State Advocacy Research Articles

Expanding Advocacy to the Grassroots Level: The New York State Model

New York State has achieved pharmacy practice advancement legislation more slowly than other states. Despite the benefits of pharmacy advocacy in shaping legislation, in New York State advocacy activities have generally been limited to once per year during Lobby Day. Implementation of a grassroots advocacy infrastructure has been able to organize and sustain legislative engagement among members of our professional organization, with more than 100 legislative visits completed since creation of the Grassroots Advocacy Committee. A committee with infrastructure including a buddy system and legislative visit tracking process and educational programs, such as simulation training, have reduced the perceived burdens of participation. Other pharmacy organizations who have identified advocacy as a priority can utilize these tools to organize their members to support legislative goals.

Business and morals: Corporate strategies for sustainable development in China

AbstractThere has been considerable attention in recent years on the close linkages between business, ethics, and economic development and how businesses not only have responsibilities to their shareholders but also to wider society. The growing power and influence of emerging economies has resulted in increased scholarly interest in China on studying the domestic political commitments to corporate social responsibility strategies (CSR), and their potential contribution to promoting the country's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative and thereby achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article explores the factors that influence CSR strategies and performance and examines whether we are witnessing the emergence of a new form of social responsibility among Chinese businesses that prioritizes sustainable development. In order to better understand how CSR strategies in China are being potentially reshaped and realigned with the SDGs, we examined the CSR reports and practices of selected Chinese companies both before and after the adoption of the SDGs at the United Nations in 2015. By focusing on the CSR-SDG linkages in China, our study contributes to a better understanding of state advocacy aimed at influencing corporate behavior on sustainable development.

Confucian Masculinity: State Advocacy of Active Fatherhood in Singapore

This article examines representations of fathers and fatherhood in the advertising campaigns of Singaporean government agencies. The introduction of paternity leave and encouragement for fathers to play a bigger role in childcare and child-raising suggest that the government is sympathetic to the pursuit of gender equality, but I argue that state advocacy of active fatherhood serves to reinforce patriarchal tendencies in Singapore. Current scholarship on the problematization of women in state discourses has highlighted the power and privilege of a particular social group in Singapore: heterosexual men. However, there has been a developing body of theoretical and empirical research that looks more critically at the discursive constructions of masculinities, particularly along the dimensions of class, race, and sexuality. This article takes up this issue of different masculinities and the implications this diversity has for understanding patriarchal culture and its intersecting hierarchies. I propose the concept of Confucian masculinity to explain how the depiction of active fatherhood reinforces the ubiquitous “normal family” that upholds patriarchal ideology and perpetuates patriarchal power, thereby obscuring the contradictions of class, race, and sexuality that exist in Singapore.

Who Drafted That? Model Legislation Impacting Nursing and Regulation

A recent study found that nearly 10,000 legislative bills filed over the past 8 years across the United States were exact copies or replicas of one another ( O’Dell and Penzenstadler, 2019 O’Dell R. Penzenstadler N. Copy, paste, legislate: You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. in: USA Today. 2019, April 4https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/03/abortion-gun-laws-stand-your-ground-model-bills-conservatives-liberal-corporate-influence-lobbyists/3162173002/ Google Scholar ). These copies and replicas, known as model legislation, differ in origin, draft style, and purpose. Authors of model legislation often include interest groups, corporations, and coalitions of private or public actors. Authors draft model legislation on a topic of interest and activate an advocacy campaign aiming for wide-reaching enactments. Of the nearly 10,000 bills analyzed by USA Today, The Arizona Republic, and the Center for Public Integrity, more than 2,000 were enacted into law at the state and federal level ( O’Dell and Penzenstadler, 2019 O’Dell R. Penzenstadler N. Copy, paste, legislate: You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead. in: USA Today. 2019, April 4https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/04/03/abortion-gun-laws-stand-your-ground-model-bills-conservatives-liberal-corporate-influence-lobbyists/3162173002/ Google Scholar ). Model legislation often concerns occupational licensing and other healthcare topics that affect nursing and regulation. Nicole Livanos, JD, MPP, is Senior Associate, State Advocacy and Legislative Affairs, Nursing Regulation, NCSBN, Chicago, Illinois. Conflict of Interest Compliance Article 4Journal of Nursing Regulation Vol. 12Issue 2PreviewAs is standard in scholarly publishing, NCSBN’s Journal of Nursing Regulation (JNR) requires its authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest (COI). Although COI information has always been collected by our staff in order to support editors’ review of the paper, it was not our standard practice to publish COI statements in each article. In this issue, JNR is retrospectively publishing the COI statements, which were collected with the below papers at submission, in order to make potential COI’s transparent to readers, as well as editors. Full-Text PDF

