Taking the mystery out of CV Health Advocacy

What nurses and allied professionals need to know

Monday, 12 May 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST

12/05/2025 13:00 12/05/2025 14:00 Europe/Paris Taking the mystery out of CV Health Advocacy

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Topic(s):

Allied Professions in Cardiovascular Care

Cardiovascular Nursing

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Summary

In this talk you will hear from inspirational leaders who have carved out an advocacy role in one of the domains of advocacy identified by the ACNAP Advocacy Committee: patient level, professional level and policy level.

Following this session attendees will develop greater insights into what advocacy is, why it is important and how we can all work to become more effective advocates. The focus is on 'real world' examples, so expect to be inspired!

Learning objectives

After watching this Talk, the participant will be able to:

Appreciate why advocacy is important in CVD health, and how it can improve patient care and outcomes
Understand the ACNAP Advocacy Committee definition and conceptualisation of advocacy (domains, categories and levels of advocacy)
Through personal ‘case studies’ learn how patients, nurses and allied professionals, and policy influencers/makers, have practised / operationalised advocacy in a ‘real world’ context
Identify practical skills, tools and techniques that will enable patient, nurses and allied professionals to proactively engage in advocacy activities.

Programme

Chairs

Faye Forsyth, Luxembourg

Presentations

A patient’s personal perspective

Hywel Jones, United Kingdom

Real world Advocacy; a nurse's reflection

Shirley Ingram, Ireland

My advocacy journey

Catherine Ross, United Kingdom

Questions and answers

During the Q&A, participants will have the opportunity to interact with the chair and speakers by asking their questions verbally using the “raise hand” feature or in written form using the "Q&A" module. Chair and speakers can answer directly in the module (publicly or privately) or discuss live during the Q&A.