HIV/AIDS Advocacy The scenario of Lena as a community health nurse finding out her sister’s boyfriend is HIV positive is a difficult one. There are many moral, legal, and ethical implications in a situation like this. While it is easy to want to jump to one decision concerning this issue, there are many things to consider before making a decision. Patient’s Rights First and foremost, the patient’s rights and privacy needs to be the first thing reviewed. HIV/AIDS status is considered “superconfidential”
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Define an interest group with examples. Interest group – usually a voluntary organization where members share a common interest in which they seek to influence public policy, without seeking political control. They have primary activities such as lobbying the members of the legislative bodies through contributions to political parties, trying to elect sympathetic or pliable politicians, and by conducting covert or open propaganda campaigns. (Interest Groups, n.d.) There are a few different
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Participation is a key function of pressure groups as it gives citizens an avenue of participation between elections in a structured and moderated manner to get an issue or issues across to MPs. Given the behaviour of pressure groups such as the EDL it is unlikely that politicians will have sympathy for their concerns. For example on 8 September 2013, 160 EDL members were arrested following a protest in Tower Hamlets after a clash between counter-demonstrators. However, the majority of pressure groups
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In general terms there are four principal methods that a pressure group can use in order to fulfil their functions. These four are; Electioneering and endorsement, Lobbying, Publicity and Organising grassroots activities. I would argue that Lobbying and organising grassroots activities is the most effective method that a pressure group can use as it is direct access to legislators as well as important political figures, whereas the use of electioneering and PAC is effective in a way it is not highly
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Mei Chew Professor Casprowitz SCN 195/7752 January 14, 2012 Advocacy Letter Dear Dr. Thomas A. Farley, Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, My name is Mei Chew and I am a Nursing student at LaGuardia Community College. I am currently taking Community Health course whereby we have an assignment to look into the health issues in our neighborhood. In examining the Community Health Profiles, Second Edition-2006, from New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, I
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The Role of Powerful Interest Groups in the Execution of Policies Dr. Lisa Kincaid April 15, 2012 Research and Strategic Communications 531 Brief Overview of the Research Chapters of your Research Paper The brief overview of the research paper includes understanding that an interest group is an organization of people with similar policy goals that tries to influence the political process to try to achieve those goals will be in chapters 1-3. This paper will provide the readers with information
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“Public Interest” In this article, the special interest group, known as the National Riffle Associates (NRA) is regarded by its critics as a lobbying force. “NRA and bad law block a way to catch killers.” (Amitai) The criticism the NRA receives in the article is warranted. The special interests group was known to have been vitally involved with activities that could have immediate impacts on universal “public interest” for the safety of our family and children. The platform the NRA takes for its
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‘’Membership size is the crucial factor in determining the impact of pressure groups’’ Discuss A pressure group can be defined as a number of people who work together to make their concerns known tho those in government and to influence the passage of legislation. In the USA pressure groups fulfil the role of representation and participation for people who may not necessarily have been active in pressure groups before. There are a number of factors which influence the impact of pressure groups
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The Role of Special Interest Groups in U.S. Elections INTRODUCTION According to Jeffrey Berry of The Interest Group Society, "an interest group is an organized body of individuals who share some goals and who try to influence public policy" (Hays). These groups allow citizens to make their ideas, needs, and views known to elected officials, and with more than 23,000 special interest groups nationwide, citizens can usually find an interest group that focuses on their concerns, no matter how specialized
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Jefferson Chen Professor Queen Writing 39C 21 February 2013 Essay of Prospective Claims: Michelle Alexander discusses how mass incarceration has ruined and dismantled many lives of young African Americans. The problem she discusses so passionately in her book is a relevant problem in our society today. Ever since Ronald Reagan’s presidency and forward, campaigns have been targeting crime and especially rug related crimes. While it is clear that many of these young African Americans are going
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