How are you using the new "Community Health Advocacy" W&A category?
Curious how everyone is using this new category, I didn't know it existed until I went to go input my work and activities today.
My nonclinical volunteering experiences are more organizing than just volunteering, and I'm torn between categorizing them as community health advocacy or nonclinical volunteering. Before I knew about this category I'd already written my descriptions and MME reflections to show how we addressed SDOH. Once I read the definition it felt like the best fit for what I do/did:
>Use this category for experiences when your work:
• Improved or aimed to improve access, conditions, or outcomes related to community or public health.
• Addressed a need affecting a group or population, rather than an individual.
• Contributed to changes in systems, programs, or access to care.
• Involved sustained effort, initiative, or a defined role in advancing that work.
This category is best used when the primary impact of your work influenced broader community or public health outcomes, rather than individual-level service.
If I lean into this new category I'll have like 700 community health advocacy hours and 12 nonclinical volunteering hours lol