Get Out the Vote Resources for Health Care Providers
How Civic Engagement Promotes Health and Well-Being:
- Voting is the primary way to influence Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), which determine up to 80% of health outcomes.
- SDOH include access to food, stable housing, transportation, education, and social support.
- A civically engaged community is a politically engaged and aware community; giving more feedback to representatives, responding more quickly to current events and burgeoning policy issues, etc.
- States with the highest voter turnout tend to have better public health outcomes.
- Civic engagement builds public trust, promoting closer relationships in communities and empowering them to voice their concerns.
- Participation in things like community service has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression while lowering risks of cognitive decline.
Key Election Dates to be Aware of:
Resources for Rural Voters:
Voters in rural areas face structural challenges that result in less voter turnout than urban areas. Such challenges include further distance from polling locations, limited internet access, and longer postal delivery services. For those who treat patients in rural PA, here are some helpful materials you can print and keep in your practice environment to help make sure your patients are informed:
Voters in rural areas face structural challenges that result in less voter turnout than urban areas. Such challenges include further distance from polling locations, limited internet access, and longer postal delivery services. For those who treat patients in rural PA, here are some helpful materials you can print and keep in your practice environment to help make sure your patients are informed:
Vot-ER Resources:
- Voter Registration Badge
- Free badge that you can have with you with a QR code to quickly direct your patients to non-partisan voting resources.
- Voting materials for your practice environment
- Posters, flyers, handouts, digital signage
- Additional free materials
- One pagers on healthcare-based voter engagement, compliance engagement
- Civic Health Month Action Kit (August)
- Email templates
- Voting plan checklist
- Emergency Voting Toolkit (for hospitalized patients)
Join our Get Out the Vote Campaign by taking the following steps:
1. Be aware of important voting deadlines.
2. Work with our partner Vot-ER to help register your patients and their families to vote.
3. Get Out the Vote by sending election reminders to friends and families.
4. Educate Your Children on Civic Engagement to Promote their Lifelong Health and Well-Being.
1. Be aware of important voting deadlines.
2. Work with our partner Vot-ER to help register your patients and their families to vote.
3. Get Out the Vote by sending election reminders to friends and families.
4. Educate Your Children on Civic Engagement to Promote their Lifelong Health and Well-Being.
- Before you head to the polls or complete your ballot at home, talk to your child about the candidates who are on the ballot. You can also talk with your child about how whoever is voted into office will have an effect on the things they care about most.
- Prepare your child for what to expect at the polls by explaining what the voting process will be like. Make sure that your child is aware that there could potentially be long lines, and make sure that your child has something to occupy themselves in case there is a wait to vote.
- Take your child with you to your polling place. Children are allowed to join their parents at the polls in all 50 states as well as in Washington, D.C., but some states have certain rules about how many children are permitted, so it’s a good idea to call your local election commission ahead of time if you’re planning on bringing more than one or two children. When you get to your confidential voting booth, fill out the ballot yourself, then have your child either pull the lever, push the button, or help feed your ballot into the machine (however it’s done in your area!). Playing an active role in your vote will make a more lasting impression on your child and help them feel more like an active participant in the election.
- Follow up with your child on the results of the election. You can tell them how many people in your area showed up to vote, and how many people in your state