Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 22:165–182, 2010 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1053-8720 print / 1540-4056 online DOI: 10.1080/10538720903332578 Advocacy Coalitions and Punctuated Equilibrium in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: Learning from Pro-LGBT Policy Changes in Minneapolis and Minnesota LAKE DZIENGEL St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota Policy change to actualize same-sex marriage requires planning and practices that can be most effective to advance
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Communication and emotional intelligence are ability needed in order to succeed in leadership and management. As the field of healthcare changes, Timmins (2011)explains that communication has become a fundamental element of care at every level of nursing practice. Studies have shown that managers spent 70 to 90 percent of their time in communicating with their teams and others at the workplace. According to Mike Myatt (2012), Effective communication is an essential component of professional success
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website that I began to fully invoke what my advocacy focus entailed. For instance, mental health and behavioral management among primary physicians is not as sound as I would have hoped. In fact, the CDC says that 1-7 children aged 2 to 8 years old had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder (CDC, n.d.). These statistics prove that teachers should understand how mental health and behavioral disorders are being treated. Part of this advocacy focus is to get the word out that yes mental
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Social marketing: The social marketing strategies used in Victorious Vets are displayed through our use of advertisements in local media outlets, posters displayed at facilities that attract large crowds of people specifically those with PTSD and through running community events to promote knowledge about PTSD . The strategies that Victorious Vets have adopted have accurately met the criteria for what a successful social marketing campaign aims to achieve. By accurately meeting the criteria Victorious
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coastal areas of Bangladesh, and Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh (Equitybd) is an advocacy and campaign component of COAST Trust. We have strong advocacy and campaigning program on coastal livelihood development, climate change and environment. We are trying to provide technical and financial support to the coastal poor people to improve their livelihoods. COAST implements its entire advocacy program with Community Led Approach (CLP). Under its Social Justice section COAST works to
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as a mediator and an advocate in the human services field. Advocacy and Mediation require a person to remain neutral in order to help individuals resolve their issues. The roles of advocates and mediators also come with limitations which if not followed, could lead them to have serious legal problems. In this essay the writer will present the ethical, moral and legal issues that an advocate faces as well as their own opinion of advocacy and meditation integration. In addition the writer will also
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Course Project: MCAS MIRAMAR FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER HIT 120- Introduction to Health Information Technology December 12, 2012 Course Project: MCAS MIRAMAR FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER Electronic health records (EHR) are health records that are generated by health care professionals when a patient is seen at a medical facility such as a hospital, mental health clinic, or pharmacy. The EHR contains the same information as paper based medical records like
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“Los Angeles model” of worker advocacy. Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy, edited by Ruth Milkman, Joshua bloom, and Victor Narro, serves both to refine and expand our knowledge of employee representation in Los Angeles through a collection of chapters related to union and worker center led efforts on behalf of low-wage earning individuals. On the one hand, this book offers a nuanced study of specific instances in which unions and advocacy groups have sought to organize
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confidential as no topic is spoken upon outside of the room with the client. The client’s information is confidential, therefore sworn to be kept safe and private. 3. Advocacy: The influence of decisions affecting the interests of a person or persons. Advocacy is to help clients negotiate more effectively. Example, the health advocacy is promoting and supporting health care, in which the advocate supports the enhancement of health care, quality of health care, and the availability of health care to
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Community Voices: The Nauck Community Heritage project Summary: The Nauck Community Heritage project video clip discusses the history of the Nauck community. This ethnographic research (the study of a single culture) was gathered through participant observation (research/ field work done on site), using informal interviews (unstructured open ended conversations in everyday life), qualitative data (non statistical information such as personal stories and customary beliefs and practices), and information
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