Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) provides education services for orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals. The academy also informs the public about the science of orthopaedics.

Keywords: Orthopedics, Allied health occupations, Medical education, Orthopedic surgery, Professional education, Professional societies

Annotation: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) works to provide quality, cost-effective,and accessible health care by supporting the professional and personal development of physician assistants (PAs). The website provides information on the PA profession, careers, and practice; continuing medical education; research activities; news and publications; and events. AAPA publishes the Journal of the American Academy of Physician's Assistants and sponsors an annual conference.

Keywords: Continuing education, Health occupations, Physician assistants, Professional societies

Annotation: The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to foster health-promoting partnerships between communities and educational institutions. It identifies students, institutional leaders, and community leaders as equal constituencies and serves as a bridge between government and foundation-sponsored initiatives in community-oriented health professions education. CCPH has an online newsletter, Partnership Matters; a mentor network that provides training and technical assistance; other training opportunities; and awards for exemplary partnerships.

Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Health occupations, Health personnel, Model programs, Public private partnerships, Training, Universities

Annotation: Forefront develops and disseminates innovative, evidence-based approaches to suicide prevention. Forefront provides trainings to peers wishing to support individuals newly bereaved by suicide, people wishing to work on state policy initiatives and who want to engage with traditional news media, health professionals, campuses and schools, communities, and groups of journalists and journalism students. Forefront is a collaboration of the University of Washington School of Social Work, Communication, School of Nursing, and College of Education.

Keywords: Communities, Health occupations, Schools, Suicide prevention, Training

Annotation: The U.S. Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) helps to build a health care workforce to improve the public health by expanding access to quality health services and working to achieve health equity. Primary areas of responsibility include scholarship, loan, and loan repayment for health professionals; health workforce data and information; and health workforce development. The bureau manages the designation of Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations, the Health Professions Training Grants, the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program, the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Repayment Program, and the National Practitioner Data Bank.

Keywords: Health occupations, Education programs, Federal agencies, Financial support, Public policies

Annotation: The Women's International Public Health Network (WIPHN), established in 1987, provides women in the field of public health an opportunity to work together to improve women's health worldwide. It participates in policy development, provides technical assistance, offers information on training opportunities and resources, maintains an employment information network, and produces a newsletter three times a year.

Keywords: Child health, Health occupations, Maternal health, Public health policy, Women', s health promotion