In Debt and Out of Work

Over the past few years, occupational licensure issues made headlines across media and policy organizations and appeared at the top of key lawmakers’ agendas. The majority of the articles focus on evaluating the necessity of licensure for certain professions and highlight the growth of licensure over the past 60 years, often citing the fact that one in four professions in the United States now requires a license ( Hultin, 2018 Hultin S. The National Occupational Licensing Database: Executive summary. National Council of State Legislatures. 2018, January 10; (Retrieved from)http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/occupational-licensing-statute-database.aspx Google Scholar ). These articles examine laws requiring the licensure of hair braiders, equestrian massage therapists, florists, interior designers, and others to highlight the debate over whether licensure is in fact an effective mechanism for ensuring public protection. Nicole Livanos, JD, MPP, is State Advocacy Associate, Nursing Regulation, National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Conflict of Interest Compliance Article 2Journal of Nursing Regulation Vol. 12Issue 2PreviewAs is standard in scholarly publishing, NCSBN’s Journal of Nursing Regulation (JNR) requires its authors to disclose any potential conflicts of interest (COI). Although COI information has always been collected by our staff in order to support editors’ review of the paper, it was not our standard practice to publish COI statements in each article. In this issue, JNR is retrospectively publishing the COI statements, which were collected with the below papers at submission, in order to make potential COI’s transparent to readers, as well as editors. Full-Text PDF

Status Report on Art Therapists in Public Schools: Employment and Legislative Realities

This report discusses current developments and status of art therapists in public schools, with recommendations for occupational titles, program effectiveness, and legislative change to identify art therapists as service providers for students with special needs. Interview results from a small sample of art therapists employed in New York State public schools describe their experiences within clinical, art education, school counseling models, and other occupational titles. Art therapists are called to help provide needed evidence-based research that can inform state and national policy advocacy efforts aimed at art therapist employment in U.S. public schools.

Crime and Punishment in Eastern Pennsylvania, 1903–18, Part 2

ABSTRACT The first half of this article (Pennsylvania History, Summer 2017) studied the nature of crime and criminology in early twentieth-century Pennsylvania. In this follow-up, Eastern State Penitentiary reforms and advocacy for prisoners fighting in World War I are examined, along with the efforts of Progressive Era penologist Warden Robert J. McKenty.

State-level Collaborations Among School Nurse Organizations: A Year in Review.

The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act provides an impetus for school nurse organizations to advocate for student health and climate goals at the state level. Collaboration between state agencies and associations is a starting point for advocacy. Advocacy also includes legislative involvement. This article explores state advocacy and collaboration efforts among school nurse organizations over the past year identifying common themes, with a focus on Every Student Succeeds Act involvement, as well as listing unique activities by state.

Don’t Take Away Our Licenses!

Don’t Take Away Our Licenses!

‘Hot Topic’ Resources Help State Advocacy Efforts

‘Hot Topic’ Resources Help State Advocacy Efforts

Advocacy for the Poor

While a large body of research examines cross-state variation in social policy, few studies systematically examine the policy influence of organizations that advocate on behalf of people living in poverty. This article examines relationships between state advocacy communities and policy choices following the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), or welfare reform. Using an original data set of states’ advocacy communities, political and economic characteristics, and welfare policy choices, the article analyzes whether a state’s advocacy community is associated with its decisions to reduce the government’s commitment to low-income families on one hand and enact policies providing additional supports to families on the other. The analysis reveals that significant relationships exist for both types of policies, suggesting that organizational advocates may play a role in shaping state-level social policy decisions.

