American Association of Public Health Physicians

The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP),[1] is a professional association of public health physicians. Its motto is "the voice of Public Health Physicians / Guardians of the Public's Health".

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Brief history

AAPHP was founded in 1954 and was incorporated in Texas. Its initial purpose was to serve as the voice of physician directors of state and local health departments at the national level. Since its inception, AAPHP has been recognized by the American Medical Association as a medical specialty society, with formal representation in the AMA House of Delegates.[2]

Initiatives and Health Policy Objectives

AAPHP's objectives now include advocacy on behalf of all public health physicians and Health Officers, whether employed in public or private settings, or academia. Current major issues include tobacco control,[3][4] injury prevention, public health surveillance, disease control, correctional (prison/jail) health, policy and management training,[5][6] workforce issues,[7][8][9] and issues pertaining to access to health care, health equity, health disparities, cultural competence and preventive services.[10][11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "AAPHP The American Association of Public Health Physicians". www.AAPHP.org. http://www.aaphp.org. Retrieved August 15, 2009. 
  2. ^ AMA House of Delegates November 2008 & June 2009
  3. ^ Nitzkin JL, Rodu B, 2008. The case for harm reduction for control of tobacco-related illness and death. Resolution and White Paper, American Association of Public Health Physicians. Adopted October 26, 2008. [1]
  4. ^ "Norwegian citation for AAPHP role in Harm Reduction, page 12". http://www.sirus.no/files/pub/484/sirusrap.2.09.eng.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2009. 
  5. ^ "Preventive Services Tool Kit". www.aaphp.org. http://aaphp.org/pstk/2009/index.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Preventive Medicine Toolkit, example module". www.commed.vcu.edu. http://www.commed.vcu.edu/PSTK_CME/20061009%20PSTK%20InstrManual%20Mod3%20Planning.pdf. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  7. ^ letter to the editor, January 2006 AJPM. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2006;30;(1). p. 101. 
  8. ^ =Nitzkin, J.L. (2002). Response to "Public Health Physicians: An Endangered Species. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 22 No. 3. pp. 214–216. 
  9. ^ Nitzkin, J L.; Falcao, P; Janusz, N; Arraiano, J: Report of Two Preventive Medicine Job Market Surveys (Jan. 2001). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 20, No. 1. pp. 56–60. 
  10. ^ "Center for Minority Health /UPitt". cmp.pitt.edu. http://www.cmh.pitt.edu/aahpc07.asp. Retrieved August 21, 2008. 
  11. ^ "AAPHP E news and bulletins". aaphp.org. http://www.aaphp.org/bulletincnt1.HTM. Retrieved August 21, 2009. 

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