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American Public Health Association

March 22, 2024

The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.-based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States. APHA is the largest professional organization of public health professionals in the United States and host the largest gathering of public health professionals in the world at their annual meeting and exhibition.[citation needed] The organization focusses on a wide range of public health issues with programing related to academics, policy, capacity building, and advocacy.[1]

American Public Health Association
AbbreviationAPHA
Formation1872; 152 years ago (1872)
FounderDr. Stephen Smith
Founded atNew York City
PurposeImprove the health of the public and achieve equity in health status
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Location
  • United States
Membership
50,000
Executive director
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E)
Staff
60
Websitewww.apha.org
Washington, D.C. office of the APHA

History edit

In 1872, American Public Health Association was founded by a group of physicians, including Dr. Stephen Smith and Dr. Henry Hartshorne.[2] APHA has been involved in every major significant public health program of the last 150 years. A list of major milestones can be found on their website, completed in celebration of their 150th anniversary.[1]

Description edit

APHA has more than 25,000 members worldwide.[3] The association defines itself as an organization that: "champions the health of all people and all communities. We strengthen the public health profession. We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science. We are the only organization that combines a 150-plus year perspective, a broad-based member community and the ability to influence federal policy to improve the public's health." It defines its mission as: "Improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status."[4]

Members are organized into sections, special interest groups, affiliates, forums, and caucuses. Sections are the primary organizing units in APHA composed of individuals with shared interest in topics, practice areas, or conditions. Affiliates are state-based public health associations which are separate legal entities from APHA but collaborate closely with each having a representative on APHA's Governing Council. Forums are cross-organization bodies around an interdisciplinary health topic. Special interest groups are groups organizing around a shared interest with the goal of becoming a section. Caucuses are outside professional organizations that are organized around social issues or populations in official relation with APHA.[5]

Governance edit

APHA is governed by a Governing Council composed of voting representatives from the various APHA member sections and independent state affiliates. The Governing Council receives reports from staff and member committees, adopts the official policy stances of the association, and elects a 24 member executive board to oversee the operations of the association. Members also serve in elected and appointed roles across the APHA member sections, committees, and several subordinate boards related to advocacy, education, science, publications, and other areas where collaboration is key.[5]

Membership edit

APHA has five types of membership: regular, retired, early-career professional, organizational, and student.[6] Members receive an online subscription to the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation's Health as well as a weekly newsletter, Inside Public Health, access to APHA's online community, and an extensive members only webinar series.[7]

APHA awards edit

National APHA awards edit

The accomplishments of public health leaders are recognized through an awards program. APHA presents its national awards during its annual meeting. National APHA awards include:[8]

Section awards edit

Many APHA member sections also present awards in their particular field or focus area.

The Public Health Education and Health Promotion section recognizes individuals in six award categories. The awards include the Distinguished Career Award, Early Career Award, Mayhew Derryberry Award for contributions of behavioral scientists to health education, Mohan Sing Award for humor in health education, Sarah Mazelis Award for health education practitioners, and Rogers Award for public health communication.[citation needed]

The Statistics section offers the Mortimer Spiegelman Award to a statistician under the age of 40 for contribution to public health statistics.[10]

Rema Lapouse Award – sponsored by the Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Statistics Sections, this award is granted to an outstanding scientist in the area of psychiatric epidemiology.[citation needed]

Publications edit

The American Public Health Association publishes more than 70 public health books. Several of these are the reference source for their specialty within public health practice. Some publication titles include:

  • Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
  • Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater[11]
  • Landesman's Public Health Management of Disasters: The Practice Guide
  • Public Health Newswire
  • Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public Health Approach[12]
  • Health Inequities and African Americans: A Comprehensive Examination[13]

In addition, APHA publishes the American Journal of Public Health, a monthly peer-reviewed public health journal covering public health and policy. APHA also publishes The Nation's Health, a monthly newspaper covering public health news and APHA updates.[14]

