APHA 2020 FEATURED SESSIONS
"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Preventing Violence"

APHA Featured Sessions are available for sale, for on-demand viewing through APHA Now. These 14 special sessions cover a wide range of critical public health topics including the Annual Meeting theme and are led by keynote speakers and panels sessions. See the list of sessions below. The Featured Sessions will be available for sale until July 31, 2021.

Purchase access to the APHA Featured Sessions and earn up to 19 Continuing Education credits in each of the following:MCHES^®, CHES^®, CME, CNE, CPH, OP (ask your licensing/certification board if they accept CME for Non-Physician). Credits can be earned until Aug. 31, 2021

Group registration requires one purchase from one point of contact. The point of contact will receive an access code that can be shared with colleagues or students (users). All users must register as an individual and input the code given by their point of contact to receive free access. 

APHA 2020 Featured Sessions

2021.0 Opening General Session: Science of Violent Behavior

(Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Georges Benjamin, Lisa Carlson and Shankar Vedantam)

3009.0 The future of global public health response to infectious diseases: Conversations with WHO and GOARN partners on the COVID-19 experience

(Ibrahima Soce Fall, Myriam Henkens, Ombretta Baggio, Walter Kazadi Mulombo, Roderico Ofrin)

3095.0 Reducing Community Violence: A Public Health Imperative

(Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Rachel Davis, Anne Marks, Reggie Moore, Guillermo Cespedes)

3179.0 The Plague of Firearm Violence In America 

(Josh Horwitz, Patricia Lee Refo, Howard Spivak, Brian Malte, DeVone Boggan)

3269.0 President Session: A Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention

(Jerry Reid, Lisa Carlson, Alex Crosby, Tia Dole, Jennifer Kertanis)

3318.0 Monday General Session: Policy-Mediated Violence: A Threat to Health

(Angela Glover Blackwell, David Williams, Mona Hanna-Attisha and Tony Iton)

4009.0 Shaping the Narrative: The Media's Influence on the Perception of Violence

(Kevin Kirkpatrick, Lori Dorfman, Rashad Robinson, Jeanette Betancourt)

4103.0 Addressing Relationship Violence

(Lyndon Haviland, Debbie Chang, Valencia Peterson, Asia Smith)

4189.0 President-Elect Session: COVID-19: A Case Study in Health Inequities

(Brian Smedley, José Ramón Fernández-Peña, Nancy Krieger, Camara Jones, Elena Rios)

4270.0 COVID-19 As an Amplifier of the Mass Incarceration Public Health Crisis

Alfredo Morabia, Lisa Bowleg, Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Martin Lajous,, Robert Rooks

5004.0 Early Childhood Trauma: Interrupting the Cycle of Violence

(Debra Houry, Wendy Ellis, Nadine Burke Harris, Rita Burke)

5058.0 Past President's Session: Owning Historical Trauma: A Precursor to Strengthening Public Health

(Pamela Aaltonen, Michael Bird, Teresa Brockie, Tessa Evans-Campbell, Lawrence Brown)

5109.0 There's No Place Like Home: The Built Environment and Violence Prevention

(Andrea Manzo, Eugenia South, Francicso Lara, Charles Branas)

5143.0 Closing General Session: Moving Away From Hate — A Way Forward

(Patrice Harris, Aqueela Sherrils, Margaret Huang and Georges Benjamin)