Mission
SAAPHI was established to promote the health of African American individuals and communities through scientifically based interventions, intervention guided-research, and health policy advocacy. Specially, SAAPHI is a research-oriented, national organization whose purposes are:

• to identify problems affecting African-Americans and build awareness about these issues
• to develop and promote a well-defined and articulated research agenda for health improvement of African Americans to include problem identification and characterization, intervention strategies, and evaluation of progress toward goals and objectives
• to initiate and assist in the improvement, development, maintenance and utilization of appropriate databases for the understanding of health problems and needs of African American communities
• to promote the utilization of appropriate data sources on African Americans in program and policy decisions · to formulate, advocate and inform appropriate public policies for health promotion and disease prevention among African Americans
• to foster health promotion behavior and disease prevention activities in individuals and communities that will improve personal health and allow persons to be healthy
• to increase public awareness of and solutions to health problems of African American communities through education and information dissemination
• to promote scholarship and cooperative research among public health professionals, university faculty and students · to increase the number of African Americans receiving training in epidemiology, biostatistics, and other quantitative disciplines of public health
• to foster coalitions with other organizations and groups with similar missions and commonalties
• to initiate and assist in the coordination of various investigative, educational and program planning efforts which may have an impact on the health of African Americans
• to facilitate professional development, social welfare and leadership skills among its members.

Application for Accreditation as a Non-Governmental Organization for the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

website
www.saaphi.org

President
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
Research Director on Social Determinants of Health
Division of Adult and Community Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K45
Atlanta, Georgia 30341
(770) 488-5268 phone
(770) 488-5964 fax
cdj9@cdc.gov

President-Elect and Secretary
Jessie Richardson Hood, MPH Public Health Advisor Pregnancy and Infant Health Branch
Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4770 Buford Hwy NE, MS K23
Atlanta , GA 30341
(770) 488-6338 phone
(770) 488-6283 fax
jvr4@cdc.gov

Treasurer
Cheryl Blackmore Prince, PhD, MPH
MCH Epidemiologist
Department of Health
Family Health Services Division
3652 Kilauea Avenue Honolulu,
Hawaii 96816
(808) 733-8360 (phone)
(808) 733-8369 (fax)
cherylprince@hawaii.rr.com

Board of Directors
(academic degrees not indicated)

Lovetta Brown
Kimberly Coleman
Tamarah Duperval
Loretta Jones
Adewale Troutman
Apollo Bulos
Yvonne Johns
Jacqueline Lucas
Delois Dilworth-Berry
Patricia Thompson-Reid
Karen Patricia Williams