APHA Announcements
APHA Annual Meeting Registration: Registration is now open for the APHA 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2011. More than 1,000 cutting edge scientific sessions will be presented by public health researchers, academicians, policy-makers and practitioners on the most current public health issues facing the nation today. For registration and more information about the Annual Meeting, visit www.apha.org/meetings.
Our Section will have a strong presence at the meeting. View the sessions sponsored by our Section in the interactive Online Program (http://apha.confex.com/apha/139am/webprogram/start.html ). Search the program using keyword, author name or date. Don’t forget to visit the Section and SPIG pavilion in the Public Health Expo next to Everything APHA to speak to a Section representative.
News from APHA Transportation Division: These are exciting times when considering the many ways our transportation systems impact health and equity in our communities. Congress extended the current federal surface transportation bill until Sept. 30, 2011, and Congressional committees are aiming to draft a new transportation bill before this latest extension ends.
Want to learn more about the connections between transportation, equity and health? View our archived webinar series, subscribe to the monthly transportation and health eNewsletter that offers an array of new events and updates, and download the newly released online public health and transportation toolkit and accompanying resources today.
We also invite you to send a message to your members of Congress urging that they ensure that strong public health provisions are included in the federal surface transportation reauthorization. For more information, visit http://apha.org/transportation.
APHA Book Publications: There are a number books in production as well proposals for books that have been accepted, and work on them is under way. Furthermore, several authors of current products will be available to sign their books at the fall APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
APHA members of all Sections are encouraged to using existing, new and emerging products in their academic courses. These resources are also very relevant to policy, prevention, advocacy and client care initiatives. Please encourage your colleagues to use these timely and evidence-based resources. Go to the APHA website to find out more: www.aphabookstore.org
We are also looking for new proposals for books. If you have an idea for a book, please send a few paragraphs describing the idea, intended audience and your qualifications to Nina Tristani, Director of Publications, APHA, nina.tristani@apha.org
Thank you for supporting APHA Books and promoting these products.
Norman Giesbrecht, PhD, Chair, APHA Publications Board
New
o Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States, Authors: Robert D. Bullard, PhD; Glenn S. Johnson, PhD; and Angel O. Torres, MCP
Books at Printer in June
· Megacities and Public Health, Omar Khan, MD, MHS
· Public Health Management of Disasters, 3rd edition, Linda Landesman
Books Currently in Production
- Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research Practice, and Advocacy, 2nd edition, Karen D. Liller, PhD
- School–Based Health Care, Terri Wright, MPH and Jeanita Richardson, PhD
Books in Development
- Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 20th Edition
- Control of Communicable Diseases Lab Book
- Compendium of Methods for the Examination of Foods, 5th Edition
- Caring for Our Children, 3rd edition
- Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 22nd edition
E-Books
· Communicating Public Health Information Effectively is now on Kindle.
Co-sponsored Books
Jossey-Bass: Emerging Infectious Diseases published in April 2011.
Jones and Bartlett Learning books to be published before the 2011 annual meeting: Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Essential Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public Health into Practice, Global Health 101, Field Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Epidemiology in Women's Health, Essentials of Health, Culture and Diversity, Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Introduction to Air Pollution Science, and Essentials of Program Planning and Evaluation.
APHA is also co-publishing with Wiley, Designing Healthy Communities by Richard Jackson. The book is a companion to a PBS series to air this fall.