American Public Health Association Joins Health Organizations in Honoring Public Health Heroes
Posted on: Friday, 18 November 2005, 15:00 CST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association (APHA) joins ResearchAmerica, the Association of Schools of Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) in commemorating the nation's first Public Health Thank You Day on Monday, Nov. 21. The day has been set aside to ask Americans to give special thanks to their state and local "public health heroes" who tirelessly work to protect the nation's health.
"Public health professionals are vital to protecting Americans from health threats, from bioterrorism to chronic diseases," said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, APHA executive director. "The men and women of our nation's largely unrecognized health work force battle daily health threats to ensure we live healthier lives. In this age of health dangers such as pandemic influenza and bioterrorism, these individuals are essential to the well-being of this nation."
In a national ResearchAmerica poll, 74 percent of Americans say they and their community benefit from public health services, such as childhood vaccine programs; restaurant sanitation and safety inspections; inspection of drinking water quality; daycare safety and health inspections; disease outbreak investigations; and emergency response and bioterrorism prevention.
ResearchAmerica polls have found that 80 percent of Americans say the U.S. should invest more in state and local health departments, and 70 percent say too little is currently spent on public health research. Nearly seven in 10 (68 percent) say at least twice as much should be spent on public health research.
As part of Public Health Thank You Day, APHA is one of the partnering organizations that have signed advertisements that will appear Nov. 21 in selected newspapers to thank state and local "public health heroes." To view the ad, click here. More information about the initiative may be found at http:// www.researchamerica.org.
Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community- based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions. More information is available at http://www.apha.org.
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