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September 2006

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APHA News

APHA hires new staff, creates Affiliate, component departments Members Only

Incoming Section leaders meet in Washington, D.C., for orientation Members Only

Finkel earns Rall award for work in health advocacy Members Only

APHA Award for Excellence to go to Katz Members Only

Lear named winner of Rodriguez-Trias award Members Only

Kentucky Dental Health Partnership to be recognized Members Only

Fielding to receive APHA’s 2006 Sedgwick award Members Only

New book promotes cultural competencies in health care Members Only

Attending the Annual Meeting? Register now to vote absentee Members Only

APHA Help Us Help Them campaign to benefit health care for homeless Members Only

The Nation’s Health wins national recognition: Three-part series on healthy aging wins Clarion Award Members Only

APHA to offer career coaching services at 134th Annual Meeting Members Only

APHA members helping public get ready for flu, infectious diseases: Sections taking part in Get Ready effort

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

General

Nominees sought for Sasakawa disaster award Members Only

AJPH study of Katrina victims shows need for better planning: Better plans needed Members Only

Smoking imagery increasingly prevalent in movies, report finds Members Only

Online food advertising to kids another venue to market junk food: Report highlights worrying Internet trend Members Only

Globe

Teens exposed to secondhand smoke across globe, survey finds Members Only

Smoking among women has yet to peak, new report warns Members Only

International leaders sign World Cancer Declaration Members Only

Curbing environmental hazards could save millions of children Members Only

Health Findings

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

Job Openings

Job openings Members Only

Journal Watch

Journal Watch: Highlights from the August issue of the American Journal of Public Health Members Only

Letters to Editor

Letters to the editor Members Only

National

Nation in brief Members Only

Carmona ends surgeon general term; deputy takes helm of post Members Only

'Fair share’ health care law dealt setback, as states wait for appeal ' Members Only

Advocates working to provide more accurate picture of work force

U.S. public health work force shortage in need of attention: APHA releases new brief on work force

Public health responding to new threat of staph infections

New coalition working to bring health insurance to all children: SCHIP funding critical to health of kids

News Makers

Newsmakers in Public Health

President's Column

Drugs: The longest U.S. war Members Only

Resources

Resources

State/Local

States in brief Members Only

District effort urges residents to know their HIV status Members Only

Web Exclusive

Online only: Number of uninsured kids declines as enrollees in state programs increase

Online only: HIV treatment access reaches over 1 million in sub-Saharan Africa

Online only: Nurses should play larger role in helping smokers quit

Online only: Physicians slightly more confident in government's preparedness for avian flu; majority worried about human-to-human transmission

Online only: Link between birth weight and blood pressure differs for black vs. white children

Online only: Kids with obsessive-compulsive disorder bullied more often