Community health Section starts summer with book club.

AMERICAN Public Health Association; COMMUNITY health services; HEALTH planning; BOOK clubs (Discussion groups); IRANI, Priti; WEBSITES; PUBLIC health

The article reports that the American Public Health Association's Community Health Planning and Policy Development (CHPPD) Section will be starting the summer with a book club. The club's creator, Section Newsletter Editor Priti Irani, expects the new CHPPD Reading Club to build a sense of community, stimulate some lively online discussion and make everyone a little smarter. Members are invited to post reviews of what they've read on the reading group's Web site, said Irani, project director for the New York State Department of Health.