The New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) holds that good health requires active participation by individuals and organizations. To be effective, this participation must be informed by evidence based/best available information. Adopting healthy behaviors and practices improves physical and mental health, reduces morbidity and mortality and so conserves limited resources. The NHPHA supports culturally and linguistically appropriate health education and promotion activities accessible to all residents with a focus on prevention and protection.

Resources:

Perez, Miguel and Raffy L. Luquis (eds.) Cultural Competence in Health Education and Health Promotion.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 2008. 

Public Health Foundation, National Public Health Performance Standards Program, http://www.phf.org/pmqi/programs.htm

|Soto, Michael A., Lawrence W. Green, and Linda A. Bailey, Eds.  Linking Research and Public Health Practice; A Review of CDC’s Program for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.  Washington, DC:  National Academy Press, 1997.

Spears, Marjorie and Brick Lancaster, “Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Urban Areas:  CDC’s Perspective,” Health Education Behavior 25 (1998) 226-233.
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy NH 2010, http://www.healthynh2010.org/

US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Living, http://www.cdc.gov/healthyliving/

US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Live Well, Live Long; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Older Adults, http://www.asaging.org/CDC/index.cfm

US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.  Healthy People 2010.  http://www.healthypeople.gov/