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  1. Patient advocacy

    Advocate and Patient Advocacy have a broad range of usage and may be applied to various subcategories ... be an individual or an organization. Patient Advocacy organizations are often non profit and focus ... engage in the Patient Advocacy function of clinical support, liaising with patient and provider. There are also ... for the patient s care. Patient Advocacy is a burgeoning field in the early stages of legislative definition ... of successful treatment. Generally, a Patient Advocacy contract with a Release of Medical Information ... advocates across the United States and Canada Houston Patient Advocacy ref http www.houstonpatientadvocacy.com Houston Patient Advocacy ref RN Patient Advocates ref http www.patientadvocates.com RN ... Patient Advocacy service to assist you when needed at The Karis Group ref http www.thekarisgroup.com Services Patient Advocacy index.html The Karis Group ref Guardian Nurses Healthcare Advocates ref ... Health Advocate ref Patient Advocacy Certification and Licensing As of early 2012, dozens of universities and organizations offer educational opportunities for those wishing to provide patient advocacy ... for the profession. Patient Advocacy Groups There are organizations, generally non profit, that focus ... Advocates and referred to as Health Advocacy organizations. In this form, the Patient Advocate .... Some health benefit or employee assistance plans include Patient Advocacy services offered by third party Patient Advocacy companies. Depending on the scope of services included, members or employees ... are employees of health care providers or insurers. Patient advocacy refers to advocacy at every level ... www.stopbreastcancer.org National Breast Cancer Coalition . ref Patient Advocacy Awards In 2011, the H. Kenneth Schueler Patient Advocacy Compass Award http schueleraward.com was established in honor of one of the first advocates to establish a private practice in patient advocacy. The award recognizes ... Long term health facilities that receive money from Medicaid. Patient Advocacy Within the Health Care ...   more details



  1. Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition

    Multiple issues orphan May 2008 primarysources May 2008 notability November 2010 The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition RIPAC is Rhode Island s non profit grassroots medical marijuana community. Patients, caregivers, doctors, nurses, health care providers, advocates, lawyers, organizations, and residents all make up a part of the coalition. Current members Current organizational members of the coalition include Rhode Island Medical Society , Rhode Island Academy for Family Physicians , Rhode Island State Nurses Association , United Nurses and Allied Professionals , AIDS Care Ocean State , AIDS Project Rhode Island , Community HIV AIDS Mobilization Project CHAMP , Rhode Island branch of the American Civil Liberties Union . Senior Agenda Coalition includes the Alliance for Retired Americans , Rhode Island Alzheimer s Association Alzheimer s Association Rhode Island Coalition for Consumer Justice Forum on Aging Gray Panthers Homefront Healthcare Hope Alzheimer s Center Meals on Wheels NRI Community Services Providence Teachers Retirees Chapter Rhodes to Independence Rhode Island Adult Day Centers Association Rhode Island Assisted Living Association Rhode Island Federal Retirees Senior Action in a Gay Environment Silver Haired Legislature, Rhode Island Westerly Adult Day Services Both of Rhode Island s chapters of the American Medical Student Association , at Brown University and at Brown University Medical School . Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapters at Brown University, Rhode Island College , and the University of Rhode Island URI . RIPAC is also endorsed by Providence, Rhode Island Providence Mayor David Cicilline , URI President Robert Carothers , Brown University AIDS Program Director Dr. Kenneth Mayer , and Dr. Jody Rich Professor of Medicine and Community Health at Brown Medical School and Attending Physician at The Miriam Hospital . External links http ripatients.org Official Website Category Medicinal use of cannabis organizations based in the United ...   more details



  1. Advocacy

    advocacy Health advocacy Health advocacy supports and promotes patient s health care rights as well ... March 2009 Advocacy is a political science political process by an individual or a large advocacy ... principles or simply to protect an asset of interest. Advocacy can include many activities that a person ... is a form of advocacy where a direct approach is made to legislators on an issue which plays a significant ... 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP Action accessdate 2010 03 02 archiveurl ... 2 April 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. ref name Advocacy 2.0 cite journal last Obar first Jonathan, et al title Advocacy 2.0 An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups in the United ... id 1956352 ref Forms of advocacy There are several forms of advocacy, which each represent a different ... justice advocacy. Although it is true, the initial definition does not encompass the notions of power .... For them, advocacy represents the series of actions taken and issues highlighted to change ... Propose policy solutions Open up space for public argumentation. Some of the other forms of advocacy include Budget advocacy Budget advocacy is another aspect of advocacy that ensures proactive ... to the people and promote transparency. Budget advocacy also enables citizens and social action ... and the deprived sections of the community. Bureaucratic advocacy people considered experts have more chance to succeed at presenting their issues to decision makers. They use bureaucratic advocacy to influence the agenda, however at a slower pace. Issue advocacy ads Express versus issue advocacy these two types of advocacy when grouped together usually refers to a debate in the United States ... of care. Ideological advocacy in this approach, groups fight, sometimes during protests, to advance their ideas in the decision making circles. Interest group advocacy lobbying is the main tool ...   more details



