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Legislative Advocacy: A Pediatric Provider’s Ethical Responsibility
Lauren Gambill MDTara Greendyk MD
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Objectives
• Understand the concept of legislative advocacy as it pertains to pediatrics
• Evaluate the obligation of the a pediatric provider to participate in legislative advocacy
• Identify avenues to practice legislative advocacy in pediatrics
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WHAT? What Does “Legislative Advocacy” Even Mean?
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What is Legislative Advocacy?
• Almost anything done to influence a legislator's position on legislation or public policy.
• It is a practical way for individuals to translate their concerns about children into policies and laws.
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OUR STORYAnd Who Made You the Expert?
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Politics?
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WHO?Who Can and Should be a Legislative Advocate?
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Who is a Legislative Advocate?
• Anyone who has ever spoken on behalf of a child. It's that simple.
• Physicians, nurses, teachers, social workers, parents, child care providers…
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Evidence Based Advocacy
• 93.5% of pediatricians rated political involvement as important, however only;
• 27.2% reported any involvement with political advocacy in the 3 years prior to survey
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Why Not?
• Lack of understanding• Lack of comfort• Lack of training• Time
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Attitude
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Participation (thus far)
Never 61%
1-2 Times 34%
2-5 Times 5%
More than 5 times 0%
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Participation Prediction
How likely are you to participate as a resident How likely are you to participate after residency0
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Why?Knowledge/Comfort
overall understanding Understanding of the role of pediatrician
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WHY BOTHER?Is It Worth My Time?
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Why is it Important?
• Legislators rarely hear about children's issues.
• Officials who are unfamiliar with children's needs make decisions
• Legislative advocacy is the bridge between imagining a better life for children and making it a reality.
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Why Would They Listen to Me?
• Pediatric providers have an powerful voice• YOU are an expert in children's health,
legislators are NOT• We can change real problems• You are a constituent
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What Can I Influence?
Anything…• Medicaid• Immunizations• WIC• Helmet laws• Car seat laws• School lunches• Obesity interventions• Asthma education
And Everything…• Anti-bullying laws• Smoking bans• Gun violence laws• Mental health funding• Family immigration policy• Poison prevention
packaging• Funding for safe spaces in
communities
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HOW?Ok But…
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Basics
• Register to vote• Vote!• Learn who represents you– www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/
Home.aspx
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Wake Up and Advocate Challenge
• The first person to use: www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspx
To correctly identify my Texas State House Representative wins $5 gift card to starbucks!
My Information2006 Hamilton AveAustin Texas 78702
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Wake Up and Advocate Challenge
• Answer:• Dawnna Dukes (district 46)
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Advocate in Your Pajamas
• Call, Email, Write• Use: www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspx To find legislators
websites and contact information.• Make it personal• Calls: Plan you message: succinct, personal, be prepared to talk to
legislator or staff, and Call!• Email/write:
– State that you are a [pediatrician/nurse/Social worker] AND a constituent. – Make it personal and LOCAL. – Brief (1 page)! – Use your subject line. Follow up.
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Take it to the Capitol
• Meet with your legislators or staffers for a better connection– Plan your message– Bring information to
leave behind– Follow up!
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Go Public
• Op-Ed, Letters to the Editor, Television, Radio, internet
• Builds awareness on behalf of an issue to get more attention from decision-makers
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Go Public – Social Media• At least 75% of adults are on some type of
social media.• At least 43% of adults get health
information through social media.
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What Social Media Can Be
• Powerful tool to spread awareness of issues as well as health information
• Another platform to reach decision-makers
• As of Jan. 2013, 90% of Representatives & 100% of Senators are on Twitter
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What Social Media Is Not
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The Basics: Twitter Cheat SheetWhile you have 140 characters to use on Twitter, using < 120 allows for easier RTs
Retweet: Good Twitter etiquette calls for RTs before forwarding on someone else’s post. Use “MT” when modifying a tweet before sharing.
