health and Community Health Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and former President of National Eta Sigma Gamma. Dr. Rees was formerly an annual trustee for the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and has planned and participated in statewide advocacy experiences for students in Wisconsin and at the SOPHE Advocacy Summit for over eighteen years. Her research and teaching focuses on health policy and advocacy, grant seeking, and women's health and she has taught internationally with universities, researchers, and organizations to identify ways to better prepare public health educators in Ireland, Spain, and Costa Rica.

Jody Early, PhD, MS, MCHES®, is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Washington Bothell. Her teaching, scholarship, and public health praxis focus on the intersections between education, health, and human rights and applying community-based participatory approaches to co-design and evaluate tailored health education programs. Dr. Early serves as co-founder and co-director of the program Mental Health Matters of Washington (La Salud Importa) and is a principal investigator and co-author of the award-winning workplace training and video, Basta! Prevent Sexual Harassment in Agriculture. In addition to her scholarship and public service, Dr. Early is also passionate about teaching and mentoring emerging public health advocates and strengthening their capacity to change oppressive systems and eliminate barriers that impede health for all.

Cicily Hampton, PhD, MPA, is Professor of Practice in Applied Healthcare Research at the Virginia University of Lynchburg. There she teaches the next generation of public health researchers how to conduct research ethically in historically underserved populations. Dr. Hampton targets social determinants of health to eliminate health disparities using research. Dr. Hampton began her career advocating on behalf of patients enrolled in federal health programs as well as leading development and execution of advocacy strategies around delivery system and payment reform in what later became the Affordable Care Act. She has more than ten years of experience in health policy and advocacy on behalf of nonprofit organizations to advance progressive causes.

Angela Glover Blackwell is Founder in Residence at PolicyLink and Professor of Practice at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197570895
• ISBN 13: 9780197570890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Rees Keely, Early Jody, Hampton Cicily