Approaches of Conducting Advocacy – PST06208 Pharmaceutical Public Health
NTA Level 6 • Semester 2 • PST06208 Approaches of Conducting Advocacy Pharmaceutical Public Health • Source Session/Topic 9 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 9: Approaches of Conducting Advocacy Total Session Time: 60 minutes Prerequisites • None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Explain approaches of conducting advocacy Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board, chalk and whiteboard markers • LCD Projector and computer SESSION OVERVIEW |Step |Time |Activity/ |Content | | | |Method | | |1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Task | |2 | |Presentation |Approaches of Conducting Advocacy | | |45 minutes |Small Group | | | | |Discussion | | |3 |05 minutes |Presentation |Key Points | |4 |05 minutes |Presentation |Evaluation | SESSION CONTENTS STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Task (5 minutes) READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify ASK students if they have any questions before continuing STEP 2: Approaches of Conducting Advocacy (45 minutes) |Activity: Small Group Discussion (15 minutes) | |DIVIDE students into small manageable groups | |ASK students to discuss on the following question | |What are the approaches of conducting advocacy? | | | |ALLOW students to discuss for 10 minutes | |ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below | • The following are approaches of conducting advocacy: o Media advocacy approach ▪ Providing attention of concerns to the community through media and the provision of “entertainment” to the audience hearing of those concerns. e.g. advertisement of violence against women, alcoholism etc ▪ Forms of media approach: • Paid advertisement • Press release a written speech for a particular issue, should be released to all media contact • Letters to the editors of newspapers and journals • Interviews with reporters • The staging of media events • Public service announcements o Courts advocacy approach ▪ Example providing attention to the drug company on raised adverse effects of their drugs to the community o By using Legislative and regulatory advocacy ▪ Regulatory and legislative advocacy are strategies that are often used by organizations or community population or community member seeking to have their voices heard o Coalitions advocacy approach ▪ “Coalitions are groups of community members, organizations, or both with a shared goal and some awareness that “united we stand, divided we fall” ▪ Organizations participating in the coalitions must have the structure or organizational capacity that will support such efforts, that is, the staff, volunteers, task forces, membership, and leadership, as well as a clear allocation of roles and responsibilities ▪ Technical assistance, such as consultation, training, and support for advocacy efforts, may be necessary to enable organizations to build and participate in coalitions STEP 3: Key Points (5 minutes) • There are several approaches of conducting advocacy such as media advocacy approach, courts advocacy approach, legislative and regulatory advocacy approach and coalitions advocacy approach • Each of these approaches differ in conducting advocacy STEP 4: Evaluation (5 minutes) • What are approaches of conducting advocacy? • What are forms of media approach? References Dhaka Ahsania Mission: Training Manual on Community Participation and Social Mobilization in Basic Education. Bangladesh: AGAMI Printing & Publishing Co. Kahssay, H.M. et al (1999). Community Health Development: Review of the Concept and Practice. Public Health no.5.Geneva: WHO MOH (1992). Primary Health Care Strategy. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Ministry of Health. MOH (2001). District Health Management Training. Module Two: Promoting Partnership in the District. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Ministry of Health. Pamela, J.G. (2001). Professional Advocacy: Widening the Scope of Accountability Nursing Philosophy. 2:151-162. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd. WHO (2002). Community Participation in Local Health and Sustainable Development WHO- AFRO (1991). Guidelines for the Selection of Community Health Activities. Geneva: WHO ← Previous TopicNext Topic →View all Pharmaceutical Public Health topicsOpen Complete Full Notes PDF / OFFLINE NOTES Unataka kutumiwa notes hizi kupitia WhatsApp?Kwa notes zilizopangiliwa vizuri kwa kusoma offline au PDF, bonyeza kitufe hapa chini. Ujumbe wenye Level, Semester, Module na Topic utaandaliwa moja kwa moja.TUMIWA NOTES WHATSAPP WhatsApp: 255620339260