...Hello Classmates, According to Merriam-Webster (2012), lobbying defines a set of persons engaged in petitioning as representative of an interest group, and advocacy is defines as the act or process of encouraging or supporting an object or purpose. As explained by American Public Health Association (n.d.), Lobbying is a form of communications, which refer to and express an opinion on specific legislative proposal that introduced before a legislative body. Lobbying works to influence the outcome of legislation by trying to get a bill passed with a position to those who participate in the formulation of a comprehensive legislation. On the other hand, advocacy is participating in the democratic process by taking action or endorsement of an issue or cause. Advocacy activities as participating in town meetings, conducting free forum or press events, or developing an issue guidance for local policymakers on a specific public health issue. Advocacy application does not develop as lobbying because it is not influencing a policymaker to take a position on legislation (n.d.). Lobbyist and advocates play a pivotal role by providing a forum for state health. A vehicle that is the driving force for protecting Americans from preventable serious health threats and striving to ensure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities, as well as, health services are universally accessible in the United States. Lobbyist and advocator play a role with assisting legislators...
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...within and are limited by the governance of systems and institutions. Advocacy allows practitioners to promote change within those institutions and systems that not only benefits the clients/patients, but also improves their own overall satisfaction with both the jobs and the professional outcomes. Advocacy is an obligation of all health care professionals because people come seeking care from diverse environments and not everyone has equal access to appropriate and necessary care, resources and opportunities. Advocacy is both the obligation and the opportunity to assist them in meeting their basic needs. The American Nurses Association defines the practice of nursing as “The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.”. The ANA also addresses the importance of patient advocacy in their Code of Ethics (Provision 3): “The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient.”....
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...Literature Review of Medication and Advocacy Jasmina McCullers BSHA 441 June 4, 2012 Literature Review of Medication and Advocacy Abramson, H. (2005). Problem-Solving Advocacy in Mediations: A Model of Client Representation. Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 10103-134. The book provided above was constructed by Abramson Harold; this book was presented on behalf of client representation. Abramson captured a way to address problem-solving with client representation through Advocacy in Mediation. The purpose of the book is to provide a different way to solve issues among clients with whom he or she is representing. Abramson described a problem-solving mediation process which consists of a mediator and his or her position with his or her client and his or her attorneys. He also described the mediator a person who knows how to structure both side of a discussion with can help to gathered information, as well as identify issues that the client has presented as a problem. Masucci, D. (2003). The Keys to Effective Mediation Advocacy. Journal of Investment Compliance (Euromoney), 3(4), 36. Masucci article was written to address the most effective ways to mediation and advocacy stragie that may or may not work depending on the person who is presenting the stragies and wheather he or she is doing it right. Masucci also addresses how a client is pearpared for mediation and who will be the mediator of the case. Not all mediator have the same styles but the author stated that...
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...Advocacy In my care support class we learnt a lot about advocating for a patient. Advocacy – a person who relays the wants/needs of an individual who for reasons cannot speak for themselves. Advocacy commences when a person represents the interests of another person. This requires complete loyalty of the person acting as an advocate, who represents the wishes, needs and interests of the patient as if it was your own needs, and what advocacy means: the one that pleads, defends or supports the cause or interest of the patient for whatever reason they cannot speak for themselves or on behalf of someone in their best interest, e.g. someone who has not got a voice/confidents or cannot be heard, e.g. children, elderly, dementia patients. There are different forms of advocacy: Self-advocacy: is the ability to speak up for yourself and the things that are very important to you, self-advocacy means you are able to ask for what you need and tell other people about your thoughts and feelings. Self-Advocacy means you know your rights and responsibilities, and you are able to make choices and decisions that affect your life. It is important to learn self-advocacy skills because it helps you decide what you want and what to expect. When you have good self-advocacy skills you can have more control and make the life decisions that are best for you. (advocacy.com) Legal advocacy: involves solicitors protecting their client’s rights and interests in a court of law. i.e. a person’s will or their...
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...Shelley Victory present topics relating to conflict and supervisory positions. An Innovative leader deals with conflict seeking to understand and Open dialogs with those who “confront you, challenge you, stretch you”. Remember that it's not the opinion that matters, but rather the willingness to discuss it with an open mind and learn (Victor,2013). The art of conflict resolution involves having knowledge of conflict management styles such as accommodating, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and competing. Each of the five styles comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Bakers article Improving staff nurse conflict resolution skills (1995) further explains that training and nurse manager models are essential to developing and improving conflict resolution skills among employees and stakeholders. Policy and advocacy The need for Nurse Leaders to develop greater awareness of the impact of health policies on nursing and healthcare practice is more critical than ever. The art of Nursing advocacy for patients is an essential component of healthcare. Innovative nurse leaders nurses have a wealth of knowledge, skills, tenacity, and a firsthand view of healthcare challenges making them ideal candidates for supporting and presenting health policy proposals to legislators. The importance of being an advocate and engagement in policies are further explored in The article Validation of the patient advocacy engagement scale for health professionals by Jansson et.al( 2015)...
