This paper, presented as a Presidential Address at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education, examines the current state of SOPHE and the practice of health education. It begins with a review of current issues impacting on SOPHE and health education, and then assesses the current directions both are pursuing. Needs to be addressed and implications for the future are suggested
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