Academia
The purpose of the academia section of IPHA is to promote increased linkages and
collaboration between the public health academic community and the practice community. Academic
public health presentations and sessions at IPHA meetings will be promoted as well as involvement in
IPHA activities by health professions students in the state of Illinois.
Behavioral Health
The purpose of the behavioral health section of IPHA is to promote awareness of
the link between physical and mental health; to increase collaboration among public health and
behavioral health entities; to reduce the incidence of substance abuse; and, to initiate or further holistic
health policies to strengthen communities and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
Boards of Health
The Boards of Health Section was created to broaden the Associations
membership base, introduce the membership to local policy-making and lend to IPHA an extensive and
effective grassroots information network.
Environmental Health
The purpose of the Environmental Health Section is to support the exchange
of ideas, encourage the application of these to public health problems and programs, to consider
current, emerging and foreseeable community health issues at the local, regional, state and national
levels, and the development, coordination, extension and evaluation of local and regional public health
programs.
Epidemiology and Health Statistics
The Epidemiology and Health Statistics Section allows for the exchange of ideas, promotes the
incorporation of epidemiology principles to public health problems and programs, fosters the
development and use of epidemiologists, provides expert consultation to the IPHA on pertinent issues,
and assists in the implementation of Association policy where applicable.
Family Planning
The Family Planning Section works to promote the information and means to
exercise personal choice in determining the number and spacing of children. Services to be promoted
include: information, education and counseling services and a comprehensive range of confidential,
acceptable and effective family planning methods and services.
Food & Nutrition
The purpose of the Food and Nutrition Section of IPHA is to enable the staff of
public health programs to network, learn and advocate. The section develops continuing education
programs, holds business meetings and regularly communicated with members to exchange ideas and
provide updates on pertinent issues.
Health Administration
The Health Administration Section is committed to the implementation of the
Associations state policy; to develop, analyze and implement the expansion of the public health service
delivery system in the state; to develop, support and expand the knowledge and skill among IPHA
members; to work to upgrade the quality of services to our membership; and to work and coordinate with
Association and its other sections in improving our legislative, professional and public educational
activities.
Health Education & Promotion
The Health Education & Promotion Section is committed to
developing, supporting and facilitating health education and health promotion as viable and dynamic
entities within the scope of public health in Illinois.
HIV/AIDS Section
The HIV/AIDS section of IPHA is to promote the development of public health efforts to
prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS and to enhance the lives of people living with
HIV/AIDS in Illinois.
Injury Control/EMS
The Injury Control/EMS Section serves as focal point for activities within the state
of Illinois to design and implement strategies for injury prevention in the pre-injury phase and
minimalization of the injury in the injury phase. The section will focus its activities on serving as the
forum for public health minded individuals whose major focus is in the area of emergency medical
services.
Maternal & Child Health
The purpose of the Maternal & Child Health Section are to support the
exchange of ideas, the development of positions on MCH issues and further the dissemination of those
positions, and contribute to the development, coordination and extension of MCH programs at the local,
regional and state level.
Oral Health
The purposes of the Oral Health Section are to prevent and control dental disease and
promote dental health through organized community effort. Programs in dental public health are
concerned with dental health education programs, the administration of dental care programs for special
population groups, water fluoridation and supplemental fluoride programs, dental sealant programs,
applied dental research and the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis. This
section holds meeting on a regular basis, hosts an annual conference and coordinates the toothbrush
consortium project.
Professional Support
The professional support Section provides career and personal development
for Section members. They strive, through cohesive implementation, to support public health issues and
enhance the delivery of services. Members of this section will have the opportunity to network with other
health professionals, and for professional development, through section activities and continuing
education programs.
Nursing
The purposes of the nursing Section are to advance the cause of public health nursing in
Illinois, to support the exchange of ideas, knowledge and skills among members and to support the
increase of membership and participation in the IPHA.
Senior Health
The purpose of the Senior Health Section is to provide more opportunities and
incentive for interaction, coordinated planning and joint projects among professionals in the health and
aging field. This section focuses on the development of more effective mechanisms for assuring
coordination and cooperation among all agencies which serve older persons.
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