Blenner Sarah R, Lang Cathy M, Prelip Michael L
1 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2017 Nov;18(6):785-788. doi: 10.1177/1524839917726764. Epub 2017 Sep 9.
There is a critical need to build the capacity of our current and future public health workforce and the communities we serve to engage in public health advocacy. Advocacy should be an integral piece of our intervention strategies and public health discourse. Incorporating public health advocacy into public health training, practice, and research serves as a long-term investment for the public's health. Advocacy can achieve systemic change by addressing the social determinants of health. We developed an advocacy training program that embeds students in community-based organizations (CBOs) for 9 months, providing students with experiential education through the application of advocacy skills and CBOs with opportunities to expand and broaden their advocacy efforts. We have three priority populations: graduate students, CBOs serving Los Angeles County, and the broader Los Angeles County community, focusing on vulnerable populations. Our multifaceted approach addresses the necessity of public health advocacy among the health professions. Through changing how we train students and how communities and universities collaborate, we can strengthen the public health workforce and build healthier communities.
迫切需要提升我们现有及未来公共卫生工作队伍以及我们所服务社区参与公共卫生宣传倡导的能力。宣传倡导应成为我们干预策略和公共卫生话语的一个组成部分。将公共卫生宣传倡导纳入公共卫生培训、实践和研究，是对公众健康的一项长期投资。宣传倡导可通过解决健康的社会决定因素来实现系统性变革。我们开发了一个宣传倡导培训项目，让学生在社区组织（CBO）中实习9个月，通过应用宣传倡导技能为学生提供体验式教育，并为CBO提供扩大和拓展其宣传倡导工作的机会。我们有三个优先群体：研究生、服务于洛杉矶县的CBO以及更广泛的洛杉矶县社区，重点关注弱势群体。我们的多方面方法解决了卫生专业领域公共卫生宣传倡导的必要性问题。通过改变我们培养学生的方式以及社区与大学合作的方式，我们可以加强公共卫生工作队伍并建设更健康的社区。
