Figures & data
Table 1. Attributes of health advocate identified by expert panel
Figure 1. Progression of training and the scope of health advocate. demonstrates the inseparable relationship between advocating for the individual, community, and society. demonstrates a curriculum framework for teaching the Health Advocate. The model incorporates the graded teaching of advocacy skills in parallel with the progressive training of the scope of health advocate. Content examples are given at appropriate training levels. The double arrow lines are meant to reflect that some residents will have varied life experiences and a ‘sliding scale’ is needed to account for these.
![Figure 1. Progression of training and the scope of health advocate. Figure 1(a) demonstrates the inseparable relationship between advocating for the individual, community, and society. Figure 1(b) demonstrates a curriculum framework for teaching the Health Advocate. The model incorporates the graded teaching of advocacy skills in parallel with the progressive training of the scope of health advocate. Content examples are given at appropriate training levels. The double arrow lines are meant to reflect that some residents will have varied life experiences and a ‘sliding scale’ is needed to account for these.](/cms/asset/efa65511-b2a6-4ba4-9ddb-344c2e521deb/imte_a_314141_f0001_b.gif)
Figure 2. Schematic model of the Determinants of Health emphasizing that education is the most important determinant and influences all of the other determinants (arrows). Social environments is broken into multiple components e.g. social support network and income and social status.
![Figure 2. Schematic model of the Determinants of Health emphasizing that education is the most important determinant and influences all of the other determinants (arrows). Social environments is broken into multiple components e.g. social support network and income and social status.](/cms/asset/45c1a9c5-240a-47da-baf2-2f359f6ee07b/imte_a_314141_f0002_b.gif)
Table 2. Matching the attributes of health advocate with the CanMEDs roles
Table 3. Attribute desirable and undesirable behaviours and their evaluation