Chiropractic Health Care (CHC) Section members represented the chiropractic profession at the 137^th APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Nov. 8-11, 2009. The CHC booth at the APHA Expo included information related to chiropractic related public health publications, the public health issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) (www.jmptonline.org), chiropractic health related handouts from the American Chiropractic Association (ACA www.acatoday.com), materials from the Bone and Joint Decade (www.usbjd.org), and other chiropractic related materials. Hundreds of APHA attendees visited the booth and participated in an Osteoporosis Risk Questionnaire and were offered a safety checklist to help prevent falls in and around the home.

“It was amazing how well-received the chiropractic profession was at the APHA Annual Meeting," said CHC Booth Chair Dr. Jason Napuli. "We continued with the "mega booth" theme with our friends from Optometry, Oral Health, and Podiatry. The CHC members were very active in participating in the booth, and we thank them for helping with the booth this year.  In all, our 2009 CHC booth looked great and had the best turnout ever."

CHC Section members who served as chiropractic representatives at the 2009 CHC-APHA booth included: Rand Baird, DC; Jason Bartlett, DC; Joe Brimhall, DC; Paul Dougherty, DC; Jonathon Egan, DC, MPH;  Alisa Fairweather, MPH; Bart Green, DC, MSEd; Mitch Haas, DC, MS; John Hyland, DC; Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd; John Mosby, DC; Jason Napuli, DC, MBA; John Pammer, DC; Bill Pfeiffer, DC; Mary Pfeiffer, DC; Michael Ramcharen, DC; Gerald Stevens, DC; John Stites, DC; and Krista Ward, DC, MPH.