Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals: From Patients to Policies

A wealth of advocacy tools for health and mental health professionals at all levels of training and practice are included in this clear and comprehensive volume. Written by medical, legal, and policy experts, it fills a void in the literature by addressing multiple topics in advocacy in the health field as a whole. The text addresses the legislative process, provides step-by-step approaches for using the media, and discusses when to seek an attorney, when to litigate, working with family and community, and funding strategies. It also covers such seldom-addressed topics as leveraging research findings for advocacy purposes.Two outstanding features of the text are a discussion of the rationale for advocacy and a call for readers to examine their own motivations for this work, and a chapter by health educators who provide guidance about advances in learning theoroy that will help readers to assimilate the material. The volume will serve as both a resource for advocacy coursework and as a guide for the independent practitioner of advocacy.Key Features: Provides a wealth of advocacy tools for health professionals at all levels of training and practiceWritten in a clear, straightforward manner for easy access to the materialIncludes a unique metacognitive theory that will help readers to thoroughly integrate the information and provides tools for self-analysisHighlights main teaching points with summaries, case studies, and reflection questions