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Analyze Planned Parenthood (Health Advocacy Organization)– 5-7 pages. Prepare a document that highlights their goals and current activities. Include the following: What are their reasons for the current campaign or project in which they are engaged (if relevant)? What model of advocacy are they using? What are their strengths and limitations? Who else should know about this organization? How can they be more effective about who they are and what they do? References: https://www.plannedparenthood.org Moniz, C. & Gorin, S. 5th Edition (2019). Health Care Policy and Practice: A Biopsychosocial Perspective -Taylor and Francis (Routledge), New York. Goldsteen, R & Goldsteen, K &Goldsteen B.. (2021) Jonas’ Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System-9th Edition. NY: Springer Publishing Co. Galombos, C. (2013). Health Care: Overview. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis, Editors-in-Chief. Encyclopedia of Social Work-20th Edition Hill, L., Artiga, S., & Ranji, U., (2022, November, 01). Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Statis and Efforts to Address Them. KFF. https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/#endnote_link_569484-1 MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declercq E, and Howell EA. Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality in the United States using enhanced vital records, 2016-2017. American Journal of Public Health DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306375 (2021). The Social Determinants of Health: It's Time to Consider the Causes of the Causes https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00333549141291S206 Hardcastle, D.A., & Powers, PR. (2004). Using the Advocacy Spectrum. Chapter 13. Community Practice 2nd. Edition. Pgs. 355-389 (ER). Mizrahi, T. and Rizzo, V. (2008) Perspectives on the Roles and Value of Social Work Practice in Neighborhood Health Centers and Implications for the Reimbursement of Services Social Work in Public Health 23 (6), 99-124. T. Mizrahi, "The Direction of Patients Rights in the 1990s: Proceed with Caution," Health and Social Work 17, (Nov.) 1992, pp. 246-252 T. Mizrahi, Social Work Advocacy and Leadership.
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