Voices from the Margins: Policy Advocacy and Marginalized Communities

Listening to the Voices of Marginalized Families

Marginalized families with minimal access to power are, more often than not, left out of the political process. In addition, their community support system may or may not have provided the kind of mentored leadership that serves to support an informed citizenry. Disciplines Community-Based Learning | Family, Life Course, and Society | Family Medicine | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in ...

Health, equity and the post-2015 agenda: raising the voices of marginalized communities

In September 2012 the United Nations (UN) initiated a process that would extend and enhance the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), integrating a new vision for sustainable development beyond the year 2015. The initial consultation phase has been completed, with the UN and partner organizations undertaking eleven thematic consultations, including one on health. It is i...

Voices from the Margins: Reflections of an Oncology Chaplain.

Michael Eselun, BCC, who serves as the oncology chaplain for the Simms-Mann/UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology, recently gave a lecture as part of the Insights Into Cancer lecture series at UCLA called 'Cancer: "It Could Be Worse" - A Spiritual Ponzi Scheme?'. Michael has written a personal reflection to provide a fuller context for his chaplaincy, as he views it, and to provide some backgrou...

Voices of oncology nursing society members matter in advocacy and decisions related to U.S. Health Policy.

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), a member of the Nursing Organizations Alliance, invests in advocating for health and public policy decisions by sending members to the Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) program annually. NIWI provides a forum to educate nurses on the legislative process, giving attendees a better understanding of political, legislative, and regulatory issues facing nurses...

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