The PAPH, sponsored by the University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is entering its 13th year of training and features an 8-day Postgraduate Course on Research Directions and Strategies and a 6-day Practitioner's Course on Community Interventions. The Research Course serves post-doctoral personnel and is designed to develop research competencies related to physical activity and public health, and the Practitioner's Course serves those professionally involved or interested in community-based initiatives to promote physical activity.