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...The Homeless Samantha bates BSHS 442 February 12th, 2012 Mary Beth Bova The homeless are just as important as all other individuals in life and advocacy agency’s are there to help those who are in need. The biggest hit in such a situation are women and children who have no were to turn and end up on the street. Women who have become homeless are either getting out of a bad marriage was there was physical abuse. And in other case the women are not well educated and cannot hold a job after getting divorced. The sad position many of these women have is that the children will become homeless to and be forced to live on the streets. There are some individuals who become homeless due to mental illness because live situations have put them in that position, not been able to hold down a job or function in life. In many cities there are shelters were the homeless can go and get some assistance, for example a meal and place to sleep for the night. In some situation the families will not go to a shelter in the fear that his or her positions will be stolen. In the homeless shelters they should have a safer program making it safer. Young teenage mothers are also at times forced to live on the street due to the parents not wanting to help her raise a child. This could be due to the family not having the funding or ability to raise another child and the baby’s father is not in the picture. There are many individuals who become homeless for other reasons and they might never be able...
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...relationships include sexual intimacy with a client and (or) providing the service to a friend or relative. Within this paper an exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal challenges advocates and mediators may face regarding dual relationships will occur. A personal opinion concerning the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field will also be presented as well as a personal philosophy and approach to advocating and mediating within a child welfare agency setting. Challenges of Dual Relationships An advocate or mediator offering friendship or love to a client outside the purview of his or her duties, or if the exchanges goods or services with a client has occurred, indicates professional boundaries have been violated and a dual relationship has been formed (Mediation Council of Illinois, 1999). A Dual relationship is considered a conflict of interest and crosses the ethical boundaries issues set forth in most advocacy and mediation code of ethics. Advocates and mediators should respect clients’ integrity and protect the well-being of clients with whom they provide a service. When acting in accordance with their potentially influential position advocates and mediators both have the responsibility to monitor their own needs and values to avoid exploiting (to their own ends and gratification) the trust and...
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...The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Lake County, California, Arrest Policies Project: A Process Evaluation Author(s): Brenda K. Uekert Ph.D. Document No.: 201874 Date Received: September 2003 Award Number: 98-WE-VX-0012 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federallyfunded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Institute for Law and Justice 1018 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia Phone: 703-684-5300 Fax: 703-739-5533 E-Mail: ilj@ilj.org Lake County, California, Arrest Policies Project A Process Evaluation April 5, 2000 Prepared by Brenda K. Uekert, Ph.D. Prepared for Lake County, California National Institute of Justice Violence Against Women Office Introduction The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies Program encourages jurisdictions to implement mandatory or pro-arrest policies as an effective domestic violence intervention that is part of a coordinated community response. Congress appropriated funds for the Arrest Program under the Violence Against Women Act (1994). The Program assumes that the arrest of a...
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...where will you go.” Then there is the small voice inside the head of the victim saying things like, “Where will I go? How will I survive? Maybe I am not worthy of being treated better.” A victim is shuffled in so many directions, he or she loves his or her abuser and does not want to see him or her arrested, if social services discovers the situation he or she lives in he or she may lose his or her children. What will happen to him or her if the abuser gets out of jail, will it make things worse? All of these directions and all of these questions need some clearing up, and this is where advocacy comes into play. Personal Perspective According to Reference.com (2013), “Advocacy is the pursuit of influencing outcomes –including public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions- that directly affect people’s lives” (Advocacy). The role of an advocate is to provide a voice to one unable to because of a crisis. This voice is supposed to be an empowerment tool. Often times this empowerment tool can go wrong. Mandatory arrest was established because of advocates to amplify the law replying to domestic violence. The problem with mandatory arrest is that the choice taken away from the victim. He or she may call the police to help defuse the situation, instead the police show up and have to arrest the abuser. Doing this takes the choice away...
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...Advocacy Interview Katie Wilson BSHS-441 May 11, 2014 Joe Compton Name of agency or organization and title of the interviewee. His name is Chris Owens, Director of the Office for Women in the Dept of Community Services & Revitalization * Describe the advocacy role this individual plays within the agency. * * Founded in 1991, Office for Women (OFW) uses policy and advocacy to improve the status * of women in the Louisville Metro area. Office for Women works to ensure women have access to the resources and information necessary for self-sufficiency and self-determination. Therefore, OFW focuses on issues related to violence against women, women’s physical and mental health, social and economic well-being, and community engagement. * Describe the populations served by this agency. * * Women in the Louisville Metro area/Jefferson County, KY with specific focus on women in poverty, immigrant/refugee/limited English speaking women and victims of dating & intimate partner violence. * Describe an advocacy model or template that is used with each population. Is the advocate speaking on behalf of the client or assisting the client in speaking for himself or herself? * * OFW follows a model of empowerment where persons are not blamed but provided information and tools for making decisions and changes. * * OFW does not advocate for specific clients receiving direct services. For example: OFW’s only direct...
