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APHA color, also referred to as the Hazen scale, and more appropriately as the Platinum Cobalt(Pt/Co) scale, [1] is a color standard named for the American Public Health Association and defined by ASTM D1209. [2] It was originally intended to describe the color of waste water, but its usage has expanded to include other industrial applications ...
Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907) depicting boys swimming from a pier in the East River, New York City "Swimming baths" and pools were built in the late 19th century in poorer neighborhoods of northern industrial cities of the US to exert some control over a public swimming culture that offended Victorian sensibilities by including not only nakedness, but roughhousing and swearing.
The acronym APHA may refer to: American Paint Horse Association, a horse breed registry; American Pharmacists Association (APhA) American Public Health Association. APHA color, a color standard named for the American Public Health Association; Animal and Plant Health Agency, an executive agency of DEFRA, UK; Apha, a genus of moths in the family ...
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.–based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States. APHA is the largest professional organization of public health professionals in the United States and host the largest gathering of public health professionals in the ...
The origin of health officials from the states getting together to discuss matters of public health concern that spanned state boundaries is the organization and first meeting of the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi Valley in 1879, a meeting to address limiting the spread of yellow fever and cholera outbreaks. [2]
The agency provides health and human services for both families and regular patients. DHHS is Nebraska's largest agency and is responsible for nearly one-third of the state's government, both in employees and budget. [4] DHHS consists of five divisions, seven facilities, and eight operational areas. The five divisions are: Behavioral Health
In 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. The organization was created as a joint venture between the American Public Health Association and the National League for Nursing (NLN). CHAP became a separately incorporated, non-profit subsidiary of the NLN in 1988, under the CHAP name.
The Nation's Health is the monthly newspaper of the American Public Health Association, a source of news from and for the public health field.The newspaper covers issues of interest to public health professionals, including news on federal, state and local public health policy; developments and trends in public health science and practice; global health issues; research findings; and coverage ...