Program
Promoting advocacy in WA through professional development and building capacity
Region
State wide and National
Category
Non-Government Organisation
Source(s) of funding
Healthway
PHAIWA also conducts advocacy training as a fee for service
Target group(s)
Any professional or organisation that want to understand how to be better advocates for prevention
Goals and objectives
PHAIWA aims to develop and nurture that advocacy skills of individuals working within health promotion, public health and sectors external to health, to ensure that high quality, innovative and effective advocacy leadership continues in WA. To achieve this goal the following objectives have been identified:
- To grow advocates for the future through programs such as the online advocacy mentoring program and opinion piece series
- To provide advocacy related professional development events and opportunities based on either needs or practitioners or current events
- To facilitate regional advocacy skills based workshops that address local needs, in all WA regions
- To deliver an advocacy Summer School short course to be facilitated every 2 years
Strategies
To address that objectives of the program includes two key strategy areas; professional development events and the e-mentoring program. Key aspects of these includes:
Deliver a range of professional development events including:
- Regional advocacy skills based sessions
- Advocacy short course
- Emerging Leader Seminars
- Executive Leader Seminars
- Executive conversations with key sector leaders
- Leadership by example Seminars
Deliver an e-mentoring program which includes:
- Practical monthly activities completed by mentees
- Online blog support
- ongoing professional development opportunities
Key contact details
Melinda Edmunds
Projects Officer
Melinda.Edmunds@curtin.edu.au
Phone: (08) 9266 1544
Fax: (08) 9266 9244
Address: Curtin University of Technology Health Research Campus
10 Selby Street, Shenton Park
Postal: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA Faculty of Health Sciences
G.P.O. Box U1987, PERTH 6845
Email: phaiwa@curtin.edu.au
Website: www.phaiwa.org.au