Introduction

In the previous session you have learned about conducting training for model families. Training model family aims at promoting new health education and promotion activities to early adaptors and they transfer to other member of the community.

Now you will learn about concept of advocacy. Advocacy requires clear and effective communication tools and strong arguments about the importance of addressing the determinants ofhealth and reducing health problems. This session will provide you with an overview of advocacy, its goals, objectives and practices, all of which will help you improve the health of people in your community.