Ten or more OPHA members may petition the OPHA Board to form a Section to address a particular field or area of public health or to form a Caucus around a particular public health issue. Following board approval, Sections and Caucuses must elect officers, develop bylaws and hold at least one business meeting scheduled during the OPHA Annual Conference. The chairperson of each Section and Caucus, is a voting member of the OPHA Board of Directors.
Listed below are the current OPHA Sections and Caucus. All members are urged to select a section or caucus that fits their area of work or interest and to participate in the selected section and caucus activities.
Learn more about OPHA Sections & Caucuses
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
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Contact the Community Health Workers Chair Ivette Shepard for more information on meeting times and events. | Membership Includes:
Objectives Include: Policy Development
Leadership
Membership Engagement
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GERONTOLOGICAL HEALTHMembership includes:
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION & PLANNINGMembership includes:
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Contact the Public Health Education & Promotion Chair Kristen Carollo for more information on meeting times and events. | PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION & HEALTH PROMOTIONMembership includes:Individuals working for public health education and health promotion within:
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Contact the Maternal & Child Health Chair Ayesha Lampkins for more information on meeting times and events. | MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTHMembership includes:
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Contact the Oral Health Chair Shelley Mitchell for more information on meeting times and events. | ORAL HEALTHMembership includes:
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Contact the Public Health Nursing Chair Ben Whitmore for more information on meeting times and events. | PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGPublic Health Nursing leading the way in building healthy communities, achieving health equity and social justice, and improving quality of life for all communities. The OPHA Nursing section provides an opportunity for the members to express their specific concerns about community health nursing as it related to total health care and allows persons with like interests to promote preventive health measures, and provide leadership in the development and promotion of Public Health education in the State of Oklahoma. Membership includes:
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Contact the Health Equity Caucus Chair Chantel Hartman for more information on meeting times and events. Contact the Student Caucus Chair Atul Abraham Muttenchery for more information on meeting times and events. | HEALTH EQUITY CAUCUSMembership includes:
STUDENT CAUCUS
Why should students join OPHA?
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAUCUSMembership
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