  1. Patient

    Casualty e Patient Mature minor doctrine Nurse client relationship Patient abuse Patient advocacy Patient empowerment Patients Not Patents Patients Bill of Rights Radiological protection of patients Therapeutic inertia Virtual patient div References Reflist External links cite journal author Jadad AR, Rizo CA, Enkin MW title I am a good patient, believe it or not journal BMJ volume 326 issue 7402 ...dablink For the state of being, see Patience . For other uses, see Patient disambiguation . Image BloodPressure2.jpg thumb right A patient having his blood pressure taken by a physician. refimprove date April 2010 A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often illness ill ... , or other health care provider . The word wikt patient patient originally meant one who suffers ... and inpatients An outpatient or out patient is a patient who is not hospitalized for 24 hours or more ... procedures and procedures involving the extremities . An inpatient or in patient , on the other ... work My Advocates accessdate 28 June 2011 ref While patient safety efforts have focused on inpatient ... , human rights and political correctness , the term patient is not always used to refer to a person ... within any public hospital. In veterinary medicine, the client is the owner or guardian of the patient. These may be used by governmental agencies, insurance companies, patient groups, or health care ... living facilities, the term resident is generally used in lieu of patient , ref Foundations of Caregiving ... to use the term patient in reference to residents. Similarly, those receiving home health care are called clients . Patient satisfaction Patients satisfaction with an encounter with health ...?src mp&spon 25 Simple Tips to Improve Patient Satisfaction By Michael Pulia. American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 2011 18 1 18 19. ref It is favored by a good doctor patient relationship . Also, patients ... in its 160 year history cite journal author Sokol DK title How not to be a good patient journal BMJ ...   more details



  1. The Patient

    otheruses2 Patient Infobox Television episode Title The Patient Series Miracles TV series Miracles Image Deleted image removed Image Miraclesscreencapep3.jpg 200px Caption Well, they call me...Mr. Friendly Season 1 Episode 3 Airdate February 10, 2003 Production 107 Writer David Greenwalt Director Michael Ray Rhodes Guests Clarence Williams III br Gina Ravera br Jade Carter Episode list Prev The Friendly Skies Next Little Miss Lost The Patient is the third episode of the television series Miracles TV series Miracles . It was the seventh episode produced. Its only U.S. airing was on February 10, 2003, and first aired in Canada on October 17, 2003 on VisionTV . This episode deals with saints and angels, and also with the brain disorder Sakovsky s syndrome . Plot Paul becomes attracted to the sharp and beautiful daughter Raina of a brilliant, workaholic scientist. He goes out on his first date in a very long time and struggles with his desire for something resembling a normal life. Raina asks Paul to help her father, who is researching the cure of a rare disease and is experiencing something paranormal with one of his patients. Her father is a man who believes only in the scientific and the actual and he can find no explanation for the fact that one of his most unresponsive patients suddenly begins communicating and giving him the exact scientific answers he has been seeking for the past two years. Paul and Keel determine that the patient has in fact been possessed by an evil entity and this mysterious entity somehow knows an awful lot about Paul and Keel. It manipulates the scientist and tries to get him to kill the other patients, but Keel manages to banish the entity before ... Nichols Mr. Friendly Jade Carter Dr. Bauer Clarence Williams III ref http www.tv.com miracles the patient ... miracles the patient episode 209914 summary.html The Patient at TV.com http www.imdb.com title tt0648901 The Patient at the Internet Movie Database DEFAULTSORT Patient, The Category Miracles episodes ...   more details



  1. Health advocacy

    or in larger companies. History A separate and identifiable field of health advocacy grew out of the patient ... id ref Patient advocacy, as a hospital based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement patient .... It was not surprising, then, that patient advocacy, like patient care, focused on the hospital ... not agree. Ruth Ravich a founder of the pioneering patient advocacy program at Mt. Sinai Hospital ... that offer courses or certificates in health and patient advocacy claim they also provide ... at least two specific events that precipitated the Shelter Rock retreat. One was a Patient Advocacy ... excellence in private health advocacy with the H. Kenneth Schueler Patient Advocacy Compass Award ... references should be replaced date March 2012 Health advocacy encompasses direct service ... and the larger public. Advocates support and promote the rights of the patient in the health ... of patient centered care in our complex healthcare system. The IOM Institute of Medicine defines patient centered care as Health care that establishes a partnership among practitioners, patients, and their families ... Century Washington, D.C. National Academies Press, 2001 . ref Patient centered care Patient centered care is also one of the overreaching goals of health advocacy, in addition to safer medical systems, and greater patient involvement in healthcare delivery and design. ref Jo Anne L. Earp, Elizabeth A. French, & Melissa B. Gilkey Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality. ref Patient representatives, ombudsmen, educators, Geriatric care management care managers , patient navigators and health advisers are health advocates who work in direct patient care environments, including hospitals, community health centers, long term care facilities or patient services programs of non profit organizations ... to quality care, protection and enhancement of patient s rights from positions in government agencies ... and the media. Some Who date July 2007 make the distinction between patient advocates, who work specifically ...   more details