Annual meeting edit

The APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition is the largest meeting of public health professionals in the world. The meeting draws more than 13,000 attendees, offers 700 booths of exhibits and features more than 1,000 scientific sessions, representing the full spectrum of public health issues as well as the multifaceted nature of APHA in relation to the advancement of science and public health advocacy. Presentations cover new research and trends in public health science and practice.[15]

National Public Health Week edit

National Public Health Week is an observance organized annually by APHA during the first full week of April.[16] The week’s activities are designed to raise awareness around issues that are important to improving the public’s health.[16]

Affordable Care Act edit

In June 2019, The American Public Health Association firmly condemned official litigation with the United States of America by the Trump administration. At the end of the Trump administration, the APHA opposed a legal filing with the Supreme Court which would have repealed the Affordable Care Act.[17] This Supreme Court case was decided in June 2021, and the court left the Affordable Care Act in place.[18]

Mortimer Spiegelman Award edit

The Mortimer Spiegelman Award, established by the APHA in 1970, honors a statistician under age 40 who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ "About APHA". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Morris, J. Cheston (1900). "Henry Hartshorne". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. American Philosophical Society. 39 (164): i–xii. JSTOR 983785.
  4. ^ "American Public Health Association". APHA. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  5. ^ a b APHA Bylaws. Accessed 24 December 2023. https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/governance/gc/apha_bylaws.ashx
  6. ^ "Membership Types and Rates". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  7. ^ "Your Member Benefits". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  8. ^ "APHA Awards". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  9. ^ "Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize". American Association for Public Health. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  10. ^ Mortimer Spiegelman Award - APHA Statistics Section
  11. ^ Eaton, Andrew D.; Greenberg, Arnold E.; Rice, Eugene W.; Clesceri, Lenore S.; Franson, Mary Ann H., eds. (2005). Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater (21 ed.). American Public Health Association. ISBN 978-0-87553-047-5. Also available on CD-ROM and online by subscription.
  12. ^ "APHA releases two groundbreaking books tackling health equity and reproductive health". apha.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  13. ^ "APHA releases two groundbreaking books tackling health equity and reproductive health". apha.org. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  14. ^ "Publications & Periodicals". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  15. ^ Librarian, IntraHealth. "APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition: Politics, Policy and Public Health". www.hrhresourcecenter.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  16. ^ a b . American Public Health Association. American Public Health Association. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  17. ^ "American Public Health Association Opposes Administration Legal Action on Affordable Care Act". insurancenewsnet. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Court again leaves Affordable Care Act in place". SCOTUSblog. 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i . APHA. American Public Health Association. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  20. ^ . North Carolina State University. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "Jeremy Taylor Of UCLA School Of Public Health Wins Spiegelman Award As Outstanding Young Biostatistician". UCLA School of Public Health. August 1, 1996. Retrieved Jun 29, 2016.
  22. ^ "Jeremy M G Taylor, Ph.D." University of Michigan School of Public Health. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  23. ^ "Honors and Awards". University of California, San Francisco Magazine. 15. 1994. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  24. ^ "Bradley P. Carlin PhD". University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  25. ^ "Daniel Weeks, Ph.D., Wins Prestigious Spiegelman Award From The American Public Health Association". University of Pittsburgh. October 18, 2001. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  26. ^ "Cupples Award Presented to Berkeley Professor". UC Berkeley School of Public Health. April 26, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  27. ^ "Dominici Named Mortimer Spiegelman Award Recipient". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. July 7, 2006. Retrieved Jun 29, 2016.
  28. ^ "For the Record: Cheers". The JHU Gazette. 35 (40). July 24, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  29. ^ "2015 Minghui Yu Memorial Conference". Columbia University Department of Statistics. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  30. ^ "Biostatistics Professor Recognized for Contributions". Yale School of Medicine. May 30, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  31. ^ . Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  32. ^ Schneider-Levinson, Wendy (November 2011). . National Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on October 4, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  33. ^ "CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA's Mortimer Spiegelman Award: Honors her achievements as a public health biostatistician". University of North Carolina. November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  34. ^ . Pennsylvania State University. May 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  35. ^ "Tyler VanderWeele". Society for Epidemiologic Research. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  36. ^ Ruder, Esther Kim (May 20, 2015). "John Storey receives the 2015 Mortimer Spiegelman Award". Princeton University. Retrieved Jun 29, 2016.

