Title: SPECIAL IH SECTION MEETINGS AT THE 2005 APHA ANNUAL MEETING
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Section/SPIG: International Health
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In addition to attending scientific panels and poster sessions organized or co-sponsored by the IH Section at the Annual Meeting, an important way to learn what is going on in the section and to find out how you can get involved is to participate in the various special meetings of the IH Section.
Please click on the link at the end of this article to view the various opportunities.
If you have an idea or issue that you would like to work on, let us know and we can try to connect you with others who may share your passion. Listed below are a number of opportunities to work with the IH Section, some new, some well-established. Contact us if you want to explore any of these (or other) possibilities.
- Program Committee - This is possibly the most influential and most exciting, but also time-consuming task in the section.
- Membership Chair is vacant. This would be to help promote the section.
- Nominations Committee - to identify potential leaders who would run for various section offices. Become a king (or queen) maker.
- Advocacy Committee – Our section has not come close to reaching our potential in advocacy. We need leaders and activists, both on issues as well as in various states and communities.
- Liaison with other Sections - All the 24 APHA sections include people interested in the international dimensions of their section's discipline. We want to build bridges between our section and those individuals. We need IH individuals interested in the discipline of another section and who might be a liaison between IH and that section
- Web site content development - Our Web site, w, can use a lot of improvement. We need people to identify good material for the Web site. We have a webmaster who knows the technical procedures for uploading material.
In addition to section roles, there are various APHA-wide committees and boards where we would like to see more section representation. They include:
- Action Board draws up Action Plans for resolutions approved by the Governing Council.
- Science Board deals with the scientific basis for APHA's professional and public policy.
- Education Board coordinates APHA's educational activities, both with professionals and the public. APHA is a major provider of Continuing Education Units for public health and medical professionals.
- Publications Board deals with developing and marketing scientific and policy publications.
- American Journal of Public Health Editorial Board provides broad oversight and recommendations to the Journal editors.
- Joint Policy Committee reviews proposed policy resolutions and position papers and makes recommendations to the Governing Council.
- Other key APHA-wide committees deal with Equal Health Opportunity, Membership, Women's Rights, Program Planning, Awards, and The Nation's Health newspaper. Of special interest to many IH members is the International Human Rights Committee. Contact me if any of these roles, either in the IH Section or APHA-wide, appeal to you.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO ANNUAL MEETING SESSIONS:
APHA is expanding the educational experience of both presenters and attendees at the APHA Annual Meeting by investing in LCD projectors, computers and new Web-based technology for all scientific sessions. This new technology will enable voice and PowerPoint presentations to be recorded and uploaded to the APHA Web site following the meeting, thus extending the life of the meeting and providing access to hundreds of actual scientific session presentations that Annual Meeting registrants may have missed while attending other sessions.
Annual Meeting attendees can receive full access to these expanded sessions by registering for E-ssentialLearning on the Annual Meeting registration form through special introductory discounted fees of $25 for Annual Meeting session presenters, $50 for APHA members (who are not session presenters), and $100 for non-members and are in effect for anyone registering for the full APHA Annual Meeting by the Oct. 1 pre-registration deadline. These fees will increase substantially for anyone registering on-site at the Annual Meeting in Washington.
Log-in information and password access to these E-ssentialLearning sessions will be provided to registrants immediately following the Annual Meeting.
Presenters Able to Upload PowerPoint Presentations in Advance
LCD projectors and computers are now included as part of the standard audiovisual package in each session room. This new technology will enable presenters to upload their PowerPoint presentations in advance of the meeting and have them pre-loaded on the APHA session computers. Individual presentations then begin with a click of the mouse. The cost and inconvenience of bringing a computer to the Annual Meeting has been eliminated for presenters, allowing them to take advantage of new technologies and be a part of the E-ssentialLearning experience.
--Frances Atkinson, Manager of Section Affairs/APHA
Phone: (202) 777-2483, Fax: (202) 777-2530
E-mail: frances.atkinson@apha.org
RICH RESOURCES ON APHA'S ONLINE MEMBERS ONLY SECTION
Did you know that you can now update your contact information online and search for other APHA Members? The new online Member Directory allows you to update your e-mail address, place of work and more. With only a first or last name, you can search for summary information on any APHA member. Or you can quickly search for all APHA members in your home city. It is a powerful tool.
In order to log on to the Members Only Area you will need your APHA Membership ID number. To log on, please go to <www.apha.org>, click on "members only" in the upper right corner of the home page and follow the new directions to access these useful features. You will also find in this "Members Only" section a "Report to APHA Membership" with the latest APHA news and committee minutes, information about all APHA sections including their newsletters, the electronic version of The Nations's Health, APHA-approved policy statements and resolutions, APHA's strategic plan and annual report, a staff directory, and many other features.
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