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The Advocacy of the National Arthritis Foundation
The National Arthritis Foundation was founded in 1984 as a charitable institution. It is actually the largest public organization of its like on its country of origin, Singapore. The foundation was established primarily to help all arthritis patients situated all over the world. They start with educating patients about their disease and the things that they can possibly do to prevent the symptoms from occurring.
Aside from information dissemination, the National Arthritis Foundation is also supporting arthritis research. They act as a management and coordinating body that works hand in hand with pharmaceutical organizations to push through arthritis research for the benefit of patients. They are also working closely with arthritis specialists to attain these goals.
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HIV – Aids Advocacy and Clinical Work
With the increasing number of patients infected with HIV and AIDS, more and more advocacy and clinical work to help out these patients have been available.
Many of the bigger organizations are announcing various programs that reach out to all communities, including the communities in the developing world. They usually replicate the most successful and effective HIV treatment support programs as they partner with governments as well as the community groups and organizations and other funds and sponsors. Their initiatives usually provide these HIV and AIDS support programs that are based on the methods that have been proven to be successful even in the most remote and poorest areas of the world.
Community support has been proven to provide patients the encouragement to look for testing as well as treatment instead of losing hope. They are better prepared to start and stick to antiretroviral therapy and therefore less likely to default their treatment resulting to better outcomes.
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Parental ADHD Advocacy
Children diagnosed with ADHD face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. First, an ADHD diagnosis conjures unflattering stigmas. The labels are detestable, but a regular part of an ADHD child’s life. Second, special accommodations in the classroom cause deep resentment in peers and the teachers responsible for implementing the accommodations. Most important, children diagnosed with ADHD rarely have an advocate who looks after their best interests.
ADHD advocacy is a nascent trend in the mental health industry. For years, children struggled without advocacy support while trying to cope in social environments and in the classroom. ADHD clinicians began to heed the call for advocacy, but their role was limited to medical education for parents and education personnel. National ADHD advocacy organizations have been effective in lobbying politicians for ADHD laws, especially in the areas of education and the workplace. National organizations have a macro sphere of influence, not the micro attention to detail that is parental ADHD advocacy.
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