ACHA Annual Meeting
Goals for 2008 Meeting
Consistent with ACHA's mission, values, and goals of advancing the health of college students and the campus community through service to the professionals in the field, we, the members of the association, gather at the annual meeting with invited guests to:
- Foster an understanding about how the diversity of human experience and the socio-cultural context affects the health of individuals and communities in which they live.
- Create collaborative opportunities for the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas among students and professionals in the college health field.
- Encourage the integration of college health with the missions of the institutions we serve.
- Gain a greater understanding of the health and wellness environments in which we operate.
- Promote research, continuing education, and collaborative program development that will enable us to provide population and resource appropriate:
- health promotion and disease prevention services
- clinical services
- consumer services
- mental health services
- Gain a greater multidisciplinary understanding of obesity as a public health concern on campuses and the challenges and interdisciplinary approaches that may be possible through collaborative program development by professionals in the college health field.