Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

Name

Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

Legal name

Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

Website

https://aptrweb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services for Public Health Education

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

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PRIMARYEDAGANAJ

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Professional Development & Training Materials

Keywords

• Public health education
• Professional membership association
• Prevention curriculum frameworks
• Health professions faculty development
• Population health training

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from individual members (faculty, residents, students, retired professionals) and institutional academic unit memberships. Memberships are based on calendar year.
2. Publications and Curriculum Sales: Sale of curriculum guides, instructor guides, case studies, and educational resources through the online store.
3. Conference Revenue: Registration fees for the annual Teaching Prevention conference, which brings together educators, researchers, practitioners, and students from across health professions.
4. Donations and Scholarships: Tax-deductible donations to the APTR Education Fund support scholarships, faculty development, and educational initiatives.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

APTR is a national nonprofit membership association that sells individual and institutional memberships, hosts the annual Teaching Prevention conference, publishes the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and AJPM Focus journals, and provides a portfolio of curriculum frameworks, teaching modules, case studies, and online educational resources for health professions faculty focused on prevention and population health education.

Product overview

APTR is a national membership association offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational products and services for health professions education. The core offerings include the annual Teaching Prevention conference, the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and its open-access companion AJPM Focus, and the Clinical Prevention and Population Health Curriculum Framework. APTR provides extensive teaching resources including seven Prevention & Population Health Teaching Modules, the C-POP Case-Based Series, Health Literacy Curriculum, Anti-Racism Resource Library, TIME immunization education modules, and CDC epidemiology case studies. Additional offerings include webinars, an online community forum, a curated online store for publications, and a biweekly newsletter. The organization also administers an awards program recognizing excellence in prevention education. These products function as an integrated ecosystem supporting health professions faculty across curriculum development, instructional resources, professional development, and scholarly publication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM): Official APTR journal publishing articles in prevention research, teaching, practice and policy.
• AJPM Focus
• Teaching Prevention
• APTR Education Fund

Products and services

• Teaching Prevention Annual Conference APTR's flagship annual meeting bringing together educators, researchers, practitioners, and students from across health professions to focus on teaching, practicing, and promoting population health improvement; the 83rd edition (Teaching Prevention 2026) featured over 115 sessions.
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) The official APTR peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on prevention research, teaching, practice, and policy, covering chronic and acute disease prevention and individual and community health promotion; subscription is bundled with individual and Academic Unit memberships.
• AJPM Focus The fully open access companion journal to AJPM, publishing high-quality prevention evidence across the global spectrum of health, jointly sponsored with ACPM.
• Prevention & Population Health Teaching Modules (Modules 1–7) Seven comprehensive teaching modules covering determinants of health, epidemiology, preventive history, screening, healthcare systems, research to practice, and outbreak investigation for health professions education.
• Case-Based Series in Population-Oriented Prevention (C-POP) Interactive teaching cases designed to integrate clinical and community-based prevention, adaptable for different education levels and expandable to accommodate changes in the field.
• Health Literacy Competency-Based Curriculum An 8-step curriculum planning tool for health professions faculty to teach health literacy competencies, including recommended resources and teaching tools.
• Acceleration Projects Curriculum Resources Educational resources produced through APTR/CDC grant program covering health equity, climate justice, migrant health, and related complex topics for curriculum integration.
• Anti-Racism Resource Library Curated collection of over 125 evidence-informed resources supporting anti-racism education, teaching, research, and practice in health professions education, organized into six sections.
• Teaching Immunization for Medical Education (TIME) Case-based instructional modules with ready-to-use materials including student objectives, learning objectives, key teaching points, and resources for integrating immunization education into medical curricula.
• Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak Module Self-paced, interactive online teaching module demonstrating interprofessional practice through a fictional foodborne illness case scenario based on the 2015–2016 Salmonella outbreak.
• APTR Online Store Digital marketplace offering APTR publications, curriculum guides, instructor guides, case studies, and other educational resources for health professions faculty.
• Individual Membership (Faculty, Trainee, Student, Retired) Annual individual memberships for health professions faculty ($220/yr), trainees/residents ($105/yr), students ($65/yr), and retired professionals ($110/yr), each bundling AJPM subscription and access to APTR resources, committees, and conferences.
• Institutional / Academic Unit Membership Institutional membership tiers for schools, departments, and practice organizations (Academic Unit Levels 1–3 priced $1,100–$2,800/yr, plus Health Professions Institution, Medical School Department, and Practice Institution categories), bundling multiple faculty and student memberships with AJPM access and curriculum resource use.
• APTR Education Fund (Donations) Tax-deductible donation channel supporting APTR scholarships, faculty development, and educational initiatives through the APTR Education Fund.