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...relationships include sexual intimacy with a client and (or) providing the service to a friend or relative. Within this paper an exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal challenges advocates and mediators may face regarding dual relationships will occur. A personal opinion concerning the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field will also be presented as well as a personal philosophy and approach to advocating and mediating within a child welfare agency setting. Challenges of Dual Relationships An advocate or mediator offering friendship or love to a client outside the purview of his or her duties, or if the exchanges goods or services with a client has occurred, indicates professional boundaries have been violated and a dual relationship has been formed (Mediation Council of Illinois, 1999). A Dual relationship is considered a conflict of interest and crosses the ethical boundaries issues set forth in most advocacy and mediation code of ethics. Advocates and mediators should respect clients’ integrity and protect the well-being of clients with whom they provide a service. When acting in accordance with their potentially influential position advocates and mediators both have the responsibility to monitor their own needs and values to avoid exploiting (to their own ends and gratification) the trust and dependency...
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...Any campaign finance reform must be structured within the framework of the Constitution. When examining the role of the government in situations of participation in political processes, the role as the protector of rights and privileges as identified in the Constitution must be weighed against its role as a regulator of the political process. A primary principle of the First Amendment is to protect and encourage the rights of individuals and organizations to participate in our civic process (Federal Campaign Finance Law). This right to be involved in the political system is an important privilege and should not be taken lightly. Any campaign finance reform must be structured within the framework of the Constitution. Disclosure requirements are observed as means to deter corruption by requiring that contributions made to elected officials and candidates are made public in federal elections. Disclosure allows voters to make up their own minds based on the information that is placed before them. Supreme Court Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis believes, “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants, electric light the most efficient policeman” (Brandeis, 97). Brandeis’ statement laid the groundwork of the Sunlight Foundation, which was founded on the idea that utilizing new technology to facilitate citizens with information concerning Congress, will lead to the reduction of corruption, ensure...
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...Implementing ethico-legal issues in nursing practice. Caldwell, E., Lu, H., & Harding, T. (2010). Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: a challenge for nursing educators. Nursing Ethics 17(2), 189-199. Retrieved August3, 2010, from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Database. Aim: As society becomes increasingly globalised, it is imperative to include international educational perspectives in the nursing profession (Robinson, Sportsman, Eschiti, Bradshaw and Bol, (2006). Caldwell, Lu & Harding (2010) argue that the quality of nursing care necessitates nurses to reflect on nursing ethics in relation to their individual principled way of life. Cadwell, Lu & Harding (2010) paper explores these ideas. Summary: The fundamental nature of professional development implies personal development (Glen, 2005). ‘Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: a challenge for nursing educators’, is an in-depth analysis of nursing ethical dilemmas; the efforts that are undertaken to implement professional development through reflection, self-monitoring and self-control; and the challenges for nurse educators to integrate the syllabus into real-life clinical practice situations. Caldwell, Lu & Harding (2010) study analyses nursing ethics, Chinese ethical philosophies, and Judeo/Christian traditions as they endeavour to demonstrate the real-life issues of morally conflicting situations in nursing practice within these groups and the possible legal consequences. Relevant to topic yes/no...
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...I. Description of advocacy activity The advocacy activity chosen was the University of Denver’s third annual Black Sisterhood Retreat. The purpose of the retreat is to give an opportunity for Black and African-American women of a predominately white institution a chance to discuss issues that are impacting their experience at the University of Denver. In hope that acknowledging these issues that Black and African-American women endure will create a sense of hope and empowerment. This dialogue will identify resource for success and build a safe inviting community among women of color on a predominately white institution. The societal concerns being discuss can bridge the understanding of the oppressed women of color. These women typically face systematic and institutional oppression and discrimination. Infractions, such as these, can play a large role of possible cognitive distortions. This particular retreat can also provide insight on how one may handle traumatic experiences. The infractions may unconsciously cause traumatic stress disorder (post and acute), depression and social phobias. These experiences may also lead to a multitude of mental disorders depending on the severity of the experience....
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...population in an outpatient clinical setting. As an advanced practice clinician and leader, my efforts will be directed at ensuring that effective health care is provided to the patients that will result in improved quality and health outcomes. At the local level, I will have a strong influence on my team in my area of clinical practice. This involves identifying the steps required to develop excellence in care for a group of patients such as skilled assessments, research-based interventions and the competencies required. As a leader, I must ensure that training and development programs and learning opportunities are provided and that there is a systematic program for evaluation and mentoring. At the national level, I will be in a position to influence the national agenda...
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