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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 ...
America's Health Rankings is a partnership of the United Health Foundation, and the American Public Health Association. America's Health Rankings releases two yearly reports, one on the health of the general population in the 50 US states plus a senior report on the population aged 65 and older in each state. Both reports include some health ...
Without Bauer's approval, Watkins later added two commission members who had track records as critics of the Reagan administration: Kristine Gebbie, Oregon public health commissioner and president of the AIDS Task Force of the American Society of State and Territorial Health Officers and Dr. Benny J. Primm, director of a New York City treatment ...
Website. www .hhs .gov. The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". [1] [2] Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health. [3]
Website. doh .wa .gov. The Washington State Department of Health is a state agency of Washington. It is headquartered in Olympia, Washington. [1] The agency was created by the state legislature in May 1989 after splitting from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. [2]
Online archive. Office of the Surgeon General journal page. Public Health Reports is a peer-reviewed public health journal established in 1878 and published by SAGE Publishing for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and the United States Public Health Service. [1] The title and publication frequency of the journal has ...
Founded. 1991 in Washington, D.C. Founder. Richard Frank and Alan Raul. Website. Lawyers Have Heart DC. Lawyers Have Heart 10K Race, 5K Run and Fun Walk is an annual event that raises money for the research and community education programs of the greater Washington D.C. region affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA).