Health advocacy or health activism encompasses direct service to the individual or family as well as activities that promote health and access to health...
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illustrate how media advocacy was used to fight alcohol and tobacco-related health issues. We can also consider the role of health advocacy and the media in...
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Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual...
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World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first...
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Independent mental health advocacy, IMHA, is advocacy for someone being treated, possibly involuntarily, for a mental disorder provided by someone not...
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Patty Duke (category Mental health activists)
devoted much of her time to advocating for and educating the public on mental health. She was also an occasional singer and author. Duke was born at Bellevue...
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Health Advocate, Inc. is a US national health advocacy, patient advocacy and assistance company. The privately held company was founded in 2001 by former...
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policy briefs, advocacy updates, and global health job postings. Additionally, the GHC has since participated in significant global health events at the...
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mental health patients. It also included an advocacy provision offering grants for experimental pilot programs designed to provide mental health advocacy services...
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Catherine, Princess of Wales (category Mental health activists)
Gallery. To encourage people to discuss their mental health problems, she envisioned the mental health awareness campaign Heads Together, which she launched...
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