The Chiropractic Health Care (CHC) Section is one of 27 major sections in APHA and celebrated its 15 year anniversary as an APHA section at the 2010 meeting.

The National Board of Chiropractic Examiners invited all members of the CHC section of APHA to a dinner buffet reception in celebration of the CHC’s 15th Anniversary on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. This reception was well attended; many people joined in the festivities.

The CHC booth provided the Expo attendees a professional and informative place to discuss and obtain information about how chiropractic is involved with public health.

Once again the CHC Section presented five strong scientific sessions along with two business meetings. The sessions (listed below) and both business meetings were well attended; some sessions were standing room only.

The next CHC Annual Meeting will be held at: the APHA 139th Annual Meeting & Expo Washington, D.C., Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2011. http://www.apha.org/meetings/highlights.

Educational challenges: Public health, social justice and the chiropractic student

A critical review of chiropractic through the lens of social justice

Bart Green, MSEd, DC and Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd

Chiropractic educational institutions: Opportunities for social justice

Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd and Bart Green, MSEd, DC

Are patients receiving health promotion advice in the teaching clinic setting? An assessment of one teaching clinic

Marion Willard Evans, DC, PhD, CHES, Harrison T. Ndetan, MSc, MPH, DrPH, Greg Page, DC, Danile Martinez, MA, DC, Patricia Brandon, DC, Dwain Daniel, DC and Ronald Rupert, MS, DC

Changing the Health Promotion Behavior of Future Chiropractors – Application of Health Behavior Theories

Harrison T. Ndetan, MSc, MPH, DrPH, Marion Willard Evans, DC, PhD, CHES, Ronald Rupert, MS, DC and Michael Ramcharan, DC

Inviting Our Elders In: A Novel Approach to Enhancing Geriatric Education

Lisa Killinger, DC

Evolving concepts in public health and clinical practice

Public Health Burden of Musculoskeletal Disease: The potential role of the chiropractic profession

Paul Dougherty, DC and Dorian Savino, MPA

Consensus process to develop a “best practices” document for chiropractic care for older adults

Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, CHES, Michael Schneider, DC, PhD Assistant Professor, Paul Dougherty, DC, Brian Gleberzon, DC and Lisa Z. Killinger, DC

Evidence for CAM Healthcare Options: The ECHO pilot project

Maria A. Hondras, DC MPH, Cynthia R. Long, PhD, Lori Byrd, BA, Robert D. Vining, DC, Greg Boyer, BS, Lynne Carber, MPM, Nicole Homb, DC, Ying Cao, MS, Lance Corber, BA, MSITM, Joel Edman, DSc, Daniel Monti, MD and Christine Goertz, DC, PhD

Guidelines for physical activity for individuals with scoliosis

Bart Green, MSEd, DC, Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd and William Moreau, DC

Anterior nares colonization with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among chiropractic students: An observational cohort study and epidemiologic survey protocol

Jonathon Todd Egan, DC, MPH

Health Policy, Practice and Regulation

Re-analysis of budget neutrality of the Medicare Chiropractic Services Demonstration

James Whedon, DC

Chiropractic Role In The World Health Organization's Effort Against Tobacco Use

Medhat Alattar, MBBCh, DC, MS

Development and expansion of a global public health promotion effort by chiropractors

John K. Hyland, DC MPH and Ron Kirk, MA, DC

Ensuring the validity of regulatory testing for chiropractic professionals: NBCE's Practice Analysis 2010

Mark G. Christensen, PhD, Martin W. Kollasch, DC and John K. Hyland, DC MPH

Performance evaluation of clinical competency for chiropractic practice: The spectrum of decision-making and interdisciplinary cooperation

Judi Gerstung, DC and Margaret Seron, DC

Research: Current status and updates

Clinician-friendly outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of spinal manipulation for the treatment of cervicogenic Headache

Mitchell Haas, DC, Michael Schneider, DC, PhD Assistant Professor and Darcy Vavrek, ND, MS

Chiropractic treatment of pregnancy-related low back pain: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Caroline Peterson, DC, CPM, PhD, MPH

Migraine subjects from a randomized controlled trial of spinal manipulation for the treatment of cervicogenic headache

Darcy Vavrek, ND, MS, Mitchell Haas, DC and David Peterson, DC

Disparate use of health services in minority youth with back pain – MEPS data

Krista L. Ward, DC, MPH and Monica Smith, DC, PhD

Analysis of MEPS data to discern the chronicity of back pain in young people

Monica Smith, DC, PhD

Interdisciplinary approaches to improve health care

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing Rural Health Disparities via the Formation of the Integrative Health and Wellness Network of the Rural Finger Lakes: The Planning Stage

Gerald L. Stevens, DC , MS, MPH

A community-based and evidence-based approach to the management of low back pain: Preliminary report of outcomes data

Ian Paskowski, DC and Michael Schneider, DC, PhD

Trends in interdisciplinary referrals to and from chiropractors: CAM and mainstream providers

John K. Hyland, DC, MPH

Chiropractic management in a veteran population. Can outcomes be predicted?

Jason G. Napuli, DC, MBA, Paul Dougherty, DC, and David Chicione

Please consider joining us at the next CHC annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2011. For more information, please visit: http://www.apha.org/meetings/highlights.

The Chiropractic Health Care Section of APHA (APHA-CHC), founded in 1995, has maintained a critical role in public health issues such as wellness, health promotion and disease prevention in the context of chiropractic policies and practices. For more information about the CHC, please visit http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/chc/