The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle. AAHPERD is an alliance of five national associations and six district associations and is designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of the American public. AAHPERD National Associations The American Association for Health Education (AAHE) serves health educators and other professionals who promote the health of all people. AAHE encourages, supports, and assists health professionals concerned with health promotion through education and other systematic strategies. The National Dance Association (NDA) seeks to increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage sound professional practices in dance education through high quality dance programs. The American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR) seeks to increase public awareness, support and understanding of lifelong physical activity and recreation, through continuing education for professionals who serve diverse audiences of all ages. AAPAR supports a broad spectrum of community-based programs, issues, and populations including services in aquatics, adapted physical activity, outdoor recreation, lifelong recreational sport, facility design and management, fitness for older adults, leadership, family fitness, wellness, professional recreation, safety and risk management— and more! The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) -- the leading organization for equity issues in sports -- champions equal funding, quality, and respect for girls' and women's sports programs. The mission of National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) is to enhance knowledge, improve professional practice, and increase support for high quality physical education, sport, and physical activity programs through research, development of standards, and dissemination of information. The Research Consortium provides services and publications which assist the HPERD researcher and promote the exchange of ideas and scientific knowledge within the HPERD disciplines.
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