The MCH Section maintains an active presence in the policy process of APHA.  Below are links to policy statements important to the MCH community that will be voted on at the Annual Meeting.  You input is very important to us, so please review the policy statements and send any comments to Joseph Telfair at J_TELFAI@uncg.edu. 

A: Health Disparities

A3: Call for Education and Research into Vitamin D Deficiency/Insufficiency

B: Environmental Health

B3: Discouraging Smoking in Feature Films to Avoid Influencing Youth to Smoke

B4: Calling for a Global Ban on Lead Use in Residential Indoor and Outdoor Paints, Children's Products, and All Nonessential Uses in Consumer

C: Access to Care

C1:The Need for State Legislation Protecting and Enhancing Women’s Ability to Obtain Safe, Legal Abortion Services Without Delay or Government Interference

C3: Opposition to Prophylactic Removal of Third Molars (Wisdom Teeth)

D: Public Health Science and Infrastructure

D1: Patients' Rights to Self-Determination at the End of Life

D2: Community Water Fluoridation in the U.S.

D3: Promoting Interprofessional Education