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As an APHA member, you become part of a vibrant community dedicated to optimal, equitable health and well-being for all.

Click the six tracks below to make the most of your APHA membership.

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Transform public health

Ultimately, the pinnacle of the member journey is the opportunity to make a tangible impact on public health. Through your involvement with APHA, you can contribute to addressing health disparities, promoting health equity, advocating for evidence-based policies, and working toward healthier communities. By harnessing the collective power of valuable members like you, APHA can continue to be an agent of change in promoting optimal, equitable health and well-being for all.

How members transform public health through APHA:

  • Policy briefs. Only members can collaborate in creating policy briefs on the critical issues facing public health today.
  • Collective voice. With a dynamic and growing member base, APHA can demonstrate the importance of public health at the national level.
  • 150-year history. Members benefit from the stability and consistency of APHA’s more than 150 years as the nation’s leader in public health.
  • Sharing your story on APHA LEAD. Members gain support and encouragement from the work and energy of other members as shared in the member-only APHA LEAD online community.
  • Protecting public health and public health professionals through legal action, coalition creation and education of political leaders and the general public.