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380.620.01
A Coalition-Based Smart Approach to Public Health Advocacy

Cancelled

Location:
East Baltimore
Term:
3rd term
Department:
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credits:
3 credits
Academic Year:
2022 - 2023
Instruction Method:
In-person
Class Times:
  • W F,  9:00 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed:
Yes, with instructor consent
Undergrads Allowed:
Yes
Grading Restriction:
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructors:
Contact:
Beth Fredrick
Resources:
Description:

Advocacy—working for policy change and better implementation of existing policies—is crucial to public health. As research and discovery are translated into public health policies and programs, accurate interpretation and use of evidence are essential to all stakeholders.

Yet the advocacy aspects of public health success stories are not always well understood. The SMART—Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound—advocacy approach connects short-term advocacy strategies and wins with broad, long-term goals.

Introduces the coalition-based SMART model of advocacy as an approach for improving public health outcomes and changing public health policies. Examines international case studies in which advocacy focused on decision-makers played a central role and includes lectures from seasoned advocates. Using reproductive health examples, presents foundational advocacy frameworks and enables students to work through advocacy strategies that are adaptive to a variety of health areas.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

  1. Articulate different approaches to advocacy and the external and internal factors that influence the public health policymaking process and its implementation
  2. Develop and implement a decision-maker-centric method of achieving financial and political support
  3. Distinguish multiple dimensions (including the role of ethics and evidence) of the public health policymaking process (MPH competency 12) and relate them to the SMART approach to advocacy
  4. Identify and express elements of the SMART approach to advocacy
  5. Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations by applying the SMART approach to advocacy on a public health issue
Methods of Assessment:

This course is evaluated as follows:

  • 35% Participation
  • 55% Written Assignment(s)
  • 10% Peer Assessment

Instructor Consent:

No consent required