Local Public Health Organizations

A list of local, state, and national organizations of interest to local public health

Coalition for Local Public Health Member Organizations

The Coalition for Local Public Health consists of 7 public health organizations dedicated to increasing awareness of the critical role local public health has in keeping communities healthy and safe and in advocating for the resources needed to promote healthy communities in Massachusetts. The organizations represent public health professionals interested in supporting the Commonwealth’s local public health infrastructure and its ability to respond to both routine and acute health events.

• Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB) 

• Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses (MAPHN) 

• Massachusetts Environmental Health Association (MEHA) 

• Massachusetts Health Officers Association (MHOA) 

• Massachusetts Large Cities Health Coalition (MLCHC) 

• Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) 

• Western MA Public Health Association (WMPHA) 

Local resources

• Massachusetts Public Health Regionalization Project 

• Shared Services

• Board of Health Manual of Laws and Regulations 

• Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers 

• Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) 

Federal health agencies

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) 

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

• CDC Office of Science and Public Health Practice 

• CDC Public Health Professionals Gateway 

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) 

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) 

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 

National public health organizations

• American Public Health Association (APHA) 

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) 

• National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) 

• National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) 

• National Environmental Health Association 

• Association of Public Health Nurses (APHN) 

• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) 

• Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) 

• Public Health Foundation 

• Health Impact Partners 

• Public Health Accreditation Board 

• County Health Rankings and Roadmaps 

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health 

• National Partnership for Action - The Office of Minority Health