title: A communications tool to recruit policymakers to a CBPR partnership for childhood obesity prevention.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe a process and technical requirements for the development of a video and related communications strategy that CBPR partnerships can use to recruit policymakers to participatory research. Policymakers play a critical role in social change agendas, yet are often difficult to engage for a variety of reasons, including limited availability and multiple, competing demands and constituencies. This paper draws on the experience of the Healthy Jacksonville Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition, a 10-year-old partnership with a large membership and strong community roots in Duval County, Florida. The objectives of the communications strategy were to engage local and state policymakers in policy change that would positively affect childhood obesity prevention; educate policymakers about the social determinants of health, particularly those related to childhood obesity; and to do so in a way that elicited champions for the coalition's goals.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Winterbauer
authors.forename: Kathy C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: Laureen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Husband
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sylvester
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005431:Florida; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D014741:Video Recording; D000078329:Workforce