NALBOH HOME PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE WEB INDEX MEMBERS ONLY SECTION

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
AAHPERD is an alliance of six national associations and six district associations and is designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of the American public. The six national associations are: the American Association for Health Education (AAHE), the National Dance Association (NDA), American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness (AAALF), the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS), the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)and the Research Consortium.

American School Health Association (ASHA)
The ASHA is an organization of school professionals who are "committed to safeguarding the health of school-aged children." From their web page, one can gather information on their publications, conferences, membership information, and resolutions on specific school health issues.

Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)
This national organization represents deans, faculty and students of the accredited schools of public health. The site contains links to funding opportunities and public health links.

Center for the Advancement of Health
The Center is a nonprofit organization that seeks to integrate biology, behavior, psychology, and social context into the debate regarding health and medical treatment. It seeks to engage disparate groups into the debate surrounding health promotion and medical treatment. It has a link to funding opportunities, their journal, other sites, and publications.

Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (CHEF)
"CHEF is committed to what health education can do for individuals and communities." Their site contains links to their projects, the National Prevention Institute, prevention resources and news and updates. Prevention resources contains links to reports and other sites regarding various topics (i.e. HIV/AIDS, tobacco, peer-helping, etc.)

Go Ask Alice
"The mission of Go Ask Alice! is to provide factual, in-depth, straightforward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health. 'Alice' answers questions about relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness; nutrition; alcohol, nicotine and other drugs; and general health." While the site is geared towards teenagers, it may provide a useful resource to find out about current practices and concerns of teens and young adults.

Health Education Professional Resources (HEPR)
This site for health educators is designed so they can have access to information which may be useful for professional practice. The categories of interest to HEPR include: health-related organization, listservs & other mailing lists, national credentialing agencies, professional associations, calendars and resources for health education.

Interactive Health Tutorials
The tutorials provided on the Medline site are interactive resources from the Patient Education Institute. Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial. NOTE: These tutorials require a special Flash plug-in, version 4 or above.

National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions
NAAHP is an organization for health profession adivsors at colleges and universities. NAAHP coordinates the activities and efforts of four independent regional associations so that health professions advisors can function together and speak with one voice.

National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF)
NEETF is a private, non-profit organization that plays a unique role in the environmental education and training field. They develop and support environmental learning programs to meet social goals and "greener," more profitable business. Their mission is to bring about a stronger economic, ecological, and societal future through environmental learning.

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
SOPHE is a professional association comprised of health education professionals and students. Their mission is to "provide leadership to the profession of health education and health promotion; to contribute to the health of all people through advances in health education theory and research; excellence in health education practice, and the promotion of public policies conducive to health." Their site contains links to publications and journals, continuing education opportunities, their annual meeting, and links to resources of interest to their membership.

Society of State Directors of Health and Physical Education and Recreation (SSDHPER)
Professional association of members who supervise and coordinate programs in health, physical education and related fields within state departments of education." The site contains links to conferences, school health, a newsletter, and links to state education agencies, national organization and federal agencies.

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