American Public Health Association

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.[1]

American Public Health Association
AbbreviationAPHA
Formation1872 (1872)
FounderDr. Stephen Smith
Founded atNew York City, New York
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

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.

Description

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]

The organization is divided 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. Forums are cross-organization bodies around an interdisciplinary health topic. Special interest groups are groups organizing themselves into a section. Caucuses are outside professional organizations that are organized around social issues or populations in official relation with APHA.

Governance

APHA is governed by a 24 member executive board, and led by an executive committee composed of a chair, vice-chair, president (elect and immediate), speaker, and treasurer. The legislative body of the organization is the governing council, which is composed of voting and non-voting members. Each part of the association is self-governed.

Membership

APHA has five types of membership: regular, retired, early-career professional, organizational, and student.[5] 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.[6]

APHA awards

National APHA awards

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:[7]

Section awards

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.

The Statistics section offers the Mortimer Spiegelman Award to a statistician under the age of 40 for contribution to public health statistics.[9]

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.

Publications

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[10]
  • 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[11]
  • Health Inequities and African Americans: A Comprehensive Examination[12]

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.[13]

Annual meeting

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. Presentations cover new research and trends in public health science and practice.[14]

National Public Health Week

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

Affordable Care Act

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.[15] This Supreme Court case was decided in June 2021, and the court left the Affordable Care Act in place.[16]

Mortimer Spiegelman Award

References
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  2. "APHA History and Timeline". Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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  5. "Membership Types and Rates". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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  8. "Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize". American Association for Public Health. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. Mortimer Spiegelman Award - APHA Statistics Section
  10. 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.
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  26. "2015 Minghui Yu Memorial Conference". Columbia University Department of Statistics. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  27. "Biostatistics Professor Recognized for Contributions". Yale School of Medicine. May 30, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  28. "Rafael A Irrizarys biographical sketch". Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  29. 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.
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