Beverly C. Flynn Public Health

Nursing Legacy Leadership

Program  Application due August 21, 2009  

This program provides mentorship to nurses for one year for the purposes of establishing meaningful connections in the public health nursing community, developing future PHN leaders, maximizing mentee experiences at the APHA annual meeting, and supporting involvement in the PHN Section.  Nurses from the HHS region where the APHA annual meeting is held are urged to apply for the legacy leadership award. The donor of this award valued diversity and recognized the importance of developing PHN leaders from all walks of life.  Click BeverlyFlynnAnnoucementandapplicationattachments209.doc or the application and eligibility requirements.  Completed applications should be sent to Anne Belcher DNS, abelche@iupui.edu

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 Committee’s and Task Forces  Current and new member opportunities to serve on various committees and task forces continues to be on going section need. Any section member interested serving on any of the Section committees can contact the specific Committee Chairperson. The PHN section is always in need of individuals who are willing to serve. The diversity of the membership involvement can only lead to a stronger voice for public health. Individual participation affords one the opportunity to develop or use skills that one may not have a chance to utilize in one’s day-to-day activities. Please see committee roster or leadership roster for specific email address of the chair.

Environmental Health Practice Recommendations for Community/Public Health Nurses 

The work continued in 2006 with another grant from Health Care Without Harm, in the Task Force's efforts to develop  a Greenprint for Action based on the 2005 Principles and Recommendations.  For details click here. GreenprintforActionProjectSummary06 

The PHN Section is launching a new initiative to foster linkages and collaboration with other APHA Sections. Neither structural recognition nor strategies for inter-sectional relationships exist within APHA beyond co-sponsorship of Annual Meeting Sessions. Since this is a vital part of the PHN role, the Section is developing a new PHN Section Liaison role. Members who have particular interests in the work of another Section can serve as communication and collaboration facilitators with that Section. Beth Lamanna, will coordinate this effort at this point, but perhaps others with a focus on communication and collaboration would like to help in this endeavor. Four active PHN Section members have assumed Liaison roles to date:

• Rita Lourie of Temple University with the Environment Section
• Joyce Edmonds of Emory University with the MCH Section
• Louise Ivanov of the University of North Carolina Greensboro – with the International Section
• Johanna Holsten with the University of Pennsylvania with the Food and Nutrition Section. 

See leadership section for alphabetical listing of committees and liaison groups. They are reaching out to establish formal relationships and a named counterpart in these Sections. Reports on this new initiative will be posted as availble.