Title: The advocacy approaches
Course: Level 3 - Health Education and Promotion > Section: Advocacy

The advocacy approach uses many different methods of reaching people. Inter-personal meetings or face-to-face approaches with the decision makers are the most effective advocacy approaches for those people. The other approach is involving leader; leaders, refer to those who are extremely influential in facilitating changes in national or local issues of population and health. As a result of leaders are acceptable by many community members involving them will help you to get large support. Draw the attention of the leaders to key population and health issues and to encourage them to take action. You can also use other channels for reaching the public, for example, newsletters, flyers, booklets, fact sheets, posters video, dramas and folk media.

- Make a list from your initial thinking of organisations that may be able to help you with your advocacy work in the future
- You can get support for your advocacy activities by identifying the governmental and non-governmental agencies responsible for your locality, and build a good relationship with their officials.
- You can get resources for your locality include the Woreda Health Office, the nearby health centre, local NGOs and other governmental sectors such as the Departments of Agriculture and Education, as well as local women's associations and kebele leaders.