  1. Self-advocacy

    . Medical and psychiatric patient self advocacy In the medical and psychiatric areas, emphasis is placed on self advocacy or self empowerment patient empowerment . This emphasis started in the psychiatric ... and fully understanding what will be done in your care is an act of self advocacy. Through being one s own advocate there is patient empowerment. Self advocacy can include any action, verbal or written ... advocacy if the particular problem they are describing also connects to some aspect protected under the Patient Bill of Rights . However, self advocacy can also resolve other situations, such as differences of opinion between the patient and doctor, or personality conflicts, or even minor problems in delivery of health care. Opposition to self advocacy Dixon Woods studied patient information leaflets ... for their case. Therefore, Fuller advocates self advocacy in patient s relationships with their doctors ...Essay like date January 2008 no footnotes date April 2010 Self advocacy refers to the civil rights movement ..., including being in charge of their own care in the medical system. The self advocacy movement is in basic ... advocacy movement seeks to reduce the isolation of people with disabilities and give them the tools and experience to take greater control over their own lives. The self advocacy movement for people ... communication challenges that are a barrier for people with intellectual disabilities. The self advocacy ... and 1970s but is in many respects still in its infancy. In North America the self advocacy ... a problem, they are practicing self advocacy. Patients should know their rights, and be willing ... of this information or knowledge. In this way the extent of the public s self advocacy ... to take greater roles in their own health care through self advocacy. Nevertheless, medicalization ... solutions for individual problems. Therefore, self advocacy may not always be entirely positive. Lupton questions whether self advocacy is always possible or even beneficial for patients. He claims ...   more details



  1. Patient empowerment

    notability date August 2010 The patient empowerment concept, a recent outgrowth of the natural health movement, asserts that to be truly healthy, people must bring about changes in their social situations and in the environment that influences their lives, not only in their personal behavior. According to advocates of the natural health movement, the following are key tenets of patient empowerment Patients cannot be forced to follow a lifestyle dictated by others. Preventive medicine requires patient empowerment for it to be effective. Patients as consumer s have the right to make their own choices and the ability to act on them. See also U.S. Patients Bill of Rights Patient advocacy External links Moynihan R, Smith R. http bmj.bmjjournals.com cgi content full 324 7342 859 Too much medicine? British Medical Journal . 2002 Apr 13 324 7342 859 60. PMID 11950716 http www.patientpower.info Patient Power LLC U.S. leader in online audio and video programs for patients hosted by Andrew Schorr, a medical journalist and 14 year leukemia survivor. Patient Power s reliable resources connect, educate, and empower patients to take a proactive role in their healthcare. http www.EveryPatientsAdvocate.com Every Patient s Advocate provides tools and information to help patients become empowered, and is provided by Trisha Torrey, the expert in http patients.about.com patient empowerment for About.com , and the author of a patient empowerment how to book called http www.youbetyourlifebooks.com You Bet Your Life The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes How to Fix Them to Get the Health Care You Deserve . http www.patientsacademy.eu EUPATI , the European Patients Academy on Therapeutic Innovation, educates patient advocates and the lay public about processes in clinical trials, risk benefit assessment, health technology assessment and patient participation in research Category Medical terms Category Medical sociology de Patienten Empowerment ...   more details



  1. Advocacy evaluation

    File Diagram Policy Advocacy Evaluation vs Policy Analysis Evaluation Created by Grant Ennis in December 2011.png thumb alt Diagram Policy Advocacy Evaluation vs Policy Analysis Evaluation Created by Grant Ennis in December 2011.png Advocacy Evaluation . Advocacy evaluation , also called public policy advocacy design, monitoring, and evaluation, Program evaluation evaluates the progress or outcomes of advocacy , such as changes in public policy . This is different from policy analysis , which generally ... programs or direct services have been successful. Advocacy strives to influence a program or policy ... of that influence. Advocacy evaluators seek to understand the extent to which advocacy efforts have ... does not, and what works better in order to achieve advocacy goals and improve future efforts. Goals of advocacy dependent variables In order to evaluate something, one must know the goals of the program activity, in this case advocacy efforts. Policy advocacy evaluation focuses on the contribution towards achieving policy, and not on the results of that policy. Policy advocacy evaluators look at these dependent ... to the adopted legislation Adoption Implementation Developed capacity of advocacy actor or network of actors to conduct advocacy efforts Ultimate Goals Policy change itself in the desired direction ... practice, is the goal of most policy advocacy efforts. Policy Advocacy works to move a policy through the policy cycle . Distinct challenges of advocacy evaluation Contribution vs. attribution Since multiple ... the degree of success. Long term nature of advocacy Since many advocacy goals are long term ... to monitor progress. Complexity and theories of change logic models and theories of change for advocacy ..., and evaluation all the more challenging. Typology of policy advocacy Direct Advocacy Directly trying ... or government officials, or advocacy groups use lobbying. Indirect Advocacy Indirectly influencing policymakers ... Advocacy Program evaluation Policy analysis Source documents Advocacy evaluation http www.hfrp.org ...   more details



