The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health. APHA is concerned with a broad set of issues affecting personal and environmental health, including federal and state funding for health programs, pollution control, programs and policies related to chronic and infectious diseases, a smoke-free society, and professional education in public health.
The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position.
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 5.
Topic: Health Care
Headline: by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record
(Score: 2)
Headline 2: by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues
(Score: 0)
Headline 3: by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record
(Score: -2)