@usernames allow for quick shout-outs & public conversations between users; a “.” before an @ mention allows your followers to easily follow
Direct messages are private conversations between two users on Twitter
“Trending” topics are those popular across Twitter, and can be filtered by country or regional and found on the lefthand side of your home page
#Hashtags are used to organize posts and to easily create and surf trends
FollowFriday: On Fridays, use #ff to recommend others your followers may be interested in following (a great way to promote partners’ & colleagues’ work)
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HIPAA & Social Media
• Think before you tweet: HIPAA applies to social media platforms• No identifiable information
• Online, your digital footprint is holistic and accessible• consider what you share • What would you want your patients to know
(or not) about you?
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Wake Up and Advocate Challenge
• The first 3 people to tweet something they have learned about advocacy @renkate (that’s me!) will win $5 starbucks card
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Advocate in Less Than 5 minutes
• Join your professional organizations!– American Academy of Pediatrics– Texas Pediatrics Society– National Association of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners– Society of Pediatric Nurses
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WHAT TO ADVOCATE?Ok I’m Convinced, So…
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Hot Topics in Pediatrics - Texas
• 2014 is legislative off year – relationship building, discussion of 2015 priorities– ECI & Home Visiting Programs– Medicaid– Training for Pediatricians– Obesity
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ECI
• Early intervention proven by the research to improve outcomes for children with– Autism, premature children, and other
developmental disabilities• Outcomes reduced– Academic achievement, behavior, delinquency and
crime• Saves money in public spending later
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Medicaid
• Medicaid served >2.5 million children in Texas• Preventative services much more cost
effective then ER services• We need more Medicaid providers.
Challenges?– Medicare and Medicaid rates are not equal (hard
to attract providers if they can’t afford these patients)
– Medicaid more cumbersome (Let’s streamline)
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Training more Providers
• Physician Shortage• Med students >
residency spots• Most residents end up
practicing near where they train
• Bring our doctors back to Texas by increasing GME funding
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Obesity • Public policy and programs
targeted at obesity– Incentivizing healthy food
purchases through public programs
– Nutrition in schools– Addressing “food deserts”– PE in schools– Enhance opportunity for
exercise through environment (ex. Complete Streets & Safe Routes to Schools)
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Hot Topics in Pediatrics - Nationally
• Poverty • Do Not Track Kids Act of
2013• Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act or 2014
• Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program
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Childhood Poverty• The poorest group
in U.S.• 22% live below
poverty level & 10% live in deep poverty
• Multiple devastating health consequences
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Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013
• Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) - 1998
• S.1700/H.R.3481• Strengthens privacy
protections for children
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Child Care and Development Block Grant Act or 2014
• Legislation aimed at ensuring the health and safety of children in child care– Access to child care – Child care assistance– Health and safety of children in
child care– Quality of child care– Coordination of early care and
education
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Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program
• Federal program that focuses on improving the pediatric components of the emergency medical services system.
• S. 2154/H.R. 4290 reauthorizes the EMSC program through 2019
• The EMSC program supports: – EMSC State Partnership Program– Rural & Tribal Communities & Other Areas of National
Significance Grants– Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) – National EMSC Data Resource Center (NEDARC) – National Pediatric Readiness Project (Peds Ready)
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QUESTIONS?Thank you!
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References• Texas Pediatric Society, Children’s Hospital Association of Texas. Legislative Advocacy Day
Briefing. March, 2014 www.txpeds.org• American Academy of Pediatrics. Protect Children’s Online Privacy: Support the Do Not
Track Kids Act. 2013 http://www.aap.org/en-us/Documents/AAP%20DNTK%20Leave%20Behind.pdf
• American Academy of Pediatrics. Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program. http://federaladvocacy.aap.org/?nfstatus=200&nftoken=fb963b18-1ff6-4ec6-ad9e-7f7aaa5e3b27&nfstatusdescription=SUCCESS%3a+Login+worked 2013
• National Women’s Law Center. Child Care and Devlopment Block Grant Act of 2014: Summary http://federaladvocacy.aap.org/?nfstatus=200&nftoken=fb963b18-1ff6-4ec6-ad9e-7f7aaa5e3b27&nfstatusdescription=SUCCESS%3a+Login+worked March 2014
• The Texas Tribune. Interactive: Mapping Access to Health Care in Texas http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/texas-shortage-health-care-providers / May 2012
• American Academy of Pediatrics Advocacy Training Module: Working with Decision-Makers http://www2.aap.org/commpeds/CPTI/training-modules.cfm?module=3