  1. Customer advocacy

    Marketing Customer advocacy is a specialized form of customer service in which companies focus on what is best for the customer. It is a change in a company s culture that is supported by customer focused customer service and marketing techniques. Customer advocacy business model A customer advocacy policy encompasses all aspects of customer contact, including products, services, sales and complaints. Some examples of a customer advocacy approach are suggesting a product even if the profit margin is less for the company, setting service call appointments based on the customer s, not the company s preferred hours, or recommending a competitor s product because it better meets the customer s needs. Role of the customer advocate Customer advocates are facilitators between customers and the company. They are trained in cross functional roles and empowered to provide customers with assistance in all areas of the business. The role of the customer advocate is three fold To be the main contact for the customer in handling a question or problem and keeping the customer updated with timely and frequent updates as to the progress of resolving the issue. To facilitate a resolution by bringing together the appropriate department heads. To implement a procedure that ensures the problem does not occur again or recommends products or services to better meet customers needs. Measuring customer advocacy Customer advocacy can be integrated into a company s strategic goals and measured through customer satisfaction, retention, and profitability. References Refbegin http www.customercentricity.biz PDFs Customer Advocacy.pdf Customer Advocacy, March 2006 http citeseerx.ist.psu.edu viewdoc download jsessionid 9486DE619F81D725D62FA1C8325FB2E4?doi 10.1.1.138.5175&rep rep1&type pdf Building trust and relationships through customer advocacy, 2005 refend Category Business models Category Loyalty marketing Category Types of marketing Category Strategic management ...   more details



  1. Motorcycling advocacy

    Multiple issues orphan November 2007 unreferenced July 2009 Motorcycling advocacy colloquially bikers rights in the US generally refers to the belief in legal rights of motorcyclists, either as citizens or as motorists, or as motorcyclists per se , and to the efforts made to promote or defend those rights. There have been a number of grass roots efforts to advocate for these rights throughout the USA. Advocacy is carried out by individuals and organizations. One issue often in dispute is mandatory Motorcycle helmet helmet laws. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, part of the United States Department of Transportation Department of Transportation has been the main US Federal Government agency active in the debate over motorcycle rights for such things as off road riding, vehicle requirements and of course helmets. Helmet laws Empty section date December 2009 Advocacy groups ABATE American Motorcyclist Association Bikers Rights Online Helmet Law Defense League HLDL . References Reflist External links dmoz Society Subcultures Bikers Bikers Rights Bikers rights http www.bikersrights.com Bikers Rights Online DEFAULTSORT Motorcycling Advocacy Category Motorcycle associations Category Motorcycle regulation advocacy ...   more details



  1. Advocacy Index

    Orphan date July 2009 The Advocacy Index is a telephone based customer survey technique ref http www.sourcewire.com releases rel display.php?relid 23988 SourceWire ref developed by VIRTUATel Ltd to measure the loyalty of a company s customers, using a 3 point scale and was based upon the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology, created by Fred Reichheld . ref http harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu b02 en common item detail.jhtml?id R0312C&referral 2340 Frederick F. Reichheld December 2003 . The One Number You Need to Grow . Harvard Business Review. ref The 3 point survey scale was developed as the traditional NPS survey scale of 0 to 10 was not always appropriate to be used during a telephone survey, as it is more difficult to understand aurally rather than visually, on a web or email survey . In addition, telephones do not have a 10 on the keypad, so IVR systems would need to wait for a possible ... was an Advocate, Neutral or a Non Advocate. The Advocacy Index uses the survey question would you recommend us... to create a simple score showing Advocacy Index and has established itself as a key performance ... research. The value of the Advocacy question in customer a survey is confirmed in research by Dr Paul Marsden of LSE in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005. ref http www2.lse.ac.uk ERD pressAndInformationOffice ... Upton, The Listening Company, in Advocacy Drives Growth published in 2005 ref This in turn ... the Net Promoter Score NPS methodology. The research found that both word of mouth advocacy as measured ... ref Companies enjoying higher levels of word of mouth advocacy higher net promoter scores , such as HSBC ... 2003 04. Companies suffering from low levels of word of mouth advocacy and high levels of negative word of mouth, grew slower than their competitors. A 7 per cent increase in word of mouth advocacy ... cent increase in word of mouth advocacy equated to 8.82m extra sales. A 1 per cent reduction in negative ...? the answer provides a measure of word of mouth advocacy that may be useful not only in predicting ...   more details



