American Public Health Association Adopts 20 New Policies
12/20/2004 1:35:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Sabrina Jones of the American Public Health Association, 202-777-2509 or sabrina.jones@apha.org
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association recently adopted 20 policies addressing a broad range of issues in public health from underage alcohol consumption and nutrition labeling in restaurants to the supply of flu vaccinations and threats to immigrants' health care. The Association also approved an operational measure in support of smoke-free cities.
The following are brief descriptions of the measures approved by the Association's Governing Council during its 132nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Nov. 6-10, 2004. The descriptions are brief summaries; full language of the 2004 policies is available at http://www.apha.org/legislative/policy/policysearch/.
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