Advocacy
How to contact your legislator.
The links below are resources to contact your legislators and learn more about health policy and advocacy issues.
- Department of Health and Human Services [1]
- GovTrack.us [2]
- THOMAS [3] (legislative Information for the Internet)
- US House of Representatives [4]
- US Senate [5]
- White House [6]
Nursing Community
The Nursing Community [7] (NC) is a forum for professional nursing and related organizations to collaborate on a wide spectrum of health care and nursing issues including practice, education, and research.
Tanning Bed Legislation State Advocacy Fact Sheet
The Tanning Bed Legislation State Advocacy Fact Sheet [8], supported by multiple organizations including the DNA, AAD, and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, provides facts on the hazards on the use of tanning devices by minors that can be helpful in efforts to obtain or support legislation prohibiting this activity.