Bill Would Include Psychiatrists in Loan Repayment Program in Calif.

Bill Would Include Psychiatrists in Loan Repayment Program in Calif.

Board Moves on New Headquarters, Discusses National Event for 2016

Board Moves on New Headquarters, Discusses National Event for 2016

A Primer on Medicaid Telepractice Reimbursement

A Primer on Medicaid Telepractice Reimbursement

Toolkits Guide State Advocacy for Medicaid MH Services

An APA work group has created two toolkits that explain the opportunities and risks under Medicaid, with suggestions on how to address these challenges via collaborative, issue-focused advocacy.

Extinguishing the “Temptation of Monetary Inducements”: The State Regulation and Stigmatization of Adult Entertainment Recruiters on Post-secondary Campuses in British Columbia

Abstract: In this article, we explore the directive issued in August 2012 by the Minister of Advanced Education in British Columbia to ban “aggressive” adult entertainment recruiters from campus job fairs. We argue that the Liberal minister’s move to differentiate “appropriate” and “safe” employment from the purportedly perilous behaviour intrinsic to “exotic dancing” deflects attention from the economic crisis facing most post-secondary students. We contend that exotic dancing is being used as a convenient scapegoat, a bottomless container for fear and anxiety eminently exploitable in the service of moral governance masquerading as state advocacy. Some students already work in the sex industry, including the world of commercial burlesque. The minister’s message to university and college presidents in British Columbia reads as a cynical, desperate ploy a) to exploit fear for political gain, and b) to obfuscate the grave, deepening crush of debt shouldered by post-secondary students.

Variable Impact of State Legislative Advocacy on Registry Participation and Regional Systems of Care Implementation

Regionalization, systems of care design, and quality improvement (QI) registry participation all promote the widespread dissemination of guideline-based evidence into actual practice. As a result, policy statements from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) advocate for the creation of regional systems of care for various time-critical diagnoses, including ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation, and acute stroke.1–3 Creation of these regional networks requires multidisciplinary collaboration to implement 5 mutually reinforcing core elements4 that build each system: (1) Designation of certain hospitals with special treatment capabilities as Receiving Centers for STEMI, resuscitation, or stroke; (2) emergency medical services (EMS) destination protocols that allow for direct transport of certain patients identified by explicit triage criteria to a designated Receiving Center, thus allowing for bypass of closer hospitals if they lack the needed specialty service; (3) organized interhospital transfer and transport protocols to a Receiving Center for appropriate patients who initially self-present or are mistriaged to a Referral Hospital; (4) communication or telemedicine options to provide real-time expert consultation as needed from a Receiving Center to its associated Referral Hospitals or EMS providers; and (5) participation in a regional and/or national QI registry to track relevant process-of-care metrics and meaningful risk-adjusted clinical outcomes. Within each of the 50 states, unique challenges exist for stakeholders attempting to implement the 5 aforementioned core elements of regional or statewide systems of care. In particular, substantial variation exists with regard to the starting point for these initiatives. For example, some states already have sufficient regulatory authority within their EMS agency or state department of health (DOH) to regionalize care of time-critical diagnoses, whereas other states require new legislation to create coordinated systems. In October 2011, the Advocacy Coordinating Committee of the AHA convened a multispecialty task force to assess the …

“We need more education, hard work and shoe leather”

ON THE cusp of Solar Power International (SPI 2013), Renewable Energy Focus magazine recently caught up with Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the solar energy industry in the United States. Representing an industry of more than 5,600 companies and 119,000 employees, Resch is the architect of the Association's strategic priorities designed to achieve a 10 GW annual market in the US by 2015, including all Federal and state advocacy on behalf of the industry. In the last 8 years as the President of SEIA, he helped create the 30% investment tax credit, the 1603 Treasury Program, and more than 18 other provisions that have helped grow the industry from 52 MW/year market in 2004 to 3,300 MW in 2012.

