In this case study, Theory of Change was used to understand the driving forces and advocacy efforts behind the creation of each individual state's medical marijuana laws in order to determine if vulnerable populations were considered during the policy-making process. Theory of Change is a relatively new theoretical framework developed in the early 2000's by Organizational Research Services as a conceptual model for how policy change occurs. It is a tool used for developing solutions to complicated
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a nonprofit advocacy and grassroots civil rights organization. It is America's biggest Muslim civil liberties institution, with branches nationwide. Its national headquarters is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Since its establishment in 1994, CAIR has worked to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, lobbying, education and advocacy, CAIR works to make sure a
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The term medical home has had quite the history! According to the PCPCC, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, patient centered medical home is definitely not a new concept; even as far back as 1967, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), actually introduced the term “medical home” (PCMH, 2015). Now, today’s term patient-centered medical home has evolved to define “a model of primary care excellence that is a patient-centered, comprehensive, coordinated, accessible, and committed to quality
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example of which happened to me and how I had to challenge discrimination towards others. I will also discuss theoretical frameworks to tackling oppression and discrimination by using the PCS model and how people can become empowered through groups, advocacy or legislation. Personal values, Prejudices, Ethical Dilemmas, Conflict of Interest and their impact on Social Work Practice A value is something that concerns someone or a belief they hold, this determines how a person behaves, values do not determine
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describes the desired future state of PASA – where the organization is headed, what it intends to be, and how it wishes to be perceived in the future. PASA is an organization that is instrumental in developing successful school leadership through: advocacy professional development support sustainment of high quality school administrators a statewide collegial network professional learning through new leader orientation and continuous growth opportunities conduit of current state
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug review bears a structural similarity to many decisions made by other regulatory agencies: high uncertainty, low reversibility, avoidance of observable error, and high political stakes that induce lobbying by interested parties. This project explores the policy lessons to be learned from viewing FDA drug review as a politically shaped exercise in information processing. I argue that the incentives facing regulators induce limits on the degree to which drug
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The knowledge of the foundation and history of nursing provides a context to understand current practice is by, recognizing the nursing theories and framework set up prior nurses. We learn from Florence Nightingale, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Mary Mahoney, and other great nursing professionals of nursing practices performed in the past and how it evolved overtime. For example Florence Nightingale’s ascertainment and research contributed to development of environmental theory. It states, “the incidence of
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to the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse, Childhelp has brought the light of love and healing into the lives of more than nine million abused and neglected children. The Childhelp Children’s Center of Arizona, Childhelp Mobile Advocacy Center of Northern Arizona and the Childhelp Community Center provide much-needed services to Arizona families, as do the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline and Childhelp Speak Up Be Safe prevention program, which are both based in Childhelp’s
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Bridget Pargulski, a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2012 at the age of 46 shared her story along with the struggles she has faced regarding and advocacy. Mrs. Pargulski considered herself to always being on top of her yearly mammograms, without failure. One year, she added an MRI to the mammogram, which revealed she had two tumors, which turned out to be cancer. She quickly scheduled a mastectomy, thinking she was catching the cancer at an early stage, in which she found out the cancer had
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ng making non profit organisation SESSION MORNING 4/2/2014 A COBRANDED product its a commercial activity in which a company and a NGO join forces to build an image, a service or a product in order to take mutuel benefit from it. Cause related marketing: * Sponsoring * Sales promotion activities * Merchandising * Co-branding License ≠ own product. What to develop co branded product? * Develop the brand and improve notoriety * Get closer to the general
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