Health Communications and Health Advocacy
With deep understanding, health communicators can engage and inspire change, whether in individuals or in society as a whole.
"…it is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” --ML King Jr I don’t know why I’m surprised with comments that prove many people don’t know how to walk in someone else’s shoes. After sharing about the problem of paying for long term … Continue reading 6 Reality Checks: The Bootless Have No Bootstraps
A few years ago I spoke with a group of mothers who were concerned about their children's school. The neighborhood they lived in is called "transitional" and the school had an 85% turnover rate. That means that 85% of the children who started school in the beginning of the year didn't finish the school year … Continue reading Schools on Wheels: Helping Homeless Children in Massachusetts
Over the past 8 years, Nicholas Marshall Cooper has been actively involved in making the connection between human rights and health, and translating public health science into rights-based action. This post is a continuation of the conversation we started with Cooper in October,"Great Things Are Possible." As a consultant to UNICEF’s Middle East and North … Continue reading Every Human Has Rights!
Ask a scholar of human rights a seemingly innocuous question and suddenly you are transported into another world. As Nicholas Cooper observes, “People in United States are more familiar with civil rights language, than human rights language.” That’s what you’ll find while exchanging ideas with Cooper. For example, when asked to define a “rights-based approach … Continue reading “Great Things Are Possible”
Health Communications and Health Advocacy 