  1. Office of Advocacy

    The Office of Advocacy is part of the Small Business Administration in the U.S. Federal Government . ref citation url http books.google.co.uk books?id SoC cnghwkoC&pg PA220 title Cutting Red Tape From Red Tape to Smart Tape publisher OECD year 2003 ref It aids business and has its head nominated by the president of the United States president and appointed by the U.S. Senate . The current head of the agency, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, is Winslow Sargeant , who was a recess appointment by Barack Obama . ref citation url http www.whitehouse.gov the press office 2010 08 19 president obama announces recess appointments key administration posts title President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts publisher White House date August 19, 2010 accessdate August 30, 2010 ref References Reflist External links http www.sba.gov advo Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration Category Small Business Administration ...   more details



  1. Advocacy journalism

    journalism Advocacy journalism is a genre of journalism that intentionally and transparently adopts a non ... themselves as objective or neutral. Traditionally, advocacy and criticism are restricted to editorial ... s internal structure. News reports are intended to be objective and unbiased. In contrast, advocacy ... of facts and opinions presented. Some advocacy journalists reject that the traditional ideal of objectivity ... of transparent points of view, or that advocacy journalism serves a similar role to muckraker s or whistleblower s. Examples Advocacy journalism is practiced by a broad range of mainstream ... Stone there are also advocacy journals , or alternative publications , which are marketed to target ... Knoxville Voice Eleftherotypia . Perspectives from advocacy journalists One writer ... bound by them. If we are ever to create meaningful change, advocacy journalism will be the single most ... how to be successful advocacy journalists. For many, this will require a different way of identifying and pursuing goals. ref Advocacy Journalism, The Least You Can Do, and The No Confidence Movement ... commentary and advice to advocacy journalists, which seeks to establish a common view of what journalistic standards the genre should follow. ref Advocacy journalism by Sue Careless. The Interim, May 2000. http www.theinterim.com 2000 may 10advocacy.html Rules and advice for advocacy journalists .... It describes itself as inheriting the tradition of advocacy journalism from Freedom s Journal ... aanp freedom Muckrakers are often claimed as the professional ancestors of modern advocacy ... further2 Objectivity journalism and Objectivity philosophy Advocacy journalists may reject ... and self awareness that better serves media consumers. Advocacy journalists often assume that their audiences ... audience. Many advocacy journalists claim that they can reject objectivity while holding ... reporting In some instances, advocacy journalism is the same as investigative journalism and Muckraker ...   more details



  1. Patient education

    Patient education is the process by which health professional s and others impart information to patients that will alter their health behaviors or improve their health status. http odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov pubs GUIDECPS text iv edu.txt Education providers may include physician s, pharmacist s, registered dietitian s, nurse s, hospital discharge planner s, medical social worker s, psychologist s, disease or disability advocacy groups, special interest groups, and Pharmaceutical company pharmaceutical companies . Health education is also a tool used by managed care plans, and may include both general Preventive medicine preventive education or health promotion and disease or condition specific education. ref Peter R. Koongstvedt, The Managed Health Care Handbook, Fourth Edition, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2001, page 788 ISBN 0 8342 1726 0 ref Important elements of patient education are skill building and responsibility patients need to know when, how, and why they need to make a lifestyle change. Group effort is equally important each member of the patient s health care team needs to be involved. The value of patient education can be summarised as follows Improved understanding of medical condition, diagnosis, disease, or disability Improved understanding of methods and means to manage multiple aspects of medical condition. Improved self advocacy in deciding to act both independently from ... and patient education increases patient motivation to comply. Patient Outcomes Patients more likely ... and refer other patients. ref http www.krames.com Krames Patient Education ref Risk Management Lower ... ?p editorial&s xplainresearch&ver 2 Patient Education Institute, Research evidence ref References ... www.hsph.harvard.edu healthliteracy doak.html London, F. 2009 . No Time To Teach The Essence of Patient ..., K. D., & London, F. 2005 . Patient Education in Health and Illness 5th ed. . Philadelphia, PA ... writing Orem model of nursing List of patient education software Category Public health education Category ...   more details



  1. Child advocacy

    Child advocacy refers to a range of individuals, professionals and advocacy organizations who promote the optimal development of children. An individual or organization engaging in advocacy typically seeks to protect children s rights which may be abridged or child abuse abused in a number of areas. Rights Main Children s rights movement Also see Children s rights Rights can be divided into two categories negative rights to be free from and positive rights to . Children s negative rights are violated when some dangerous or harmful action is taken directly against them. What child advocates do One type of children s advocate typically represents or gives voice to an individual or group whose concerns and interests are not being heard. A child advocate will try to prevent children from being harmed and may try to obtain justice for those who have already been injured in some way. A child advocate may also seek to ensure that children have access to positive influences or services which will benefit ... or the police. Another form of child advocacy happens at the policy level and aims at changing ... of New Wave Electronic Advocacy Techniques by Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations. Cortes, M. & Rafter ... on behalf of children. In Wales the Welsh Assembly Government has set up the National Advocacy http ... to young people are provided with dignity and fairness. Child Advocacy Centers Primary sources date January 2008 globalize USA date December 2010 Child Advocacy Centers are neutral, safe locations ... and their family members. Voices for America s Children is a national advocacy organization with more ... and resources to address sexual abuse but also many other advocacy needs for children and families ... with the disclosure and subsequent investigation of abuse. Child Advocacy Centers are accredited by the http nca online.org National Children s Alliance . Child Advocacy organizations at the policy ... Farm Children s Ombudsman Children s rights References references DEFAULTSORT Child Advocacy Category ...   more details



