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Mission
SAAPHI
was established to promote the health of African
American individuals and communities through scientifically
based interventions, intervention guided-research,
and health policy advocacy. Specially, SAAPHI is
a research-oriented, national organization whose
purposes are:
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to
identify problems affecting African-Americans
and build awareness about these issues
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to
develop and promote a well-defined and articulated
research agenda for health improvement of African
Americans to include problem identification and
characterization, intervention strategies, and
evaluation of progress toward goals and objectives
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to
initiate and assist in the improvement, development,
maintenance and utilization of appropriate databases
for the understanding of health problems and
needs of African American communities
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to
promote the utilization of appropriate data
sources on African Americans in program and policy
decisions · to
formulate, advocate and inform appropriate
public policies for health promotion and disease
prevention
among African Americans
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to
foster health promotion behavior and disease
prevention activities in individuals and communities
that will improve personal health and allow persons
to be healthy
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to
increase public awareness of and solutions to
health problems of African American communities
through education and information dissemination
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to
promote scholarship and cooperative research
among public health professionals, university
faculty and students · to increase the number
of African Americans receiving training in
epidemiology, biostatistics, and other quantitative
disciplines
of public health
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to
foster coalitions with other organizations and
groups with similar missions and commonalties
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to
initiate and assist in the coordination of various
investigative, educational and program planning
efforts which may have an impact on the health
of African Americans
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to
facilitate professional development, social welfare
and leadership skills among its members.
Application
for Accreditation as a Non-Governmental
Organization for the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance
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website
www.saaphi.org
President
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
Research Director on Social Determinants of Health
Division of Adult and Community Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS
K45
Atlanta, Georgia 30341
(770) 488-5268 phone
(770) 488-5964 fax
cdj9@cdc.gov
President-Elect and Secretary
Jessie Richardson Hood, MPH Public Health Advisor Pregnancy and Infant
Health Branch
Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K23
Atlanta , GA 30341
(770) 488-6338 phone
(770) 488-6283 fax
jvr4@cdc.gov
Treasurer
Cheryl Blackmore Prince, PhD, MPH
MCH Epidemiologist
Department of Health
Family Health Services Division
3652 Kilauea Avenue Honolulu,
Hawaii 96816
(808) 733-8360 (phone)
(808) 733-8369 (fax)
cherylprince@hawaii.rr.com
Board
of Directors
(academic degrees not indicated)
Lovetta Brown
Kimberly Coleman
Tamarah Duperval
Loretta Jones
Adewale Troutman
Apollo Bulos
Yvonne Johns
Jacqueline Lucas
Delois Dilworth-Berry
Patricia Thompson-Reid
Karen Patricia Williams
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