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 theory that will help readers 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 practice
• Written in a clear, straightforward manner for easy access
• Includes a unique metacognitive theory that will help readers to
  thoroughly integrate the information and provides tools for self-analysis
• Highlights main teaching points with summaries, case studies, and
  reflection questions