| For Immediate Release
October 29, 2003
November 2-8 is Allied Health Professions
Week. This article is one of a series on issues relating to
allied health professions.
Allied Health: A little
known moniker for essential profesisonals
Allied Health Professions Week, November 2-8, 2003
If you tell people that Allied Health Professions
Week is Nov. 2-8, you’ll probably get a blank stare. Yet those
same people almost certainly have used services provided by
allied health professionals.
Nationally, allied health professions make up
approximately 60 percent of all health care providers, according
to the Association Schools of Allied Health Professions. They
encompass disciplines ranging from dental hygiene and art therapy
to respiratory therapy and nuclear medicine technology.
“Our lives are affected by these people daily,
not only when we visit a doctor,” Yoder explained. Allied health
professionals work in health care settings, such as hospitals
and nursing homes, as well as in private industry, research
institutions, and schools.
“You’ll find allied health professionals doing
diagnostic work. But you’ll also find them inspecting equipment
to ensure workers’ safety, conducting research, and serving
as technical advisors in the manufacture of medical equipment,”
said Yoder.
“The work these well-trained professionals do
is exceptional. They certainly deserve to be recognized. Allied
health professionals are instrumental in maintaining high standards
of health care and responding to health care needs of the citizens
of North Carolina.”
Contact: Vivian Lail-Davis, (919) 966-8566, vlail@med.unc.edu
Dr. David E. Yoder, Executive Director, (919) 843-6176, dyoder@med.unc.edu
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