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Chapter 26, Section 4. Ensuring Access for People with Disabilities - Main Section
... with disabilities? How do you engage in disability advocacy? Getting around in the physical world is ... the Internet, telephones, and many other communication media are oriented toward people who can hear, see and use their hands ...
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Chapter 31, Section 10. Conducting Research to Influence Policy - Main Section
... a tool for your organization or initiative to accomplish its advocacy goals. Sometimes, that research has to be very specific in order to ... continues to pay little attention to the issue. Only if the media manages to point out the commission's research results and capture the ...
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Chapter 24, Section 7. Developing and Increasing Access to Health and Community Services - Main Section
... a combination - you aren't likely to get it without vigorous advocacy. Advocacy for recognition and funding What follows is an ... You may be able to enlist business and industry leaders, the media, or others with the resources and clout to spread the message widely. ...
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Chapter 31, Section 1. How to Conduct Research: An Overview - Main Section
... Learn about the need for effective advocacy research, and gain skills in conducting such research, in order to be ... a hundred years. Many are now on microfilm or electronic media, and are often available through library information services or on the ...
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Chapter 6, Section 3. Preparing Press Releases - Main Section
... Learn how to prepare a press release to alert the local media and the community about your group's news and activities. ... cannot cover your release. (See Chapter 34, Media Advocacy, for more on establishing personal relationships with folks from the ...
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Chapter 2, Section 15. The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Take Action Cycle - Main Section
... public health, education, government, elected boards, advocacy, faith-based and/or not-for-profit organizations, foundations or other ... publishing and distributing fact sheets, via a web or social media site, and/or through the local media. Sharing your results will raise ...
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Chapter 5, Section 4. Social Action - Main Section
... power collectively because of their numbers, using the media, their votes, boycotts, and other types of social, political, and ... the extent of your constituency known. Persuading the media to cover events or to publish stories that highlight particular issues ...
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Chapter 31, Section 4. Studying the Opposition - Main Section
... What does it mean to study your opponents? Most advocacy campaigns meet with some opposition, and part of the planning process ... Sometimes the simple threat of going to the media will be enough to make your opponents back down. If not, you can use ...
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Chapter 1, Section 10. Using Internet-Based Tools to Promote Community Health and Development - Main Section
... or electronic versions of newspapers, journals, and other media may all make this kind of information available on the Internet, or at ... of colleagues or experts; or to organize and engage in advocacy. To use a website to get your message out, advertise your ...
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Chapter 4, Section 2. Communicating Information about Community Health and Development Issues - Main Section
... of the issue you are focused on, and to use the media . To mobilize support and generate action Once people have an ... , the media can be a powerful tool, specifically media advocacy . Media advocacy is the use of any form of media to help promote an ...