Advocacy for public health: a primer
Open Access
- 1 May 2004
- journal article
- continuing professional-education
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Vol. 58 (5) , 361-365
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.018051
Abstract
Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition.Keywords
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