American College Health Association

Organization of college health professionals

(2019)

>800 higher education institutions

Chief Executive Officer

Devin Jopp

Board of directors

18 members (listed here)Affiliations11 regional affiliates in 6 regions of the United States (listed here)Websiteacha.org

Formerly called

American Student Health Association

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is a Silver Spring, Maryland-based organization of college health professionals throughout the United States.^[1] It was founded in 1920 as the American Student Health Association (ASHA), obtaining its current name in 1948.^[2] Over 800 higher education institutions are members of the ACHA, as of 2019. The association also has over 2,800 individual health care professionals as members.^[3] Since 1958, the association's official journal has been the Journal of American College Health, which was founded in 1958 as Student Medicine.^[4]

References

^ "ACHA Careers". Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ Mack, R (2011). "History of the American College Health Association". Journal of American College Health. 59 (6): 482–8. doi:10.1080/07448481.2011.568557. PMID 21660802. S2CID 24673186.
^ "Membership". American College Health Association Website. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "The ACHA Expanded History". American College Health Association Website. Retrieved 15 May 2017.