American College Health Association, Linthicum, Maryland.
J Am Coll Health. 2011;59(6):482-8. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2011.568557.
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).
1861 年，在阿默斯特学院爱德华·希区柯克博士的带领下，很快其他高等教育机构也设立了体育教育部门，这些部门逐渐发展成为独立的大学健康项目。随着大学健康领域的扩展，来自众多校园的领导人开始开会分享信息，并讨论成立一个全国性组织。因此，美国学生健康协会于 1920 年成立，旨在为学生提供校园保健服务，并促进大学生健康利益。1948 年，该组织更名为美国大学健康协会。该组织过去的历史在文献中有很好的记载，因此本综述将更多地关注 ACHA 在过去 20 年中的成就。
