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Advocacy for public health: a primer

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Professor S Chapman
School of Public Health, A27 University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia; simonchapman{at}health.usyd.edu.au

ABSTRACT
Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition.

Keywords: advocacy; media; tobacco

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