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April 2006

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Affiliates

2006 APHA Affiliate annual meeting dates announced Members Only

Illinois Affiliate builds work force via AmeriCorps partnership: Program links volunteers, public health Members Only

APHA News

APHA proposed policies are now online, open for member comment Members Only

Thousands of abstracts received for APHA Annual Meeting Members Only

Deadline to purchase Annual Meeting photos is extended Members Only

Member input sought on APHA’s national public health movement: Focus on pandemic flu, emerging diseases

Send your National Public Health Week news to The Nation's Health

National Public Health Week held this month: ‘Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids’ Members Only

APHA Advocates: Recent actions on public health by APHA Members Only

General

Youth campaign promotes condom use through contest Members Only

Free infant exams catch vision problems early: New program launched by American Optometric Association Members Only

Globe

Former Peace Corps members sought for overseas health projects Members Only

Birth defects disproportionately affect poorer countries of world Members Only

Global tobacco use becoming more common among girls: Children in India also smoking more Members Only

Health Findings

Health Findings: The latest public health studies and research Members Only

Job Openings

Job openings Members Only

Journal Watch

Journalwatch: Highlights from the March, April issues of the American Journal of Public Health Members Only

Letters to Editor

Letters to the editor Members Only

National

Nation in brief Members Only

U.S. HIV/AIDS cases continue to disproportionately affect blacks Members Only

New abstinence-only guidelines, funding increases denounced: Additional $22 million proposed Members Only

Infant formula marketing can discourage U.S. breastfeeding: Low-income moms are at higher risk Members Only

Health workers target of new guidelines on influenza shots: Most workers fail to get annual flu shots

Changes urged for Ryan White act as HIV/AIDS evolves in U.S.

News Makers

Newsmakers in Public Health

President's Column

Helping kids live healthier lives through healthy communities: National Public Health Week 2006 Members Only

Resources

Resources

Special Report

Safer housing conditions mean healthier lives for children: Improvements translate to better health

State/Local

Atlanta group improving health of city’s black men: 100 Black Men of Atlanta working to close gap in health status Members Only

Florida, New York teens address health literacy of communities Members Only

Web Exclusive

Online only: Older asthmatics have increased cancer risk

Online only: Children in the South face higher health risks

Online only: Girls Aspire to be 'Normal Healthy,' according to study

Online only: National system needed to measure and report on health care performance

Online only: Rural-academic partnership helps solve nursing shortage at Pennsylvania hospital

Online only: Study links diet quality with alcohol drinking patterns

Online only: Groups develop model legislation on public reporting of health care-associated infections

Online only: Exercise linked to later onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Online only: Black, white teens show difference in nicotine metabolism

Online only: Smokers who exercise reduce heart attack risk

Online only: Brazil’s Family Health Program linked to significant drop in infant mortality

Online only: Mutation that protects against HIV infection may raise risk of West Nile virus illness