Health Occupations Business Analysis

serving secondary, postsecondary, collegiate students and alumni ..
and, in widely diversified health care delivery fields;

It is difficult to realize that the initial idea for this national group began as "a gleam in the eyes" of a few caring and farsighted Health Occupations Education leaders in the 60's and early 70's and: was first conceived by six (6) charter states at the organizing meeting in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in November 1975 was officially organized at a Constitutional Convention held in Arlington, Texas, in November, 1976 attendees at the Constitutional Convention included state supervisors/advisors, teachers and over three hundred (300) student leaders comprised only six (6) states with nearly 6000 student members
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Powers, was appointed to supervise the field. As programs expanded, needs for a student organization for health occupations students began to emerge for students enrolled in these programs.

In 1960, early student organizational needs were met through Future Nurses Clubs and Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). The demand grew for a group that would provide the specialized programs of Health Occupations students. An organization called the Health Careers Clubs gained national strength, especially in states such as Texas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Alabama, New York, New Mexico and others. These clubs focused especially on health career oriented programs operating in academic high schools.

Health programming continued to grow and diversify. Health occupations programs were established in vocational and technical schools in many states. Health occupations educators began to see a need for an organized and united effort to consider common and unique concerns of health occupations. The American Vocational Association (AVA) emerged as a logical locus for such a group.

The need for a leadership organization to serve students enrolled in vocational Health Occupations Education programs was recognized at the time of the first meeting of the Health Occupations Education Division of the American Vocational Association (AVA-HOE) in December 1971. This group heard reports from several states of activities leading to the organization of health occupations students associations. The AVA-HOE Division addressed this need when the newly elected Vice President, Dale Peterson, appointed a Task Force to: (1) study student clubs; (2) determine how they might better serve HOE students; and (3) examine whether a new organization was needed.

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