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Arizona Oral Health Coalition Advocacy Committee. 2024. Advocacy toolkit. [no place]: Arizona Oral Health Coalition, 18 pp.

Annotation: This toolkit, which is geared toward oral health advocates in Arizona, is a collection of resources that can help with advocating for oral heath policies at the Arizona legislature. The toolkit is divided into three sections. The first section provides information about the Arizona legislature. The second discusses how a bill becomes a law. The third provides tools and tips related to the following topics: advocacy vs. lobbying, finding a lawmaker, the request-to-speak system, creating a message, and meeting with a legislator.

Contact: Arizona Oral Health Coalition, Web Site: https://azohc.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Advocacy, Arizona, Legislation, Legislatures, Lobbying, Oral health, State government

Advocates for Youth. 1990's. Advocacy kit. Washington, DC: Advocates for Youth, 41 pp.

Annotation: This resource contains information on the basic components of an advocacy campaign for promoting adolescent reproductive and sexual health in the community. Topics include: coalition-building, working with adolescents, involving religious communities, education and media campaigns, lobbying, responding to opposition, and common questions about sexuality education.

Contact: Advocates for Youth, 2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 419-3420 Fax: (202) 419-1448 Web Site: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent sexuality, Advocacy, Contraception, Lobbying, Media campaigns, Psychosexual development, Sexual behavior, Sexuality education, Sexually transmitted diseases

Freedman SA. 1984. Brokering power at the state level for child health care. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Child Development Center, 30 pp. (Workbook series for providing services to children with handicaps and their families)

Annotation: This workbook focuses on power-brokering, at the state level, for support of programs for the care of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. It is intended as a primer for public and private advocates at the state level and gives practical guidance on how to intervene effectively in the legislative and executive appropriation and budget process. It helps identify the key players in state government, suggests ways to develop an issue for consideration, indicates strategies for gaining support, and provides information regarding the use of appropriate influence. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Box 571485, Washington, DC 20057-1485, Telephone: (202) 687-5503 Secondary Telephone: (202) 687-5000 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu Available from the website.

Keywords: Budgeting, Child advocacy, Child advocacy, Children with special health care needs, Health care financing, Lobbying, Policy development, Political processes, State aid, Workbooks
   

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