Public Health Matters

Tag: advocacy

  • Advocacy Starts Here

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    NPHW 2025 Advocacy Focus defines advocacy as giving a person support to have their voice heard. It is a service aimed at helping people understand their rights and express their views. In public health advocacy, people use their voices to influence changes that create a healthier world for all people (APHA, 2025). Public health advocacy…

  • National Public Health Week 2025: It Starts Here

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    Many are aware of the 10 achievements of public health (e.g., vaccinations, motor-vehicle safety, safer workplaces, infectious disease control, coronary heart disease and stroke declines, safer/healthier foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, drinking water fluoridation, and tobacco recognized as a health hazard). Yet, public health achievements continue to be made. The graphic illustrates some…

  • National Public Health Week

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    National Public Health Week (NPHW) is observed April 7-13, 2025, to bring attention to public health and prevention. NPHW was organized 30 years ago by the American Public Health Association. It seeks to remind us all that public health is not just for a single person, public health is for you, your family, your friends…