External links edit

  • America's Health Rankings
  • American Public Health Association - APHA
  • Campaign for Children's Health Care
  • American Journal of Public Health - AJPH
  • The Nation's Health
  • Get Ready Campaign
  • National Public Health Week
  • Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
  • Public Health Newswire

March 22, 2024
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The American Public Health Association APHA is a Washington D C based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States APHA is the largest professional organization of public health professionals in the United States and host the largest gathering of public health professionals in the world at their annual meeting and exhibition citation needed The organization focusses on a wide range of public health issues with programing related to academics policy capacity building and advocacy 1 American Public Health AssociationAbbreviationAPHAFormation1872 152 years ago 1872 FounderDr Stephen SmithFounded atNew York CityPurposeImprove the health of the public and achieve equity in health statusHeadquartersWashington D C LocationUnited StatesMembership50 000Executive directorGeorges C Benjamin MD FACP FACEP E Staff60Websitewww wbr apha wbr orgWashington D C office of the APHA Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 Governance 4 Membership 5 APHA awards 5 1 National APHA awards 5 2 Section awards 6 Publications 7 Annual meeting 8 National Public Health Week 9 Affordable Care Act 10 Mortimer Spiegelman Award 11 References 12 External linksHistory editIn 1872 American Public Health Association was founded by a group of physicians including Dr Stephen Smith and Dr Henry Hartshorne 2 APHA has been involved in every major significant public health program of the last 150 years A list of major milestones can be found on their website completed in celebration of their 150th anniversary 1 Description editAPHA has more than 25 000 members worldwide 3 The association defines itself as an organization that champions the health of all people and all communities We strengthen the public health profession We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science We are the only organization that combines a 150 plus year perspective a broad based member community and the ability to influence federal policy to improve the public s health It defines its mission as Improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status 4 Members are organized into sections special interest groups affiliates forums and caucuses Sections are the primary organizing units in APHA composed of individuals with shared interest in topics practice areas or conditions Affiliates are state based public health associations which are separate legal entities from APHA but collaborate closely with each having a representative on APHA s Governing Council Forums are cross organization bodies around an interdisciplinary health topic Special interest groups are groups organizing around a shared interest with the goal of becoming a section Caucuses are outside professional organizations that are organized around social issues or populations in official relation with APHA 5 Governance editAPHA is governed by a Governing Council composed of voting representatives from the various APHA member sections and independent state affiliates The Governing Council receives reports from staff and member committees adopts the official policy stances of the association and elects a 24 member executive board to oversee the operations of the association Members also serve in elected and appointed roles across the APHA member sections committees and several subordinate boards related to advocacy education science publications and other areas where collaboration is key 5 Membership editAPHA has five types of membership regular retired early career professional organizational and student 6 Members receive an online subscription to the American Journal of Public Health and The Nation s Health as well as a weekly newsletter Inside Public Health access to APHA s online community and an extensive members only webinar series 7 APHA awards editNational APHA awards edit The accomplishments of public health leaders are recognized through an awards program APHA presents its national awards during its annual meeting National APHA awards include 8 Sedgwick Memorial Medal APHA Award for Excellence David P Rall Award for Advocacy Helen Rodriguez Trias Award Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award Martha May Eliot Award Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize 9 