  1. Policy advocacy

    Policy advocacy is defined as active, covert, or inadvertent support of a particular policy or class of policies. ref Lackey 2007 ref Whether it is proper for scientists and other technical experts to act as advocates for their personal policy preferences is contentious. In the scientific community, much of the controversy around policy advocacy involves precisely defining the proper role of science and scientists in the political process. ref Shannon 1996 ref Some scientists choose to act as policy advocates, while others regard such a dichotomous role as inappropriate. ref Lackey 2011 ref Providing technical and scientific information to inform policy deliberations in an objective and relevant way is recognized as a difficult problem in many scientific and technical professions. ref Rykiel 2001 ref The challenge and conflicts have been studied for those working as stock analysts in brokerage firms, ref Boni 2001 ref for medical experts testifying in malpractice trials, ref Caldwell 2005 ref for funding officers at international development agencies, ref B n 2005 ref and for intelligence analysts within governmental national security agencies. ref Armstrong 2002 ref The job of providing accurate, relevant, and policy neutral information is especially challenging if highly controversial policy issues such as climate change that have a significant scientific component. ref Pielke 2004 ref The use of normative science by scientists is a common method used to subtly advocate for preferred policy choices. ref Lackey 2007 ref See also Scientific Method Advocacy Evaluation Notes ... of Haematology. 129 730 733. http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed 15952998 Lackey 2007 . Policy advocacy ... the Debate about Advocacy. Conservation Biology. http onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi 10.1111 j.1523 ... SOVSAP 5D2.0.CO 3B2 Shannon 1996 . Science Advocacy is Inevitable Deal with It. Society of American ... Advocacy groups Category Activism by method ...   more details



  1. The Advocacy Project

    Advert date August 2010 Image APheader2.jpg thumb 300px right The Advocacy Project logo The Advocacy Project AP is a nonprofit organization that seeks to strengthen community based human rights advocacy groups. AP was established in June 1998 to report to human rights advocates from the Rome conference that established the International Criminal Court . AP continued on a project by project basis until it acquired nonprofit status in July 2001. As of 2008, AP s Peace Fellows work with 21 different organizations throughout the world. ref cite news url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com baltsun access 376684201.html?dids 376684201 376684201&FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&type current&date Jul 26 2C 2003&author Linell Smith&pub The Sun&desc Rug project gives women a connection&pqatl google title Rug project gives women a connection last Smith first Linell date July 26, 2003 work The Baltimore Sun pages 1.D accessdate 14 January 2010 location Baltimore, Md. ref ref cite news url http www.wired.com culture lifestyle news 2003 07 59557 title Bloggers Opening Western Eyes last Dean first Katie date July 11, 2003 ... community based advocacy groups who work for social justice and human rights at the community ... page about Advocacy Project blockquote Services AP offers partner organizations a choice of services aimed at strengthening their advocacy. For a complete list of AP s partner organizations ... based advocacy. Over the summer of 2007, AP sent 31 fellows to partner organizations all over ... travel costs. http advocacynet.org blogs Advocacy Project blockquote Dissemination AP offers its partner ... models of community based advocacy and report on community campaigns, are sent out to more than 6,000 ... advocacy groups that work at the community level. As of 2007, AP worked with more than 30 community based advocacy groups worldwide. These groups are located in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America ... The Advocacy Project website http www.change.org nonprofit page nonprofit home 54285 Change.org ...   more details



  1. Argumentation and Advocacy

    italictitle Infobox journal title Argumentation and Advocacy cover File Argumentation and Advocacy cover.gif 200px editor Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch discipline Argumentation theory formernames Journal of the American Forensic Association abbreviation publisher American Forensic Association country United States frequency Quarterly history 1964 present openaccess license impact impact year website http www.americanforensics.org AA aa info.html link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 18603907 LCCN CODEN ISSN 1051 1431 ISSN2 0002 8533 eISSN boxwidth Argumentation and Advocacy is a quarterly Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published by the American Forensic Association , edited by Catherine H. Palczewski and John Fritch. ref name editor http www.americanforensics.org node 59 Editors and editorial board page. ref Aims and scope The journal s focus is on moving the study of argumentation forward, including articles which are theoretical and critical in the broad subject areas of argumentation theory , Argumentative dialogue public argument , critical and cultural perspectives, and forensic science forensics and pedagogy . The journal includes reviews of pertinent books. ref name editorial http www.americanforensics.org publications and research argumentation editorial policy and submission guidelin Editorial policy and submission guidelines ref It includes the arts and sciences of civil debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion. It covers studies of rules of inference, logic, and procedural rules in both artificial and real world settings. This includes debate and negotiation , which are concerned with reaching mutually acceptable conclusions. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in ref name electronic indexing http www.americanforensics.org node 56 Electronic Indexing for Argumentation and Advocacy . ref ProQuest International Academic Research Library, Humanities Infonautics Information Services Communication ...   more details



