Letter from Jeff Keiser, FPHA President 2011-2012 Public Health  C.E.A. Winslow, one of the leading figures in the history of public health, characterized public health practice as “the science and art of disease prevention, prolonging life, and promoting health and well-being through organized community effort for the sanitation of the environment, the control of communicable infections, the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and prevention of disease, the education of the individual in personal health and the development of the social machinery to assure everyone a standard of living adequate for the maintenance or improvement of health.” Out of this definition and many others like it has come the three core public health functions: the assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities; the formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities; and, to assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention services, and evaluation of the effectiveness of that care.  The core public health functions have been further refined with the advancement of public health activities through the 10 Essential Public Health Services: monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems; diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community; inform, educate, and empower people about health issues; mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems; develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts; enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety; link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable; assure competent public and personal health care workforce; evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services; and, research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.  MORE		Visit our new website to join FPHA at fpha.onefireplace.org Click on Logo and Become our Fan on Facebook Sections Dental Diversity Health Environmental Health and Engineering Epidemiology/Laboratory HIV/AIDS Nursing Public Health Administration Public Health Physicians Public Health Preparedness Public Health Social Workers Wellness and Prevention Student Interested in participating on an FPHA Committee or getting more involved in a Section? Send us an email at: floridapha@bellsouth.net For the latest information on current health issues, check out the Florida Department of Health's website at floridashealth.com. Call Premier Marketing Group for ideas on how to help your employees, clients, or customers stay healthy.
Check out the Job Board updated 1/16/12  FPHA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS:      Something happened recently to FPHA that has never happened before. Two of our members were elected as President-Elect of our affiliate organizations – the American Public Health Association and the Southern Health Associa-tion. We are proud to have these two men recognized for their leadership qualities and the work they do here is Florida. How wonderful to have their time as President of these organizations occur at the same time. It is a great honor for our state public health professionals.  Read more in the December issue of the FPHA Newsletter.             JOIN FPHA TODAY for information click on Membership                                Now a member of the FSECC Check out the Featured Article In Florida Public Health Reviews  Florida Public Health Association 2009 Survey of Academic Public Health Programs in Florida Leslie Sue Lieberman, Nancy Rudner Lugo, Mary Peoples-Sheps, Melissa J. Vilaro, Claude Earl Fox pp 68-79, Posted September 23, 2011 Recognizing Outstanding Contributions Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) Resolution LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES Updated 5/8/11 See new page under NEWS tab FPHA Foundation - You Can Make a Difference Now, member of the FSECC The FPHA Foundation is the 501(c)(3) arm of FPHA and is the organization that plans the educational meetings, seeks grants, provides services to other health care organizations and gives scholarships to public health graduate and undergraduate students (more than $26,000 in the past 10 years).  Because FPHA did not hold its' Annual Educational Conference this past year, the Silent Auction to raise funds for 2011 scholarships did not take place.  We ask that you consider making a tax deductable donation to the FPHA Foundation.  You can designate that it be used specifically for scholarships, meeting support or leave it unspecified to use where needed by the Foundation. Donations do not have to be large.  If every FPHA member sent in just $5, think of the impact that could have.  That is less than the cost of lunch at most places.  And you do not need to be a member to donate.  In these current economic times, we need to remember how much we have to be thankful for in our lives and how we can make a difference in someone else's life.  The FPHA Board again thanks those of you who have already given to the FPHA Foundation this past year and encourages others to add it to your "gift list" for 2011.   View the latest Newsletter Might be of interest to our members: Our Health Policy Matters, blog by Paul Gionfriddo  Visit our Meetings page for information about upcoming events  Check out the Job Board updated 1/16/12  CEU Opportunity-January 6-7, 2012 Transforming Women's Health Brio Tuscan Grille, International Plaza Tampa, FL FPHA Regional Meeting Presentations April 27, 2011 SAVE THE DATE!!! American Public Health Association 140th Annual Meeting & Exposition San Francisco, California October 27-October 29, 2012   © FPHA 2009: All information on this site is copyrighted by the Florida Public Health Association, Inc. Any use of the information contained on this website, including the names and contact information of officers and members, may not be used without the express written consent of the Association.