Victor W Sidel and Barry S Levy Award for Peace Ayman El Mohandes Young Professional Public Health Innovation AwardSection awards edit Many APHA member sections also present awards in their particular field or focus area The Public Health Education and Health Promotion section recognizes individuals in six award categories The awards include the Distinguished Career Award Early Career Award Mayhew Derryberry Award for contributions of behavioral scientists to health education Mohan Sing Award for humor in health education Sarah Mazelis Award for health education practitioners and Rogers Award for public health communication citation needed The Statistics section offers the Mortimer Spiegelman Award to a statistician under the age of 40 for contribution to public health statistics 10 Rema Lapouse Award sponsored by the Mental Health Epidemiology and Statistics Sections this award is granted to an outstanding scientist in the area of psychiatric epidemiology citation needed Publications editThe American Public Health Association publishes more than 70 public health books Several of these are the reference source for their specialty within public health practice Some publication titles include Control of Communicable Diseases Manual Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater 11 Landesman s Public Health Management of Disasters The Practice Guide Public Health Newswire Black Women s Reproductive Health and Sexuality A Holistic Public Health Approach 12 Health Inequities and African Americans A Comprehensive Examination 13 In addition APHA publishes the American Journal of Public Health a monthly peer reviewed public health journal covering public health and policy APHA also publishes The Nation s Health a monthly newspaper covering public health news and APHA updates 14 Annual meeting editThe APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition is the largest meeting of public health professionals in the world The meeting draws more than 13 000 attendees offers 700 booths of exhibits and features more than 1 000 scientific sessions representing the full spectrum of public health issues as well as the multifaceted nature of APHA in relation to the advancement of science and public health advocacy Presentations cover new research and trends in public health science and practice 15 National Public Health Week editNational Public Health Week is an observance organized annually by APHA during the first full week of April 16 The week s activities are designed to raise awareness around issues that are important to improving the public s health 16 Affordable Care Act editIn June 2019 The American Public Health Association firmly condemned official litigation with the United States of America by the Trump administration At the end of the Trump administration the APHA opposed a legal filing with the Supreme Court which would have repealed the Affordable Care Act 17 This Supreme Court case was decided in June 2021 and the court left the Affordable Care Act in place 18 Mortimer Spiegelman Award editThe Mortimer Spiegelman Award established by the APHA in 1970 honors a statistician under age 40 who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics especially public health statistics 19 1970 Edward Perrin 1971 P A Lachenbruch 1972 Manning Feinleib 1973 Joseph L Fleiss 1974 Gary G Koch 1975 Jane Menken 1976 A A Afifi 1977 David Hoel 1978 Ross Prentice 1979 Mitchell H Gail 1980 Norman Breslow 1981 Robert F Woolson 1982 Joel Kleinman 1983 J Richard Landis 1984 Stephen Lagakos 1985 John Crowley statistician 1986 Anastasios Tsiatis 20 1987 L J Wei 1988 Thomas Fleming statistician 1989 Colin B Begg 1990 Kung Yee Liang 1991 Scott L Zeger 1992 Ronald S Brookmeyer 1993 Martin Abba Tanner 1994 Louise M Ryan 1995 Christopher J Portier 1996 Jeremy M G Taylor 21 22 1997 Margaret S Pepe 1998 Peter Bacchett 23 1999 Danyu Lin 2000 Bradley P Carlin 24 2001 Daniel E Weeks 25 2002 Xihong Lin 2003 Michael Abbott Newton 2004 Mark van der Laan 26 2005 Rebecca Betensky 2006 Francesca Dominici 27 28 2007 David Dunson 29 2008 Hongyu Zhao 30 2009 Rafael Irizarry 31 2010 Nilanjan Chatterjee 32 2011 Sudipto Banerjee 2012 Amy Herring 33 2013 Debashis Ghosh 34 2014 Tyler VanderWeele 35 2015 John D Storey 36 2016 Roger D Peng 19 2017 Limin Peng 19 2018 Raphael Gottardo 19 2019 Daniela Witten 19 2020 Jeffrey T Leek 19 2021 Sherri Rose 19 2022 Ryan Tibshirani 19 2023 Russell Shinohara 19 References edit About APHA www apha org Retrieved 2023 12 24 APHA History and Timeline Archived from the original on 2007 04 03 Retrieved January 30 2021 Morris J Cheston 1900 Henry