A network within ACHA for members with a professional interest in health promotion and education in a college campus setting.

 

Welcome to the ACHA Health Promotion Section, a network within ACHA for members with a professional interest in health promotion and education in a college campus setting. The Health Promotion Section is a community of collaboration that supports the professional development needs of health promotion professionals and fosters the exchange of ideas and experiences.

Participating in the Health Promotion Section is a wonderful way to connect with members who share your interest in health promotion and develop meaningful and lasting professional relationships. Members come from variety of campus types and together create a collective knowledge on best practices in college health promotion programs and services.

As an ACHA member, you can join as many sections as you are interested in. To join a section, please login to your member account and edit your member profile. Once you’ve joined a section, you’ll automatically be added to its community in ACHA Connect, where you can better collaborate and communicate with other members in the section.

 


Health Promotion Section Committees

Are you interested in getting more involved with the Health Promotion Section but you aren’t sure how? Joining a committee is a great start! Serving in a subcommittee can hone your leadership skills and help you grow professionally, and the collective contributions of committee members can assist the section in accomplishing its goals. There are a wide range of opportunities, and you can find the one that best fits your schedule.

Member Development Committee (MDC)

This committee plans and implements professional development conference calls throughout the academic year. The committee also plans the Health Promotion Section social and new member welcome sessions at ACHA annual meetings. Approximately two to four hours per month are required.

To become involved in this committee or share a great idea for how to orient and involve new members, please contact Jen Kennymore.

 

Reviewers for Program Planning Committee

This committee seeks members to serve as ad-hoc abstract reviewers for the ACHA Annual Meeting. This is a one-semester commitment that occurs in the fall. Members read and provide feedback on session abstracts. Approximately three to five hours during early October will be required.

To become involved in this committee, please contact Andrea Kimura.

 

Strategic Planning Committee

This committee is responsible for conducting a Section needs assessment every three years, developing and/or updating a written Section Strategic Plan to be approved by the Section Executive committee, and implementing the recommendations of the approved Strategic Plan. The Strategic Planning committee is led by the section chair-elect and includes other members as appointed by the section chair.

To become involved in this committee, please contact Raphael Florestal-Kevelier.

 

Committee to Advance Health Promotion Resources

This committee is responsible for identifying, revising, and disseminating recommendations for implementing standards-based health promotion practice; for facilitating discussion, teaching and learning about standards-based health promotion practice; and for serving as a consultative resource to those who are working to bring their institution’s health promotion practice into greater alignment with the Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education.

To become involved in this committee, please contact Sarah Menefee.

 

Research Committee

This committee is responsible for supporting the research needs of the Health Promotion Section through promoting college health promotion research, performing analyses that will benefit section members, and providing professional development opportunities related to understanding research and enhancing research skills in order to enhance evidence-informed practice. Approximately two to four hours per month are required.

To become involved in this committee, please contact Jonathan Johnson and Jordyn Salerno.

 

Nominating Committee

This committee seeks members who are not current officers to serve for one semester each fall. Members will work to identify and recruit nominees for open positions within the HP Section. Additionally, the committee will identify members interested in serving as appointed Members-at-Large. Approximately five hours per month, over three months, will be required.

To become involved with this committee, please contact Julie Edwards.


See also:

Section Articles of Operation [pdf]

Section Involvement Barometer [pdf]


 

Section Leaders

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