Year
Established: 1920
Statement of
Purpose:
The mission of
the PHEHP Section is two-fold:
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To be a
strong advocate for health education, disease prevention and
health promotion directed to individuals, groups and
communities in all activities of the Association.
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To set,
maintain, and exemplify the highest ethical principals and
standards of practice on the part of all professionals and
disciplines whose primary purpose is health education,
disease prevention, and/or health promotion.
To achieve this
mission, the Section's purposes include the following:
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To be a
strong advocate for health education, disease prevention and
health promotion directed to individuals, groups and
communities in all activities of the Association.
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To encourage
the inclusion of health education, disease prevention and
health promotion activities in all of the nation's health
programs.
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To stimulate
thought, discussion, research and programmatic applications
aimed at improving the public's health.
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To improve
the quality of research and practice in all public health
programs of health education, disease prevention and health
promotion.
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To provide
networking opportunities for persons whose professional
interests and training include, but are not limited to the
disciplines of Health Education, Health Communication,
Health promotion, Social marketing, Behavioral and Social
Sciences and Public Relations.
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To provide
Section members with opportunities to become informed and
engaged in all of the activities and matters of concern to
the Association.
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To facilitate
collaboration with all of the Association's boards,
committees, the special primary interest groups, caucuses,
sections and affiliates.
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To provide
Section members with such benefits as the annual meeting
program, continuing education opportunities, newsletters,
and a structure for exercising Association leadership.
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To identify
and recognize individuals who make outstanding and
substantial contributions to health education, disease
prevention and health promotion.
Membership:
3594
Publications:
American
Journal of Public Health
and the Nation’s Health, are available to all members of
APHA. A variety of other publications may be purchased by any
member at a discount. The section newsletter is published three
times a year.
Meetings:
A national annual
meeting is held each fall in conjunction with the APHA annual
meeting at various locations throughout the United States.
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New Orleans,
LA - November 6-10, 2005
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Boston, MA -
November 12-16, 2006
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Washington,
DC - November 4-8, 2007
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San Diego, CA
- October 25-29, 2008
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Philadelphia,
PA -November 7-11, 2009
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Denver, CO -
November 2010
ORGANIZATION
Delegate:
Melissa
(Moose) Alperin, MPH, CHES
Rollins School
of Public Health
Emory
University
1518 Clifton
Road, Office 830
Atlanta GA
30322
404-727-2928
voice
404-727-9853
fax
malperi@emory.edu
Alternate:
Marilyn
Gardner,
PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health
Western Kentucky University
1265 Chestnut
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-779-2767
marilyn.gardner@wku.edu
Section
Leadership:
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