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APHA-SA: National Public Health Week Sub-Committee

Sub-committee Chairs: Jemeila Williams and Amy Edmonds

Mission Statement:

To lead the National Public Health Week (NPHW) Subcommittee and its organization and promotion of student activities as part of NPHW, the first week of April.


Objectives:
  • Organize NPHW activities for students across the country to participate
  • Prepare materials to support NPHW activities
  • Promote NPHW activities
  • Collaborate with APHA NPHW representative during planning and promotion process
  • Collaborate with other organizations and agencies
  • Collaborate with the APHA-SA Campus Liaisons during planning for NPHW, especially for Public Health Student Day (Friday of NPHW)

Get Involved:

Become part of the committee and assist with creating the NPHW Toolkit, identifying activities for students to participate in nation-wide, hold NPHW events in your area, or become a Campus Liaison and be in charge of running NPHW on your campus! Please e-mail nphw@aphastudents.org to get involved.

Examples:
2004 Student Guidebook; 2005 NPHW Student Toolkit; 2010 NPHW Student Toolkit; 2012 NPHW Student Toolkit;  2013APHAStudentToolKit.pdf

A webinar held for student partners on January 30, 2013 at 8:00pm EST with tips and strategies on how to engage students in NPHW is available here.

Last updated 02/22/2013