But the link found between fibro patients and RLS is intriguing. Fibromyalgia and restless legs syndrome share certain features: * Women are more likely to suffer from fibromyalgia and RLS. * There appears to be a genetic component because these conditions run in families.
Donaldson and Shields (2009) differentiated policy or class advocacy fromcase advocacy as the former ârefers to efforts to change social systems to beneï¬t a population ofpeople, as opposed to case advocacy, which refers to helping individual clients access systems toreceive beneï¬tsâ (p. 83).
The purpose of advocacy. This activity enables people to discuss their understanding of advocacy and identify any ways they have previously fulfilled or contributed to an advocacy role themselves. The aim here is to reinforce peopleâs view of advocacy as something they can do, as opposed to being the responsibility of others. This is not an advocacy training programme and the Slides from 11.2 through to Slide 11.7 are just to provide a quick review of advocacy and its varying models.