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Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and secondary.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1984APTR partnered with CDC from 1984-2022 through multiple cooperative agreements to improve and increase partnerships and interprofessional collaborations to improve health outcomes and health equity. Projects focused on improving health through alliances among academic associations and CDC, including the Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH) initiative.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPTR managed residency rotations at the USPSTF for over 20 years through AHRQ support. The Preventive Medicine Residency Rotation Program trained physicians to translate evidence into better care. APTR continues to advocate for full AHRQ funding at $500 million in FY27.
• American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACPM jointly sponsors AJPM Focus, the APTR open access journal, with APTR. AJPM Focus continues the AJPM tradition of publishing high-quality research across all aspects of public health and preventive medicine practice, teaching, and research.
• American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM)coreOthersAJPM is the official APTR journal, publishing articles in prevention research, teaching, practice and policy. Individual and Academic Unit memberships include subscription to AJPM. APTR Executive Director Allison Lewis serves as Assistant Treasurer on the AJPM governing board.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACN is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, working to achieve Healthy People objectives of increasing inclusion of core clinical prevention and population health content in health professions education.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAMC is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, contributing to national efforts to integrate clinical prevention and population health content into medical education.
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASPPH serves as a Resource Organization in the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, supporting curriculum integration efforts for public health education programs.
• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACOM is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, contributing to integration of prevention content in osteopathic medical education.
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACP is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, supporting prevention education in pharmacy curricula.
• American Dental Education Association (ADEA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerADEA is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, contributing to dental education curriculum integration efforts.
• Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASAHP is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, supporting interprofessional health professions education.
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNONPF is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, contributing to nurse practitioner education curriculum development.
• Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAEA is a member of the APTR Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, supporting PA education curriculum integration efforts.
• CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)majorOthersAPTR appoints a representative (Richard K. Zimmerman, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh) to serve as liaison to ACIP, which develops recommendations on vaccine use in the U.S. civilian population.
• CDC Task Force on Community Preventive ServicesmajorOthersAPTR appoints a representative (Sean P. Haley, MD, MPH, Medical University of South Carolina) to the independent, non-governmental Task Force that makes recommendations for interventions promoting population health.
• Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health PracticemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPTR is one of 19 national organizations in this coalition (funded by CDC and HRSA, with staff support from Public Health Foundation) that furthers academic/practice collaboration to assure a well-trained, competent workforce.
• National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE)majorOthersAPTR Executive Director Allison Lewis serves as representative to NBPHE, which develops and administers the Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam to ensure students and graduates have mastered contemporary public health knowledge and skills.
• American Association of Law, Medicine & Ethics (ASLME)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerASLME participated in the APTR Health In All Education (HIAE) Advisory Group, making recommendations for integrating population health principles into higher education interdisciplinary practices.
• American Economic Association (AEA) - Committee on Economic EducationsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEA Committee on Economic Education participated in the HIAE Advisory Group, exploring population health integration into economics curricula.
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMIA participated in the HIAE Advisory Group, contributing expertise on informatics aspects of population health education.
• Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAC&U participated in the HIAE Advisory Group, exploring population health integration into undergraduate liberal arts education.
• Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEESP participated in the HIAE Advisory Group, contributing environmental engineering perspectives to population health education integration.
• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSWE participated in the HIAE Advisory Group, exploring population health integration into social work education curricula.
• CDC CoalitionmajorOthersAPTR is a member of the CDC Coalition, which advocates for funding levels that enable CDC to protect and promote good health and assure research findings are translated into effective state, local and community programs.
• Friends of HRSAmajorOthersAPTR is a member of Friends of HRSA, an advocacy coalition of more than 175 national organizations supporting programs that improve health and health equity by strengthening the health workforce.

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Direct peers

• American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM): ACPM is the physician member society for preventive medicine specialists and jointly sponsors AJPM Focus with APTR. It is the closest direct peer because both organizations serve overlapping audiences of preventive medicine physicians, faculty, and residents, and share the same journal ecosystem.
• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE): SOPHE is a professional association for health education specialists and faculty. It is a direct peer because both organizations develop curriculum resources, publish journals, and advocate for stronger public health workforce education across academic institutions.
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH): ASPPH represents accredited schools and programs of public health and participates as a Resource Organization in APTR's Healthy People Curriculum Task Force. It is a direct peer because both serve graduate public health programs and faculty around curriculum, workforce development, and federal advocacy.

Emerging players

• American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM): ACLM is a growing medical association focused on lifestyle and preventive medicine. It is an emerging peer that intersects with APTR's prevention education mission, particularly for medical school faculty teaching lifestyle medicine and population health content.

Others

• Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH): CEPH is the accreditor of schools and programs of public health. It is comparable to APTR as an adjacent ecosystem player because APTR's curriculum frameworks and faculty development offerings directly support CEPH-accredited programs and competency alignment.
• National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC): NCHEC certifies health education specialists and is adjacent to APTR's professional development mission. It is comparable as an ecosystem participant because both organizations set competency expectations and continuing education pathways for health-professions faculty and practitioners.

Broad incumbents

• American Public Health Association (APHA): APHA is the broader, established public health membership association serving the entire public health workforce. It is a broad incumbent because it overlaps with APTR's prevention and population-health educational mission but operates at a much larger scale and broader scope.
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): AAMC represents medical schools and teaching hospitals and participates in APTR's Healthy People Curriculum Task Force. It is a broad incumbent because it is a much larger association that addresses prevention and population health among many other medical-education priorities.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): AACN is the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education and a member of APTR's Curriculum Task Force. It is comparable because both organizations drive health-professions curriculum content and faculty development, though AACN is far larger in scale.

Regional players

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): NACCHO represents local public health departments and overlaps with APTR's workforce-development agenda. It is a regional peer in the U.S. public health ecosystem that intersects with APTR's academic-practice collaboration and Council on Linkages work.

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