Health Administration

Welcome to the Health Administration Section web page.  If you are not a member, and would like to join, or are interested in choosing this section as a secondary section please click here

In 2008 Health Administration celebrated 100 years of Excellence as a section.

Over the past 103 years the section has served our members and supported their efforts to improve the public’s health by improving and advancing the field of health administration. Founded in 1908, the original title of our section was the Municipal Health Officers section. By 1912, the section became known as the Public Health Officers section, and finally became known as the Health Administration Section in 1916. Over this long history, our section has served the needs of APHA members involved in health administration, particularly in local health departments.

Today, our membership reflects the field of public health.  Anyone working to improve the public’s health and engaged in administration and leadership activities finds Health Administration to be a tremendous place to learn, network and share ideas.

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Take a moment to look over our section's Strategic Plan.

Join a committee and become an active member of the section.

Nominations are open for this Spring's section leadership elections. Our section has the following openings:

• Chair-Elect
• Secretary-Elect
• Section Councilor (2 open seats)
• Governing Councilor (3 open seats)

You can read about the duties for these positions in our Operations Manual; you must be a paid member of the section to be considred. If interested please email your CV or resume to Dr. Mark J. Bittle.

Check out our Meeting Documents Page to see what happens at our section leadership meetings.

Please consider helping out with section activities, visit our Section Activities/Benefits page for more information.