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What we've done:

Public Health Policy Advocates consultants are specialists in the following areas for public health policy campaigns, including Tobacco Control and Obesity Prevention.

Coalition Building
Enlisting private sector, government, and non-profit organization participation.

• Establish benchmark tobacco policies to prohibit smoking in public areas

• Reduce tobacco advertising visibility

• Elimination of free-standing floor displays of cigarettes

• Reduce availability to minors

• Focus public health community’s response to the growing tide of obesity in children and adults of low SES and at-risk minority families.

Strategic Planning

• Campaign development

• Goal identification

• Issue Research

• Identifying Key Stakeholders and Community Partnerships

Communications

• Creation of Action Alert network to Legislators and Grassroots Network

• Press Conferences

• Media Events

• Press Releases

• High Visibility Community Impact Events

• Event Planning

• Website and Online Marketing and Communication tools

Leadership

Identifying, educating, and inspiring diverse groups of health advocates, business organizations and other private sector entities to support cutting-edge public health policy issues and legislation.

Advocacy

Helping to establish personal relationships leading to various public health ordinances, legislation and program funding. 

Grassroots Mobilization

• Enlist and educate volunteers to support the advocacy of public health policy issues. 

• Mobilize passionate advocates to email, call, and write members of the state legislature, United States Congress, local government officials, and school board members.

• Coordinate activities that promote sustained efforts in tobacco control and obesity prevention.

Education / Facilitation

• Facilitate and teach education programs

• Give conference keynote and speaker presentations

Project Management  

Manage grant programs for public health policy goals.

Coalition Building -

I was the Chair of a state-funded coalition of community tobacco control organizations in Los Angeles county that established benchmark tobacco policies to prohibit smoking in public areas, eliminated tobacco billboard advertising, creating vendor assisted sales by eliminating free-standing floor displays of cigarettes, and reduced availability to minors.  The coalition grew to include private sector, government, and non-profit organization participation.

I also help establish and participated in the growth of local coalitions in Los Angeles County focused on the public health community’s response to the growing tide of obesity in children and adults of low SES and at-risk minority families.

Strategic Planning-

Rallied the L.A. County Tobacco Control Coalition to make a significant impact to the 2000 Democratic Party National Convention in Los Angeles as the first tobacco-free presidential nominating convention of a national political party in our nation’s history.  Strategically coordinated the tobacco control community’s efforts in Los Angeles County and in Ventura County to win much-needed program funding from the Tobacco Settlement Agreement money appropriated by their County’s Board of Supervisors.

Communications-

Sent out Action Alerts on public health policy issues and activities that needed to be addressed immediately by our community’s health coalitions. Contributed with presentations at press conferences and media events that informed the public and press about the most important issues of the day facing and affecting the public’s health and well-being.

Leadership –

Brought together non-profit health and community public health coalitions together with business organizations and other private sector entities which advocated and supported cutting-edge public health policy issues and legislation for tobacco control in Los Angeles, California, and the United States.

Advocacy –

Selected as one of 15, from a national pool of applicants, to attend the Leadership Fellows Program at the Advocacy Institute in Washington, D.C.  Recognized as a leader in public health policy advocacy and accomplished strategist in environmental and culture change. Helped to pass various public health ordinances, legislation, and program funding have been put in place through my personal relationships with elected members of the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the California State Legislature, and Members of Congress from Los Angeles County and Southern California.

Public Speaking –

I have been a Facilitator of panel sessions and discussions at public health forums; presented advocacy and strategic planning abstracts at national conferences; and a keynote speaker at state conferences for tobacco control and obesity.  I have also been the guest speaker at many local non-profit and public health organization board meetings and conferences.

Media Relations –

Wrote press releases for media and press events held to promote and publicize important issues in public health issues.  I have been interviewed and featured in TV, radio, and print news stories that informed the public about advances in tobacco control and other public health policies.

Grassroots Mobilization –

Built up and even doubled the numbers of volunteers willing to help support the advocacy efforts for public health policy issues.  I’ve mobilized these passionate advocates to email, call, and write members of the state legislature, United States Congress, local government officials, and school board members for the issues important to the American Heart Association, the Alzheimer’s Association, and for issues important to our sustained efforts in tobacco control and obesity .

Special Events Planning –

Coordinated community 5K and 10K walks and formal dinners that were fundraisers for the American Heart Association.  Participated in the planning and coordination of putting together press and media events for promotion of public health issues.

Educator / Facilitator –

Taught a public advocacy class at the CDC’s (Centers for Disease Control) Leadership Forum for Tobacco Control Professionals in Scottsdale, AZ.  Led annual strategic planning retreat for Fit WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Task Force made up of Managed Care Executive’s, government leaders, and public health organization executives. 

Project Management –

Steven J. Gallegos, Principal Consultant

Recognized leader in public health policy advocacy and accomplished strategist in environmental and culture change.

500 N. Everett Street, Glendale, CA 91206  (213) 268-2133  steven@phpadvocates.org