PLEASE NOTE: You must pay a $6 fee to enroll in this CE version of the course. 

If you are NOT seeking CE or a certificate of completion, please enroll in the free version: https://www.mitrainingcenter.org/courses/acpss0320noce

This self-paced training covers the basics of developing an advocacy communications strategy and provides some practical opportunities to develop and deploy a strategy of your own. It features a number of interactive exercises, as well as a podcast component focused on the concepts of policy surveillance and legal epidemiology and tools to incorporate them into your work.

Audience

Public health and other allied health professionals working in health departments, community-based settings, clinics, etc., who are interested in policy engagement and persuasive communication.

Learning Objectives

• Define policy, systems, and environmental change and the six phases to achievement
• Identify steps needed to develop a policy/advocacy communications and engagement strategy
• Recognize the possible roles of individuals, organizations, and coalitions in public health policy/advocacy communications and engagement strategy
• Practice developing an advocacy communication plan

Instructors

Melody Geraci, Deputy Executive Director, Active Transportation Alliance

Lindsay Cloud, Director of the Policy Surveillance Program, Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law

Continuing Education Credit

CE and certificate available for $6.

• 1.5 CHES Category I CECH (Areas of Responsibility: 7.1.6, 7.2.2, 7.2.4, 7.3.8)*
• 1.5 Nursing Contact Hours (Expire July 31, 2023)
• Certificate of Completion

*We report credits to NCHEC on a quarterly basis: January, April, July, and October.

The Region V Public Health Training Center is a designated provider (ID# 99038) of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

The Michigan Public Health Training Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Sponsors

The Region V Public Health Training Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31684 Public Health Training Centers ($924,899). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Technical Information

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Contact us at rvphtc@umich.edu with questions.