The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the primary voice for public health advocacy. They lead the way to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats. They strive to ensure community-based health promotion, disease prevention activities, and preventive health services are accessible to everyone.
APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policymakers and health officials. APHA, in coordination with its members and state and regional Affiliates, works with key decisionmakers to shape public policy to address today’s ongoing public health concerns. These include ensuring access to care, protecting funding for core public health programs and services, and eliminating health disparities. APHA is also working on other critical public health issues including public health and emergency preparedness, food safety, hunger and nutrition, climate change, and other environmental health issues, public health infrastructure, disease control, international health, and tobacco control.
Instructions
Choose one of the APHA Legislative priorities. Visit the following website to view them:
Explain why you chose this as a priority and give three examples of legislation that would fulfill the goal.
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