  1. Advocacy group

    About political and social advocacy and lobbying groups other interest groups Interest group disambiguation Advocacy groups also pressure groups , lobby groups and some interest groups and special interest groups use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and or policy they have played ... archivedate 19 February 2009 DASHBot deadurl no ref Research is beginning to explore how advocacy groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. ref name Advocacy 2.0 cite journal last Obar first Jonathan, et al title Advocacy 2.0 An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups ...?abstract id 1956352 ref Overview See also advocacy lobbying An advocacy group is a group or an organization ... event or threat. In some cases initiatives initially championed by advocacy groups later become institutionalized ... Advocacy groups exist in a wide variety of genres based upon their most pronounced activities. Anti ... between lobbying and advocacy. ref cite web url http www.npaction.org article articleview 76 1 248 title Lobbying Versus Advocacy Legal Definitions publisher NP Action accessdate 2010 03 02 archiveurl ... or target demographic. This is often accompanied by one of the above types of advocacy groups ... advocacy groups. Types Organizations can be categorized along the lines of the three elements ... title History accessdate 19 April 2011 ref The advocacy organization does not interact directly with employers ... abuse, promote fair business practices, and enforce consumer rights. How Advocacy Groups Exert Influence In most liberal democracies, advocacy groups tend to use the bureaucracy as the main channel ... and in turn, the decision making process of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence through ... and recycling. The judicial branch of government can also be used by advocacy groups to exert influence ... groups can exert influence in the judicial branch of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence ... which lobbied for the rights of workers. Advocacy groups also exert influence through channels that are separate ...   more details



  1. Cycling advocacy

    Cycling advocacy consists of activities that provide greater safety, comfort, and convenience for cyclists by advocating for and establishing better cycling infrastructure e.g. establishing bike lanes and Segregated cycle facilities separate bike paths , improving road quality on bike routes, establishing more and better bicycle parking etc. by providing Bicycle law legal protections for cyclists by including cycling interests in new legislation by educating cyclists and motorists by increasing public and political support for bicycling and by communicating the health, environmental and social benefits of cycling for both individuals and communities. ref cite web url http www.sfbike.org ?strategicplan title SFBC Strategic Plan 2008 2012 publisher San Francisco Bicycle Coalition accessdate 2011 05 06 ref There are many organizations worldwide whose primary mission is to advocate for these goals. Most are non profit organizations supported by donations, membership dues, and volunteers. ref cite web url http www.massbike.org get involved join title Join MassBike publisher Massachusetts Bicycle Coalitioni accessdate 2011 05 06 ref ref cite web url http www.massbike.org get involved volunteer title Volunteer Intern MassBike publisher Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition accessdate 2011 05 06 ref Cycling advocacy around the world Europe Bicycle embassies In Europe, Bicycle embassies have been ... , bicycle promotion and cycling advocacy techniques to other national, state and municipal ... facto part of the city Department of Transportation or other government agency. List of cycling advocacy ... Colville Andersen John Forester cyclist John Forester Major cycle advocacy groups include http ... Cycling Embassy of Great Britain Bicycle Victoria See list of United States bicycle advocacy organizations ... program Bicycle law Bicycle advocacy groups, movements and regional examples Critical Mass Time ... advocacy in the developing world World Bicycle Relief Similar urban design concepts New Pedestrianism ...   more details



  1. Networked Advocacy

    Orphan date January 2012 Networked Advocacy or net centric advocacy refers to a specific type of advocacy . While networked advocacy has existed for centuries, it has become significantly more efficacious ... action . The study of networked advocacy draws on interdisciplinary sources, including communication theory , political science , and sociology . Theories of networked advocacy have been ... and support collective action s and advocacy as well as the networks that such actions and advocacy create. History and scope of Advocacy Networks Examples of formal transnational advocacy networks ... Sikkink. Activists Beyond Borders Advocacy Networks in International Politicals. Cornell University Press, 1998,p. 10. ref While advocacy networks as a whole have been able to grow in size in recent ... advocacy, by its nature, is more likely to be conducted and to be identified in a transnational ... networks of activists to be networked advocacy. A transnational character makes it easier to spot networked advocacy, but an international context is not a prerequisite. Two examples of advocacy networks ... on U.S. policy, defying the assertion that networked advocacy can only operate in a transnational context. Elements of Networked Advocacy Imagined communities Benedict Anderson Benedict Anderson s 1983 .... Such imagined communities have had a major impact on the nature of networked advocacy. The development ... advocacy come in terms of both the scope of what organizations and individuals can accomplish .... Collective action is made easier through networked advocacy because the search and information costs ... collective action and transnational advocacy networks. ref name autogenerated13 Keck, Margaret and Kathryn Sikkink. Activists Beyond Borders Advocacy Networks in International Politics . Cornell ... action theory that creates a framework for how an advocacy movement travels from one country to another ... and Sikkink, the goal of transnational advocacy is to lower these barriers, or decrease transaction ...   more details



