Public health is placed at the intersection of major social, political, economic and cultural forces in society. The mission of public health is to create environments in which people can be healthy, and politics and activism is seen in the context of social values and interests. This further means, public health battles are often fought along political fronts as well as behavioral fronts. As such, improving public health requires an explicit commitment to advocating for policy changes that support the development of health-promoting environments. This position can be taken when advocating my state senator to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to twenty-one. Advocating for a public health issue such as smoking to a state senator is very critical for the success of the issue and so, consistent and effective communication can provide the energy to achieving the goal.
The strategy that would be implemented in this scenario to ensure effective communication would be the strategy to create change; member and affiliate advocacy (American Public Health Association, 2016). I would start by understanding the issue of tobacco sales to youths and then would schedule a meeting with my state senator, and would invite other stakeholders that have an interest in this issue. In this meeting, we would let the senator know right away about the issue at hand, which is raising the tobacco purchasing age to twenty-one years. Personal stories will be used in this meeting as well. We will provide the senator with facts and figures about the danger tobacco use poses to youths and young adults. During this meeting, we would invite the senator to visit us, so that he can see first-hand, how youths buy tobacco and smoke without any policies in place, and the effects on their health. After this, we would then host a town-hall meeting to discuss this issue and the senator will also be invited. Advocating for systemic change in tobacco sales policies would be the main topic of discussion and we will offer our expertise to the senator. After this meeting, a letter will be mailed to the senator’s office on all the policy recommendations that were discussed during the town hall meeting. Another letter will be submitted to the op-ed of the local newspaper about this issue and this issue will be campaign all over social media for promotion.
Reference
American Public Health Association. (2016). APHA Advocacy Tools. Retrieved from https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/advocacy/speak/161030_apha_advocacytools.as
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