Public Health Improvement
Physicians are uniquely suited to advocate for the improvement of the public’s health. Your Advocacy Resource Center has developed a multi-pronged campaign that provides advocacy materials focused on public health issues including but not limited to: alcohol, obesity, public safety, safe vaccination, tobacco use, and wellness and prevention. Below is a sampling of the state advocacy tools that exist on these issues and more. To discuss this campaign in more detail, please contact Carrie Armour, JD, Legislative Attorney.
Campaign resources
Issue briefs:
Addressing childhood obesity
Healthy schools
Menu labeling
Model bills:
Competitive school food and beverage act
Healthy schools act
Menu labeling act
Talking points:
Addressing childhood obesity
Healthy Schools
Menu labeling
Campaign Resources
Bill summaries:
Abortion legislation
Firearm legislation
Issue brief:
Keeping politics out of the exam room
Model bill:
Prohibit the criminalization in health care decision-making
Talking points:
Protecting the patient-physician relationship
Campaign resources
Issue briefs:
Shackling of pregnant prisoners
Tanning restrictions for minors
Model bills:
Prohibit the shackling of pregnant prisoners act
Prohibit minors access to indoor tanning
Talking points:
Shackling of pregnant prisoners
Correspondence:
Letter to Senator Blake re: NC SB 471
Payers and states are increasingly using data to develop physician profiling programs and all-payer claims databases. This data must be accurate and presented in a useable format to be of value in analyzing health care trends. Read more and access resources.