  1. Space advocacy

    Globalize USA date December 2010 Cleanup date October 2009 Space advocacy can be described as the general position supporting, pleading or arguing for ref Dictionary.com Unabridged v 1.1 Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006. ref the idea or cause of space exploration and Space colonization settlements . It is a form of advocacy that specifically includes support for private spaceflight private space initiatives and is also a political position that favors the exploration, utilization, and Space colonization colonization of outer space . There are many different individuals and organization s dedicated to space advocacy. They are usually active in educating the public ref http www2.jpl.nasa.gov ambassador The Solar System Ambassadors Program Bot generated title ref on space related subjects, lobbying governments ref http chapters.marssociety.org usa dc pdfSRC MarsSociTest2003.pdf ref ref http www.prnewswire.com cgi bin stories.pl?ACCT 104&STORY www story 06 28 2007 0004617647&EDATE Technical Societies Call for Increase to NASA Budget Bot generated title ref for increased funding in space related activities or supporting private space activities. They also recruit members, fund projects, and provide information for their membership and interested visitors. They are sub divided into three categories depending on their primary work practice, advocacy, and theory. History Historians Weasel inline date March 2009 agree that space flight and especially manned space flight was not inevitable, but rather that society was convinced of the need for it by a few revolutionaries , primarily members of the Russian, ref http www.astronautix.com astros korolev.htm Korolev Bot generated title ref American, British, and German ref http history.msfc.nasa.gov vonbraun bio.html Biography of Wernher Von Braun Bot generated title ref ref http www.astronautix.com ... Advocacy Category Spaceflight Category Space advocacy ...   more details



  1. Original Advocacy

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Original Advocacy is a type of Speech public address speech event practiced in California High School Speech Association or CHSSA event, in which the speaker writes a persuasive speech and delivers it in competition. It is often referred to as OA , and is the Californian High School version of persuasive speeches. The speaker has ten minutes to present a problem, its significance, and a legislative solution to fix the stated problem. The problem is not a general one, such as apathy, but is a more specific one that can be legislated and solved, such as medical malpractice or statutory rape. The speaker should also include some discussion of how the proposed solution will actually solve the problem. However, the legislature included should be plausible and sensible. While the speeches used to be mostly serious in nature, the trend has now changed such that speeches contain more humorous material and even some acting. However, the winning speeches generally stick to the traditional, more analytical way of speaking. One theme that hasn t changed is that speeches generally have very specific topics ranging from domestic issues to international issues. Generally, the speeches are inspiring and informative. These speeches should have statistics , numbers, and Mathematical proof proof typically consisting of real stories found in the news to support the various claims made by the speaker, though many speeches nowadays replace many statistics with jokes. Judges can evaluate this speech on any criteria, but usually the style of delivery measured by the fluidity of the speech as well as the hand gesture s, eye contact , memorization, posture, and tone and content the proof offered to prove the claims of problems serve as fair and impartial indicators. Category Debating Speech and debate stub ...   more details



  1. Advocacy of suicide

    suicide Advocacy of suicide has occurred in many culture s and subculture s. Confucianism holds that one should give up one s life , if necessary, either passively or actively, for the sake of upholding the cardinal moral values of ren Confucianism ren and yi Confucianism yi . ref citation url http arts.hkbu.edu.hk pclo e5.pdf author Lo, Ping cheung title Confucian Ethic of Death with Dignity and Its Contemporary Relevance date 1999 publisher Society of Christian Ethics ref The Japanese military during World War II encouraged and glorified kamikaze attacks, and Japanese society as a whole has been described as suicide tolerant see Suicide in Japan . Ozzy Osbourne was accused of advocating suicide in his song, Suicide Solution . William Francis Melchert Dinkel , 47 years old in May 2010, from Faribault, Minnesota , a licensed nurse from 1991 until February 2009, stands accused of encouraging people to commit suicide while he watched voyeuristically on a webcam . ref name nytimes1 cite news last Davey first Monica url http www.nytimes.com 2010 05 14 us 14suicide.html title Online Talk, Suicides and a Thorny Court Case publisher The New York Times date May 13, 2010 accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name theglobeandmail1 cite news author url http www.theglobeandmail.com news national article973900.ece title Nurse may be linked to multiple suicides, tracker says publisher The Globe and Mail date accessdate June 26, 2010 ref ref name thestar3 cite news url http www.thestar.com news gta article 631689 title Nurse urged 5 to commit suicide, U.S. police say publisher The Toronto Star date May 9, 2009 accessdate June 26, 2010 first Robyn last Doolittle ref ref name timesonline1 http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk crime article7107061.ece William Melchert Dinkel charged with encouraging suicides , The Sunday Times ref He allegedly told these contemplating suicide what methods worked ... in 2005 and another person in Canada in 2008. ref name nytimes1 Internet Advocacy of suicide has ...   more details




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