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From Patients to Policy: 5 Ways to Put Health Advocacy into Action

CE Hours 1

About this live event

Health advocacy is an essential professional skill that enables health professionals to improve the health of patients, communities, and populations. This presentation will provide participants with a practical framework for understanding health advocacy and identify meaningful ways to incorporate advocacy into their professional roles. Participants will begin by defining health advocacy and exploring how it can occur at multiple levels. Concrete examples will help clinicians recognize opportunities for advocacy in everyday practice. The presentation will also highlight ways health professionals can use advocacy to promote accurate, evidence-based information and counter misleading claims that affect patients and public health. The session is designed to leave participants with greater confidence to engage in advocacy across multiple settings.

Learning Objectives

  • Define and give examples of health advocacy.
  • Identify challenges to engaging in health advocacy.
  • Recognize opportunities to advocate against misinformation.
  • Describe ways to engage in legislative advocacy.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Katherine Gershman Kennedy, M.D.

    Katherine G. Kennedy, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Yale School of Medicine where she directs the Yale Legislative Advocacy Program, co-leads the Advocacy Track for the Health Equity Curriculum, serves as Faculty Co-Leader of the Psychotherapy Distinction Track, and supervises psychiatry residents in psychotherapy. She is a board-certified adult psychiatrist with a private practice in New Haven, Connecticut.

    Outside of Yale, Dr. Kennedy is the Chair of the Legislative Committee for the Connecticut Psychiatric Society and Section Co-Editor of “Voices in Advocacy and Policy” for Psychiatric News, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association (APA.) From 2020-2024, she chaired the APA Council on Advocacy and Government Relations. In addition, Dr. Kennedy chairs the Committee on Psychotherapy for the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) and serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Psychotherapy and APA Publishing Books.

    Dr. Kennedy has presented at national conferences and published on advocacy, psychotherapy, and supervision, including two books, “Supervising Individual Psychotherapy: The Guide to Good Enough” (2023) and "A Psychiatrist's Guide to Advocacy" (2020.) Elected to the American College of Psychiatrists in 2020, Dr. Kennedy was awarded the CT Psychiatric Society's Outstanding Service Award in 2024, the New Haven County Medical Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2024, and the Yale Department of Psychiatry’s Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award in 2017.

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  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing support@ce-go.com or calling 888-498-5578.

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If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.
From Patients to Policy: 5 Ways to Put Health Advocacy into Action
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    Live Interactive Webinar
  • Date
    Tue Sep 22nd, 2026
  • Time
    12:00pm - 01:00pm PDT
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