ASHA Develops Alternative to Teacher Assessment Systems

You have accessThe ASHA LeaderSchool Matters1 Jun 2012ASHA Develops Alternative to Teacher Assessment Systems Carol Polovoy Carol Polovoy Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.1044/leader.SCM2.17072012.7 SectionsAbout ToolsAdd to favorites ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Should school districts assess speech-language pathologists using systems specifically designed for teachers? The answer from ASHA’s schools experts is, unequivocably, “no.” Recognizing that SLPs are likely to be included in value-added assessment (VAA) systems designed to measure individual teacher effectiveness, ASHA has designed an accountability system that accurately reflects the SLP’s unique role in a child’s academic success. The Performance Assessment of Contributions and Effectiveness of Speech-Language Pathologists (PACE) [PDF], includes a portfolio assessment, teacher self-report, and classroom observation tools (from ASHA’s Professional Performance Review Process for the School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist). The push to implement VAA comes from several federal initiatives—including the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (also known as No Child Left Behind) and the Race to the Top initiative—that emphasize placing highly qualified teachers in classrooms and ensuring that accountability systems evaluate teachers regularly. Local and statewide school systems are using VAA to measure the effectiveness of teachers—and are expanding the assessments to other professionals, including SLPs, as a means of associating teacher value with student outcomes. “The goal of a value-added assessment process for education professionals is to identify performance measures that accurately and fairly assess the professionals’ impact on student performance and overall success of the school community,” said Deborah Dixon, ASHA director of school services, co-leader of the ASHA team that developed PACE. “Much emphasis has been placed on evaluating the contributions of the classroom teacher, but very little attention has been paid to assessing contributions of other providers, including SLPs.” In addition to the assessment tool itself, PACE also includes background information on VAA, an extensive review of the research on VAA for teachers, a performance review process, and ways to advocate for the adoption of the PACE at the state and local levels. Advocacy tools include a step-by-step process for advocating for change, a sample PowerPoint presentation, and frequently asked questions. SLPs and state associations will need to push for states and districts to include PACE. “It is imperative that state associations and member SLPs be actively involved in the development or expansion of VAA systems that will include SLPs,” said Janet Deppe, ASHA director of state advocacy, who co-lead the PACE effort. “If state association representatives and SLPs in local districts are not ’at the table’ when value-added systems are discussed and created, it is unlikely that the system will be appropriate or effective for evaluating SLP performance,” Deppe said. Several states already have developed VAA systems for classroom teachers. “In fact, in some states, SLPs have been informed by local and state officials that they will be included in the VAA system for teachers,” Deppe said. “As a result of a 2010 law in Louisiana, the VAA system under development for teachers in that state is being expanded to include other professionals, including SLPs.” Even if a state isn’t implementing a VAA system for teachers, ASHA recommends advocating for PACE to be used by school districts, Dixon said. “PACE bypasses the statistical issues of using VAA with SLPs, it accurately reflects the unique roles and responsibilities of SLPs in schools, it focuses the evaluation on the important aspects of SLPs’ work in schools, and it includes multiple measures of accountability.” For more information, contact Janet Deppe, ASHA’s director of state advocacy, at [email protected], or Deborah Dixon, ASHA’s director of school services, at [email protected]. Author Notes Carol Polovoy, assistant managing editor of The ASHA Leader , can be reached at[email protected]. Advertising Disclaimer | Advertise With Us Advertising Disclaimer | Advertise With Us Additional Resources FiguresSourcesRelatedDetails Volume 17Issue 7June 2012 Get Permissions Add to your Mendeley library History Published in print: Jun 1, 2012 Metrics Downloaded 80 times Topicsasha-topicsleader_do_tagleader-topicsasha-article-typesCopyright & Permissions© 2012 American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationLoading ...

Group Effort Yields Licensure Victory in South Dakota

Group Effort Yields Licensure Victory in South Dakota