Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy

Last week, members of our team were on site at the 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN👏🏼! From leading and participating in panel discussions to book signings and connecting with fellow public health professionals, our team left feeling inspired and excited for the future of public health. Swipe to see some of our favorite highlights from the meeting!📸 --- 1: Members of the team pictured with attendees at the Public Health Advocacy Consensus Task Force (PH-ACT) Town Hall.  2: Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy director Shelley Hearne signs copies of Policy Engagement at the APHA Press Book Signing booth.  3: PH-ACT members (L-R) Amanda Hinson-Enslin, PhD, MPH, CHES, Gwendolyn Francavillo, PhD, MPH, CHES, RYT, Meghan Ames, MSPH, RD, CWP, CYT, Karen Mancera-Cuevas DrPH, MS, MPH, CHES, and Glenn E. Schneider are all smiles at the Town Hall.  4: Glenn Schneider, MPH, director of the PH-ACT, presenting at the PH-ACT Town Hall.  5: Attendees taking notes during PH-ACT Town Hall.  6: Shelley Hearne welcomed to "Democracy and Health: How did we get here? Where are we going?" panel discussion. #APHA2024 #PublicHealth 

"As a health equity scholar, I also see voting as an opportunity for people and communities to weigh in on decisions that can affect them and their health. The people we elect to president, Congress, and state and local legislatures can advance their health-promoting or health-harming agenda through legislation and executive orders that often do not have 'health' in the title, but nevertheless impact it deeply." -HPM Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter In the November edition of Keshia Pollack Porter's monthly column, she shares her relationship to voting, how health is on the ballot for the 2024 U.S. Election, and encourages citizens to fulfill their civic duty. Read more:

We asked and YOU answered!! This past week at the American Public Health Association meeting, we held a PH-ACT Town Hall to get faculty, practitioner, and student feedback on how to best improve advocacy instruction in schools and programs of public health. It was cosponsored by 6 APHA member sections (i.e., a big deal) Do you want to give us your feedback? Get involved at https://lnkd.in/e7j-JDxa

Feeling nervous about engaging with policymakers and other officials? Not to worry! Check out our spook-tacular Advocacy Skills Series on YouTube to learn tips and best practices for sharpening your advocacy skills👻. https://lnkd.in/ekQzwYfQ #PublicHealth #Advocacy #PublicHealthEducation 

“The field knows that facts matter, but they don’t know how to make their facts matter to advance the policies they care about,” said Shelley Hearne, director of the Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “And that’s what advocacy training is all about. It’s how to effectively make the case, how to effectively work with others, how to effectively engage policymakers of all stripes and colors.” Understanding the future of advocacy education is key to empowering the next generation of public health professionals. In a new American Public Health Association Nation’s Health article, Glenn E. Schneider, Heidi Hancher-Rauch, PhD, MCHES and Karen Mancera-Cuevas DrPH, MS, MPH, CHES, members of the Public Health Advocacy Consensus Task Force (PH-ACT), examine the importance of improving advocacy instruction to ensure students are equipped with the skills needed to effectively engage in policymaking. Read the full article🔍: https://lnkd.in/esSUqp7M

Advocacy is an important skill for public health! In a review of MPH program syllabi the Simmons University MPH was identified as the only accredited MPH program requiring students to take a full-blown course on public health advocacy. Professor Leigh Kamore Haynes, director of the MPH program, is part of the effort to transform public health advocacy instruction with Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy & the Public Health Advocacy Consensus Taskforce lead by Glenn E. Schneider. If you'll be at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting next week, join Leigh, Glenn, Shelley Hearne, Meghan Ames, MSPH, RD, CWP, CYT and APHA leaders at this Town Hall to share your input and expertise on how to improve advocacy instruction in schools and programs of public health.

Attention all American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting attendees🗣️ Be part of the conversation! Our Town Hall at the APHA Annual Meeting on 10/28 is your chance to get involved in shaping the future of public health advocacy instruction. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/egMMMpvY

We heard our October newsletter was to die for👻. Check it out (at your own risk!) and make sure to subscribe so you’ll receive our next issue! https://lnkd.in/eT-i8DCp #PublicHealth #PublicHealthNews #PublicHealthAdvocacy

Advocacy is an important skill for public health! In a review of MPH program syllabi the Simmons University MPH was identified as the only accredited MPH program requiring students to take a full-blown course on public health advocacy. Professor Leigh Kamore Haynes, director of the MPH program, is part of the effort to transform public health advocacy instruction with Johns Hopkins Lerner Center for Public Health Advocacy & the Public Health Advocacy Consensus Taskforce lead by Glenn E. Schneider. If you'll be at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting next week, join Leigh, Glenn, Shelley Hearne, Meghan Ames, MSPH, RD, CWP, CYT and APHA leaders at this Town Hall to share your input and expertise on how to improve advocacy instruction in schools and programs of public health.

Ready to elevate your pitch game?👀 Check out our new YouTube video, Elevator Pitch Essentials, for tips on how to craft a memorable message.🎬   https://lnkd.in/gUvphvhs