TOP TEN REASONS TO JOIN

WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION

1.  Leverage Your Voice:  Ten thousand public health professionals in Washington State pack a powerful punch when their voices are heard through our advocacy and lobbying work.  WSPHA brings a unified message to the Legislature and Congress around funding and other critical public health topics.

2.  Tap into the WSPHA Network:  Receive access to our online membership-only database organized by discipline and skills, online topical forums specific to our state moderated by public health professionals, and meet top public health professionals at our local events.

3.  Be Part of Public Health Leadership:  As a WSPHA member, you’ll join other professionals who understand health trends, work on prevention and other cutting edge issues, and educate the public about their importance. 

4.  Receive Training & Develop Your Skills:  Through WSPHA’s discounted training and education programs, members have the opportunity to develop new skills that benefit their careers and clients by receiving discounted registration and access to the Joint Conference on Health, conference content, public health webinars, as well as information about non-WSPHA trainings and events and scholarships, and access to WSPHA student scholarships.

5.  Go Global to Local:  Washington State is the center of global public health leadership.  WSPHA develops programs that link global public health experts with local public health experts.  Your membership helps support this work and gives you access to the results.

6.  Celebrate Public Health Professionals:  Through WSPHA’s awards and recognition processes, public health professionals at all levels have the opportunity to receive recognition for a job well done.  Recognition is consistently cited as one of the most significant reasons for employee retention and job satisfaction.

7.  Promote the Public Health Profession:  WSPHA has an aggressive outreach strategy to promote the needs of the public health profession.  We consistently place opinion editorials and media stories which highlight budget cuts and call for stronger investments in public health. WSPHA also produces the Journal of Public Health Practice, one of the few national journals that feature experiences from the practice of public health.

8.  Get Representation!  WSPHA will be your ears and representative in key coalitions, with elected leaders and with state agencies through campaigns on early childhood development and childhood obesity, along with public health funding, and participate in lobbying, public relations/media, and grassroots advocacy efforts.

9.  Develop Your Career:  Our soon-to-be-launched online job bank allows one-stop shopping for public health professionals interested in furthering their careers, as well as matching opportunities for employers and those seeking public health internships.

10.            Gain National Influence:  Find out what is happening and be represented nationally through regular updates on American Public Health Association trends, activities, and policy positions through WSPHA’s representation to the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association.

Join WSPHA today.