March 2000 • Volume 6 • Number 3
• Grassroots Advocacy •
Who wants to be an activist?
You might be interested in launching a statewide initiative, or you may volunteer once a year at a local health fair. Whatever your involvement, family practice has always had one leg in the community.
Here's a round-up of suggestions from the family physicians whose stories fill this special section.
Start your advocacy with something simple. Don't think of it as a commitment; it's okay if you can't ever do it again.
If you strike out at a local level, go higher. Someone at the top might want exactly what you want.
Listen to your patients. They'll tell you what they need from you.
Live in the community you serve. Be part of it, go to local functions, get involved, or you won't know what's going on.
Get a gimmick to show media photographers. It will increase publicity for your cause.
Work wherever the decisions are being made, whether in the clinic, health department or legislature.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department.
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