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 Chairs Kerstin Reinschmidt or La'Keira Watson Jallow for more information on meeting times and events. | Membership Includes:
Objectives Include: Policy Development
Leadership
Membership Engagement
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Contact the Emergency Preparedness & Response Chairs: Rebekah Doyle or Jackie Wright for more information on meeting times and events.
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This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. |
This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. | EPIDEMIOLOGY & LABORATORYMembership includes:
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This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. | GERONTOLOGICAL HEALTHMembership includes:
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION & PLANNINGMembership includes:
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Contact the Public Health Education & Promotion Chairs Tracy Freudenthaler or Wendi Middleton or Vice-Chair Wendy Frankenburger for more information. Monthly meetings are held the 1st Friday of every month at 9am. Register to attend. | 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 Kamisha Busby 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 Chairs Melissa Monroe or Susan Wegrzynski 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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This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. | HEALTH EQUITY COMMITTEEMembership includes:
STUDENT CAUCUS
Why should students join OPHA?
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This Section has leadership vacancies. Please contact DJ McMaughan to volunteer or for more information. | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAUCUSMembership
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Contact the Public Health Policy Chair McKenzie Cowlbeck or Mareyba Fawad for more information on meeting times and events. |
Advocacy Goal: To encourage OPHA members to advocate for the promotion of public health policy and funding of public health practices that will have a positive impact on the health and safety of the citizens of Oklahoma and to advance those concerns within our own association, communities and with legislative bodies and policy makers at all levels.
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