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Power Prism Framework for Health Advocacy: A Case of Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss and Muscle Building Sold to Youth in Massachusetts Municipalities

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Yergaliyev, Kuanysh A, Fresina, Lori, Ayaganova, Akerke, Austin, S Bryn·2025·Electronic Journal of General Medicine
DOI 10.29333/ejgm/16371
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This study applied the Power Prism advocacy framework as a strategy design tool to inform an 18-month case study conducted in four Massachusetts municipalities (USA). The case study addressed the weak regulation and easy access to potentially dangerous weight-loss and muscle-building dietary supplements for youth in Massachusetts municipalities. The Power Prism advocacy framework is made up of six “power tools”: research and data collection, coalition building and maintenance, fundraising and development, grassroots advocates and key contacts, media advocacy, and decision-maker advocacy. Based on the case study, a municipality-targeted advocacy strategy was developed for Harvard University’s strategic training initiative for the prevention of eating disorders to support their efforts to persuade policymakers to strengthen regulation of weight-loss and muscle-building supplements sold to youth. The detailed application of the framework provides a replicable and innovative model for other public health initiatives seeking to promote policy changes at different levels of government.

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  • The application of the Power Prism framework as a post-campaign analytical lens was instrumental in understanding and clearly communicating the strategies and outcomes of the Coalition.

    “The application of the Power Prism framework as a post-campaign analytical lens was instrumental in understanding and clearly communicating the strategies and outcomes of the Coalition [16].”

    From Mobilizing for Health: A Case Study of Kazakhstan’s Vaping Ban Advocacy Campaign (2025) · cites this paper as [16]

    The ‘Guiding Theoretical Framework and Analysis’ section says the paper structured its thematic analysis around Power Prism tools to provide insight into advocacy strategy. The Abstract, however, describes the framework as a strategy-design tool; our copy does not establish that it was instrumental as a post-campaign lens for understanding and communicating the Coalition’s outcomes. Page numbers were not available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The Power Prism framework was chosen for its structured approach and unique ability to organize and explain the advocacy campaign clearly.

    “The Power Prism framework was chosen for its structured approach and unique ability to organize and explain the advocacy campaign clearly [16].”

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Authors
Yergaliyev, K. A., Fresina, L., Ayaganova, A., & Austin, S. B.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • American Heart Association (US)
  • Aktobe Regional State University named after K.Zhubanov (KZ)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Yergaliyev, Kuanysh A
ORCID
Venue
Electronic Journal of General Medicine
Publisher
Modestum Ltd
Published
2025-07-01
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
em662
ISSN
2516-3507 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.29333/ejgm/16371
OpenAlex
W4410370985
Cited by
2
References
2
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1
FWCI
2.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Electronic Journal of General Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Nazarbayev University Repository (Nazarbayev University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Community Health and Development
Keywords
health advocacy, dietary supplements, weight loss supplements, muscle-building supplements, youth, supplement regulation, eating disorder prevention, policy change, coalition building, media advocacy, Massachusetts municipalities, Harvard University

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