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Welcome to the AWPH web
site!
The AWPH Agenda
Statement
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The Association
of Women in Public Health (AWPH) is an organization that combines two of
the most fundamental issues of human health - Public Health and Women’s
roles. Improvements in public health have been accredited with increased
length and quality of life. Many studies have shown that when women have
increased knowledge, attitudes and skills, they, their families and their
communities also experience this increased length of life and improved
quality of life. This organization therefore strives to improve the
general public’s health, and women’s roles in this improvement. |
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The AWPH’s agenda therefore includes
promoting networking; making information about gender related
opportunities like research, interns hips,
and other opportunities available to the women in public health; enlightening women
about their increased health risks with respect to certain diseases;
educating women about policies and agendas that affect them; and promoting
activism and lobbying. |
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