The Foot and Ankle Health Section moves the public health agenda forward through advocacy, education and promotion of public health principles in order to establish and maintain a healthy society that views health as a personal responsibility and public trust. Further, the Section seeks to promote the essential role of podiatric medicine in the health care delivery system.
Our Members
Our members include healthcare professionals, public health professionals, and students who have an interest in and advocate for foot- and ankle-related public health issues. You do not have to be a podiatrist or podiatric medical student to be part of our section; we welcome anyone with an interest in lower extremity health and well-being.
Our Work
We bring our members together to work on the following priorities:
- Encourage the inclusion of lower extremity health education, disease prevention, and health promotion activities in all of the nation’s health programs.
- Stimulate thought, discussion, research and programmatic applications aimed at improving the public’s lower extremity health and raising awareness of the essential role the profession of podiatric medicine plays in the health care delivery system.
- Mobilize advocacy action among the Section’s membership on APHA public policy priorities at the national, state and local levels that pertain to lower extremity health.
- Improve the quality of lower extremity research and practice in public health programs regarding health education, disease prevention, and health promotion.
Member Benefits
As a member of our Section, you can help grow our legacy in public health practice! We offer many opportunities to get involved, such as joining Section leadership, collaborating with other organizations and partners, influencing APHA policies and priorities, reviewing abstracts and presenting your research at the APHA Annual Meeting.
Join Us!
Your participation is vital to our continued success. Become an active member of the Section when you join APHA. If you are already an APHA member, you can join as your second Section for no additional cost by updating your member profile.
Attend Events
Check out the APHA calendar for upcoming Section events and browse our sessions at the 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo.
Visit on APHA LEAD
Members can visit us on APHA LEAD to learn about upcoming events, join in discussions with other Section members, and access our Section’s resource library.
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Contribute
Support our efforts by making a donation.