Hartshorne Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society American Philosophical Society 39 164 i xii JSTOR 983785 American Public Health Association APHA Retrieved 2013 08 04 a b APHA Bylaws Accessed 24 December 2023 https www apha org media files pdf governance gc apha bylaws ashx Membership Types and Rates www apha org Retrieved 2018 07 02 Your Member Benefits www apha org Retrieved 2018 07 02 APHA Awards www apha org Retrieved 2018 06 18 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize American Association for Public Health Retrieved 24 January 2023 Mortimer Spiegelman Award APHA Statistics Section Eaton Andrew D Greenberg Arnold E Rice Eugene W Clesceri Lenore S Franson Mary Ann H eds 2005 Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater 21 ed American Public Health Association ISBN 978 0 87553 047 5 Also available on CD ROM and online by subscription APHA releases two groundbreaking books tackling health equity and reproductive health apha org Retrieved 2023 09 28 APHA releases two groundbreaking books tackling health equity and reproductive health apha org Retrieved 2023 09 28 Publications amp Periodicals www apha org Retrieved 2018 06 18 Librarian IntraHealth APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition Politics Policy and Public Health www hrhresourcecenter org Retrieved 2021 01 27 a b About NPHW American Public Health Association American Public Health Association Archived from the original on 20 March 2024 Retrieved 20 March 2024 American Public Health Association Opposes Administration Legal Action on Affordable Care Act insurancenewsnet 29 June 2020 Retrieved 30 June 2020 Court again leaves Affordable Care Act in place SCOTUSblog 2021 06 17 Retrieved 2022 01 06 a b c d e f g h i Awards APHA American Public Health Association Archived from the original on 20 March 2024 Retrieved 20 March 2024 About Butch Tsiatis North Carolina State University Archived from the original on January 4 2018 Retrieved June 29 2016 Jeremy Taylor Of UCLA School Of Public Health Wins Spiegelman Award As Outstanding Young Biostatistician UCLA School of Public Health August 1 1996 Retrieved Jun 29 2016 Jeremy M G Taylor Ph D University of Michigan School of Public Health Retrieved June 29 2016 Honors and Awards University of California San Francisco Magazine 15 1994 Retrieved June 29 2016 Bradley P Carlin PhD University of Minnesota School of Public Health Retrieved June 29 2016 Daniel Weeks Ph D Wins Prestigious Spiegelman Award From The American Public Health Association University of Pittsburgh October 18 2001 Retrieved June 29 2016 Cupples Award Presented to Berkeley Professor UC Berkeley School of Public Health April 26 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 Dominici Named Mortimer Spiegelman Award Recipient Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health July 7 2006 Retrieved Jun 29 2016 For the Record Cheers The JHU Gazette 35 40 July 24 2006 Retrieved June 29 2016 2015 Minghui Yu Memorial Conference Columbia University Department of Statistics Retrieved June 29 2016 Biostatistics Professor Recognized for Contributions Yale School of Medicine May 30 2008 Retrieved June 29 2016 Rafael A Irrizarys biographical sketch Dana Farber Cancer Institute Archived from the original on 2016 07 14 Retrieved June 29 2016 Schneider Levinson Wendy November 2011 Nilanjan Chatterjee Receives Prestigious Statistics Award National Cancer Institute Archived from the original on October 4 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 CPC Fellow Amy Herring receives APHA s Mortimer Spiegelman Award Honors her achievements as a public health biostatistician University of North Carolina November 2 2012 Retrieved June 29 2016 Debashis Ghosh awarded the Mortimer Spiegelman Award Pennsylvania State University May 6 2013 Archived from the original on June 18 2013 Retrieved June 29 2016 Tyler VanderWeele Society for Epidemiologic Research Retrieved June 29 2016 Ruder Esther Kim May 20 2015 John Storey receives the 2015 Mortimer Spiegelman Award Princeton University Retrieved Jun 29 2016 External links editAmerica s Health Rankings State Health Stats American Public Health Association APHA Campaign for Children s Health Care American Journal of Public Health AJPH The Nation s Health Get Ready Campaign National Public Health Week Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Public Health Newswire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Public Health Association amp oldid 1214684658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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