Maternity Health Advocacy Assignment Paper
Running head: MATERNITY HEALTH ADVOCACY Maternity Health Advocacy Name Institution 1 MATERNITY HEALTH ADVOCACY 2 Maternity Health Advocacy Rationale and Preparation In my previous assessment, I focused on maternal mortality as a global health concern and an action area for healthcare policymakers and providers. In this meeting, I continued my focus on maternal mortality with the aim of influencing change. I chose option A, a meeting in a professional organization, for many reasons. First, professional organizations are easier to access than a meeting with the state representative or senator. Maternity Health Advocacy Assignment Paper
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Therefore, I found this option more realistic and easier to achieve. Secondly, professional healthcare organizations focus specifically on healthcare and hence are likely to give the attention due to the issue than political actors. State representatives have many issues to consider including their reelection and influence while professional organizations in healthcare are specifically focused on healthcare issues. Therefore, I believe that a professional organization’s stakeholders are likely to pay attention to the issue of maternal mortality than a political actor. Therefore, I chose the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurse (AWHONN) as my target organization. When preparing for the meeting, I tailored my message to ensure cultural sensitivity by using respectful language and one that encouraged equity in portrayal of minorities. Maternity Health Advocacy Assignment Paper