Advocacy Campaign for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Developing an Advocacy Program
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Developing an Advocacy Program
The increasing health demands among populations calls for the development of advocacy campaigns. These assist in addressing the needs of individuals in order to improve the health status of a community. To become a successful advocate and to establish effective advocacy campaigns, one should be highly experienced. Moreover, one should have a clear-cut clue of the objectives as well as the motives of the campaign program and be in a position to inform other people on the purposes. It is essential to ensure that the vision one launches is convenient in terms of size and scope since the nursing personnel may be willing to help. This necessitates the need to conduct research on the doings of other individuals to acknowledge realistic accomplishments. It also allows one to learn on the goals of others to determine the similarities and differences, which may enable them formulate strategic plans through collaboration. This enhances the possibility to become successful and eventually making necessary changes to help those in need to improve their health outcomes (Sagrillo, 2013). Accordingly, this paper seeks to analyze the development of an advocacy campaign for cardiovascular disease.
The proposed policy is a health advocacy campaign on how to prevent the incidence of cardiovascular disease. The objectives include adopting healthy lifestyles by changing poor dietary intakes as well as unhealthy cooking, advocating for individuals to participate in physical activities on a regular basis to prevent risks to the disease, and health promotion and education to inform parents on the most effective ways of taking care of their family members. This is depending on the food they prepare, and how they influence their feeding habits. The proposed advocacy campaign begins in schools because a high proportion of overweight children grow and develop into obese adults. The diets that children take while in school should comprise of low calories and be wholesome. The components of the food should include carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins (Paquin, 2011).
The most efficient way to transform bad eating habits is when children are still young. This is because the high behavioral risk commences at a tender age and develops further as the individual grows. Therefore, if there is a campaign on the effects of taking foods containing high amounts of calories, the youngsters will mature knowing the impact of such unhealthy feeding habits on their health. The advocacy campaign also offers teaching platforms for parents during general meetings to train them on how to prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease among their family members. The undertaking of this should be by nurses who completely have an understanding of the condition. It involves educating parents the importance of maintaining healthy dietary intakes, especially on young children. From the training forums, they will be able to ask questions pertaining to the well-being of their children. This equips them with the knowledge of the risks associated with overfeeding their kids and poor feeding, especially the parents who perceive being fat as healthy. Some programs of the training teach pa...