In this online module, learners will examine how policy becomes law and the "nuts and bolts" of advocacy that influence legislators.

How to Use this Training

• As an educational tool for public health professionals, health care providers, and others who work with public health policy and reform.
• As a tool for advocates who lobby for change.
• As a resource for policy makers and others who interact directly with lobbyists and public health advocates.

Continuing Education

This training offers 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of participation in a structured continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship and qualified instruction. A certificate of completion for each module will be awarded upon completion.

Acknowledgments

Module Author
Jeff Nachbar
Public Policy Director, Brain Injury Association of Minnesota

This module was developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (MCLPH), funded in part by grant #D20-HP00021-06-01 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Public Health Training Center Program. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, Principal Investigator, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, Dr. PH, MSPH, Co-Investigator.

Registration

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