Special Primary Interest Groups

APHA defines a Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG) as an open group of self-selected APHA members sharing a common occupational discipline or program area interest and electing no primary Section affiliation. SPIGs were established as a member option in 1978.

The current list of APHA SPIGs are below:

• Alternative & Complementary Health Practices
• Community Health Workers
• Ethics  
• Health Informatics Information Technology
• Health Law 
• Laboratory
• Physical Activity
• Veterinary Public Health

For more information on APHA's Special Primary Interest Groups, contact natasha.williams@apha.org.