The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources
and Services Administration in collaboration with the Federation
of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions is
pleased to announce the 2003-2004 Secretary's Award for
Innovations in Health Promotion competition
This
Secretary's Award encourages health professions student
development of new ideas for projects in health promotion
and disease prevention by providing an opportunity for students
to compete for cash awards. Health professions students
enter papers describing their innovative health promotion
or disease prevention projects. These projects may be ones
that are proposed and/or implemented to meet certain course
requirements or as part of service learning or other academic
experiences.
Cash
awards are presented for first, second and third place in
two separate categories (single discipline, Interprofessional.)
Eligibility
A
student must be enrolled part-time or full-time in a baccalaureate
or higher degree health professions education program in
a school that is affiliated, through a participating professional
association with the Federation of Associations of Schools
of the Health Professions.
Interprofessional
and single discipline health promotion or disease prevention
project awards will be made. Interprofessional projects
focus on two or more health profession disciplines collaboration
to address a health promotion or disease prevention community
need. The project will also demonstrate how each participating
discipline contributes to an innovative and professionally
enhancing result.
Criteria
for Selection
- Clarity
of problem statement, objectives, implementation plan,
project significance, soundness of evaluation plan, and
reasonableness of budget.
- Innovation
in approach to health promotion or disease prevention.
- Feasibility
of approach in regard to implementation.
- Potential
Impact on a community or target population.
Awards
| Single
Discipline Awards |
|
Interprofessional
Awards |
| $
3,500 first place |
|
$
7,500 first place |
| $
2,500 second place |
|
$
5,000 second place |
| $
1,500 third place |
|
$
3,000 third place |
Deadline
Student entries must be
submitted to faculty sponsors or designated official(s)
at participating schools, by February 7, 2005.
Project Areas
Projects should address
one or more of the, The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving
Health Goals and Focus Areas. Go to: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/
or call 800/367-4725 for more information.
Healthy People 2010
Goals
- Increase quality and
years of health life - help individuals of all ages increase
life expectancy and improve their quality of life.
- Eliminate health disparities
- including differences that occur by gender, race or
ethnicity, education or income, disability, living rural
localities or sexual orientation.
Healthy People 2010
Focus Areas
Access to Quality Health
Services; Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back Conditions;
Cancer; Chronic Kidney Disease; Diabetes; Disability and
Secondary Conditions; Educational and Community-Based Programs;
Environmental Health; Family Planning; Food Safety; Health
Communications; Heart Disease and Stroke; HIV; Immunization
and Infectious Diseases; Injury and Violence Prevention;
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health; Medical Product Safety;
Mental Health and Mental Disorders; Nutrition and Overweight;
Occupational Safety and Health; Oral Health; Physical Activity
and Fitness; Public Health Infrastructure; Respiratory Diseases;
Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Substance Abuse; Tobacco
Use, and Vision and Hearing.
Project Proposal
Entries must not exceed
2,500 words. Project proposals can describe an innovative
health promotion project focusing on a special population
group, for example, women and arthritis or children with
HIV. Disease prevention projects can describe innovative
preventive risk-reduction efforts for a targeted community,
for example, innovative ways to reduce mental health and
mental disorders at a nursing home or innovative ways to
increase oral health awareness and benefits at an elementary
school.
Additional Information
Contact the office of the dean of your health
professions school for the brochure with details about the
competition, or
Download
information from the website of the Division of State, Community
and Public Health Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, (bottom
of page),
or
Download
information from the website of the American Association
of Colleges of Nursing.
