Background: Healthcare resources are limited therefore, adequate, appropriate and timely allocation of important. Decision to invest on health care program can be made from the analysis information obtained cost consequences various alternative programs, often known as economic evaluation interventions.Aims: This write-up emphasizes importance evidence driven policy intervention whereby should ...

This paper presents a decision-making model which can help public health professionals justify their decision to advocate for a particular intervention. The model is demonstrated by a case study related to advocacy of Random Breath Testing (RBT). For the purpose of this paper advocacy is a "catch-all word for the set of skills used to create a shift in public opinion and mobilise the necessary ...

Interest groups (also pressure groups, lobby groups, advocacy groups and special interest groups) use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and/or policy; they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems. Groups vary considerably in size, influence and motive; some have wide ranging long term social purposes, others are f...

Advocacy coalitions often play an important role in the state health policymaking process, yet little is known about their structure, composition, and behavior. In 2008, California became the first state to enact a menu labeling law. Using the advocacy coalition framework, we examine different facets of the coalitions involved in California's menu labeling policy debate. We use a qualitative re...

Advocacy has a role to play in any eye care initiative. It can help individuals or organisations to obtain more resources, and it can support programme implementation and service delivery. This article focuses on using advocacy as a tool for improving the delivery of eye care services – both in terms of reaching more people, and in terms of improving the quality of services available for specif...

Enabling policy environments for nutrition require require evidence to support best practice and engagement with political and policy contexts, as well as leadership, resourcing, advocacy, and technical support. However, research on nutrition policy contexts is limited. The papers in this special supplement on policy contexts for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in South Asia makes a valua...

Issue advocacy groups play a central role in today’s political system, but their media and communication use has seldom been examined to date. Grounded in the uses and gratifications approach and the niche theory, this study surveyed media and communication technology usage of 209 issue advocacy groups in the United State. The findings suggest that a variety of media are used for citizen mobili...

Political astuteness, including awareness, knowledge, and involvement, is necessary if nurses are to engage in policy advocacy-a vital aspect of the nursing profession. However, little is known about the effects of learning activities, such as legislative days, on political astuteness. The purpose of this research was to determine if political astuteness changed after participants attended a st...

OBJECTIVE The authors used the photovoice method as a strategy for empowering students to advocate for change of a campus smoking policy. PARTICIPANTS Participants included 49 college students and 160 photo-exhibit attendees during spring 2011. METHODS Students were trained in the use of the photovoice method and a public exhibit was used to educate the campus community and advocate for cha...