title: History of the american college health association.
abstract: Following Dr Edward Hitchcock's lead at Amherst College in 1861, soon other institutions of higher education established physical education departments that evolved into independent college health programs. As the field of college health expanded, leaders from numerous campuses began meeting to share information and discuss formation of a national organization. As a result, the American Student Health Association was founded in 1920 to promote campus health care for students and advance the interests of college health. The name was changed to the American College Health Association in 1948. The past history of this organization has been well documented in the literature, so this review will focus more on ACHA's accomplishments over the past 20 years.(1)(,) (2)(,) (3)(,) (4).
authors.affiliation: American College Health Association, Linthicum, Maryland.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mack
mesh_terms: D006306:Health Surveys; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012572:School Health Services / Q000266:history*; D013334:Students / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*