JPHMP Direct April 15, 2024
Through an inclusive, rigorous, consensus-driven process, we can redefine our advocacy instructional model and better prepare public health students to engage in policy advocacy.
Do you remember playing “telephone” as a kid? Everyone sits in a circle and the first person whispers something to the next in line who whispers it to the next and so on. At the end of the game, the last person in line reveals what they were told. Typically, what they repeat has little resemblance to what was spoken or intended at the start.
In many ways, public health has been playing “telephone” with the concept of advocacy. In some schools and programs of public health, advocacy may be interpreted to mean lobbying. In others,...
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