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Learn how to effectively get community health and development issues on the local agenda. Educate, generate concern, and prioritize the issues. Engage stakeholders, policymakers, and influential citizens.
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Developing a Plan for Getting Community Health and Development Issues on the Local Agenda
What do we mean by getting health and community development issues on the local agenda? • Educate people about the existence of the issue. • Make sure people understand the issue and its general importance. • Generate real local concern about the issue. • Get the issue on the local agenda.
When is the best time to try and get community health and development issues on the local agenda? • When an important issue surfaces that needs to be dealt with immediately. • When an already-troublesome issue reaches critical proportions. • When an external source calls attention to your issue. • When new information reveals or underlines a serious issue. • When political conditions make it easy or appropriate.
Who should plan for getting community health and development issues on the local agenda? • Stakeholders. • Those indirectly affected. • Policymakers. • Influential people and other interested citizens.
How do you develop a plan for getting community health and development issues on the local agenda? • Identify and recruit a planning group. • Pick and define your issue carefully. • Plan for a communication campaign, not just for a one-time barrage of information or persuasion. • Address public opinion. • Address unofficial policy. • Address individual responsibility. • Address public policy. • Follow up.