Community and Environmental Health

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVISM TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH! EDUCATION, POLICY, ACTION

Join us in improving public health education at your school and advancing the health of your community through policy action. Contributing towards the progression of Healthy People 2010 goals is a crucial investment that reaps enormous returns in quality of life, cost and life expectancy.

The Community and Environmental Health Action Committee is dedicated to:

• Helping medical and premedical students educate their schools and communities about important public health issues
• Enabling medical and premedical students to influence debate about and achieve progress towards the Healthy People 2010 goals
• Empowering chapters to develop and execute local public health projects
• Providing guidance and training in public health and public health careers

GET INVOLVED

World Diabetes Day
Friday, November 14th, 2008

World Diabetes Day is fast coming upon us.  The continuing theme this year is Diabetes in children and adolescents.  Diabetes is an increasingly prevalent chronic childhood disease with an an estimated 440,000 children live with type 1 diabetes globally.  There are many things that can be done at the local chapter to spread the awareness of children and diabetes.  You can also join in one of the many activities already planned in your community or work in liaison with other community organized groups.  Further information, ideas and materials can be found at here or through the IDF's world diabetes day website at: http://www.worlddiabetesday.org/!

Institutes

• Community and Public Health Institute
  January 21-25, 2009
  
  
• Environmental Health Leadership Institute
  February 13-15, 2009

Towards a Healthier Community: CPH Priority Issues

• Disabilities
• Health Equity Campaign
• Public Health Education
• Public Health Environment
  
  
• Full List of Current AMSA Focus Issues

National Primary Care Week
The Future of Primary Care in America
October 6-10, 2008

Healthy Hospitals

AMSA's Healthy Foods in Hospitals Campaign seeks to encourage hospitals to promote health in their communites by not allowing unhealthy fast food to be served on their campuses.

Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators

Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. Healthy People 2010 is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion under the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

• Physical Activity
• Overweight and Obesity
• Tobacco Use
• Substance Abuse
• Responsible Sexual Behavior
• Mental Health
• Injury and Violence
• Environmental Quality
• Immunization
• Access to Health Care (PDF)

AMSA Resources: Project Development & Communications

• The New Physician Magazine Article Archives
  Community and Public Health
  
  
• AMSA's Local Project Directory
  For information about projects focused on community and public health.
  
  
• More Sample Chapter Projects
  Looking for a project to get your classmates involved? Need an idea for a selective for your fourth year? Here you'll find a list of successful past projects to get you and your chapter started.
  
  
• AMSA Local Project Grants
  AMSA National funds dozens of medical and premedical chapter projects each year.
  
  
• Project Guides, Web Links, News Services, More...
  Resources, guides, projects, etc.

Career Development

• AMSA Public Health Education Page
  Electives, internships, fellowships, and other experiences for medical and premedical students in the public health field
  
  
• MD/MPH Joint Degree Program Resource Guide
  
  
• Preventive Medicine & its Residency Programs FAQs
  
  
• Medicine and Public Health: Your Lifelong Partners
  2004 AMSA National Convention Presentation by Dr. Gopal Sankaran

AMSA Programs and Opportunities

• EQUIP Medical Supply Donations
• Achieving Diversity in Dentistry and Medicine (ADDM)
• Children's Health Insurance Program
• More ways to get involved