title: Advocacy for health: revisiting the role of health promotion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The importance of advocacy in protecting the population's health; and suggested strategies to advance an advocacy role.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article explores the concept of health advocacy, discusses an example of successful health advocacy within Australia, and outlines and addresses some of the barriers to advocacy. It aims to encourage discussion on advocacy's potential to improve the public's health.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many of the major successes of health promotion have been facilitated through the efforts of advocates. This article supports the proposition that advocacy is a fundamental instrument of health promotion practice and suggests strategies to apply these principles in practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. t.gould@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Trish
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Mary Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011361:Professional Competence; D011635:Public Health Administration