Family Advocacy

Media advocacy for the office-based teacher of family medicine.

(Fam Med 2003;35(8):544-6.) Editor’s Note: In this month’s column, Jamee Lucas, MD, Palmetto Health Family Practice Residency, and James Stallworth, MD, Palmetto Health Pediatric Residency in Columbia, SC, present a mnemonic to help us remember how to approach learners with specific difficulties and give them feedback. I welcome your comments about this feature, which is also published on the S...

Advocacy.

Family violence in the Air Force: a look at offenders and the role of the family advocacy program.

Family violence exists throughout society and, unfortunately, also among military families. The Air Force's Family Advocacy Program is designed not only to treat victims, offenders, and families of abuse and neglect, but also to provide prevention services. Each Air Force base has a Family Advocacy Officer, who is a credentialed clinical social worker, charged with the duty of addressing spouse...

The Psychology of Advocacy and the Advocacy of Psychology

This article addresses needs and opportunities for advocacy for the science, education and practice of psychology from the perspectives of three leaders within organized psychology, academia, and hospital practice. The authors make distinctions between knowledge transfer and knowledge translation as well as between lobbying and advocacy. They define proactive and reactive advocacy and draw atte...

Advocacy 101: getting started in health education advocacy.

Advocacy for the public's health and for the profession are widely recognized as responsibilities of health educators. Increasing emphasis on advocacy by professional organizations has peaked the interest of health educators, yet knowing where to begin as an advocate is, to many, a mystifying process. This article provides basic advocacy terminology, dispels concerns about participating in advo...