Advocacy 101: Getting Started in Health Education Advocacy

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-288

  Galer Unti, Regina A ^a   Tappe, Marlene K ^a   Lachenmayr, Sue ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

advocacy; education; health; lobbying; policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; GUIDELINES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOBBYING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644247269     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903257697     Document Type: Article

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