Priorities and strategies for promoting community-based prevention policies.
The public health community faces major choices in priorities for its mission in a rapidly changing environment. One option is to place greater emphasis on public health policy development. Policy making requires a grasp of the interplay among stakeholders, policy makers, the press, and the public. A framework for gathering relevant information and guiding strategic action is a useful tool for participation in community, state, and national arenas in the interests of population health. Organization-targeted approaches can make policy advocacy, community mobilization, and public education about policy issues more effective. This requires investment in public health infrastructure.
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School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008402:Mass Media; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States