GENE MATTHEWS: Advocacy for
Public Health is really critical
in this country at this time.
We need to be more engaged,
we need to understand deeper
and not shy away from it.
To present our message
to craft richer stories
about what we do
in public health.
NICOLE BURDA: Public
Health Advocates
have a great opportunity in
this current environment.
We had an advocacy for leaders
session and we had three panels.
The first panel was APHA staff
talking about our materials,
resources and the
importance of advocacy.
And then we had a panel come in
that was absolutely phenomenal
talking about,
why we make decisions
and how we make those decisions.
And then we had the last
panel talking about
a successful advocacy
effort in their state.
GENE MATTHEWS: Public Health
needs to become more politically
engaged; we need to look at how
our other cousins in governance,
agriculture, education,
transportation
use their political
skill sets more.
And we need to rebuild
our political skill sets,
of public health, which have
atrophied for some over the past
two, two decades.
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