CAHPSA Lobby Day 2009: LD09
Lobby Day 2009 (LD09), held on January
11-12, 2009 in Sacramento, CA, was our fourth annual lobbying event.
It continued the trend of getting bigger and better, featuring several "firsts":
- 404 health professional students made legislative visits.
- We made 117 legislative visits.
- We secured 21 co-authorships for the introduction of SB 810 on February 27, 2009
- 30 California campuses were represented!
- Sunday’s Training Day included two breakout sessions for students to meet with their specific legislative groups and plan their legislator visits.
- We researched the effectiveness of our training on attendees' knowledge, skills and attitudes, and we found significant imprvements in all measures in our Survey Research.
News Coverage
Watch our first televised
news coverage since Lobby Day began! On CBS TV, Sacramento, CA: Channel
13.
(Click either TV image below to open video of news coverage.)
Summary of Lobby Day 2009
A summary of the Lobby Day 2009 experience was written by two medical student leaders, Jen Alloo, super LD09 co-coordinator, and Parker Duncan, CaPA Fellow.
Read the full summary here, or at the California Physicians Alliance (CaPA - PNHP)Rally Student Speech, LD09
The LD09 Rally student speech was given by Nancy Anaya-Navarro, MS1 at UC Irvine, local leader for LD09 and co-director of LD10.
Read the speech here, or Download the full speech.
Download Training Day Materials
Download presentations and handouts from Training Day:
- “Message-in-a-Box” and Framing Issues Techniques: View on YouTube.
Video created by Andrea Duncan, Parker Duncan.
LD09 Survey: The Effect of LD09 on Students
This original Survey
was designed and conducted by Parker Duncan, CaPA Fellow; Farah Karipineni, MS2, UC Irvine and Nancy Anaya-Navarro, MS1, UC Irvine.
Methodology
We surveyed all participants in a pre-test/post-test format to better understand the effect of LD09 on their knowledge, skills and attitudes related to healthcare reform issues.
Of 404 participants, we collected 248 surveys -- a response rate of 63%.
Key Learning Points
- Students initially had low levels of knowledge and skill – but they were fast learners, showing statistically significant changes across all knowledge and skill items.
- Students who attended LD09 (a selection bias) already had strong attitudes about the importance of student participation in healthcare reform efforts. While those also changed significantly, as well, it was to a much smaller extent.
Available Materials
- Data: We have completed only preliminary review of the data, and we are happy to share it with all who are interested in conducting further analysis. If interested, download:
- The original Survey document
- The SPSS file and the Coding instructions.
- Our Abstract and Poster won 1st place for “Community Service” at the AMSA National Conference, March 12, 2009. (The image of the poster is shown at the upper right: Click image to open full size readable image.)
Download Survey Poster (File size: 17 MB); or View as image (File size: 1.2MB)
- Presentation about our Survey
Given by Parker Duncan and Renu T., at the March 2009 AMSA Convention:
"What a Difference a Day Makes"
Other LD09 Materials - View or Download
(1) Flyer, Lobby Day 2009
Designed by Gaspar Rivera, MS2, UC Irvine
(2) Media Advances
For Training Day 2009 and Lobby Day 2009
By Erica Brode, MS2, UCSF
(3) Poster: Rally Sign, Lobby Day 2009
"We're the Future of Healthcare & We're for SINGLE-PAYER! SB 840 - HR 676"
Desiged by Gaspar Rivera, MS2, UC Irvine (UCI)
(Dimensions in pixels: 1710 wide x 1110 height)
(4) Business card, Lobby Day 2009
Used by Lobby Day participants to give to their legislators.
"We're the Future of Health Care & We're for Single Payer:
Health security for all Californians -- comprehensive, lifelong and predictabely affordable"
Designed by Gaspar Rivera, MS2, UC Irvine
(5) T-Shirt Design, Lobby Day 2009
Front: Healthcare Justice FOR ALL - UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
Back: Mottos with Caduceus Emblem of Healthcare Practice
Designed by Gaspar Rivera, MS2, UCI
Our previous Lobby Days: