Secretary's Award

Secretary's Award for Innovations in
Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention

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

2003-2004 Competition

The Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention recognizes forward-thinking proposals by health professions students and generates creative strategies for addressing goals outlined in HHS' Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health. The program is sponsored by HRSA's Bureau of Health Professions in collaboration with the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions, and is coordinated by FASHP-member AACN.


Top prizes in the 2003-2004 competition went to the following students:

Single Discipline Awards

First Place
Dr. Abildgaard's Legacy: Shocking the Hearts of Rural America
Joni Lindquist
Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Second Place
Mind-Body Synergy: A Proposal to Maintain Functional Independence in Older Adults through Cognitive Training and Physical Exercise

Christine Bingman
Duquesne University, School of Nursing

Third Place
Focused Medical Spanish Website

Zachary Child
University of Nevada, School of Medicine

Interdisciplinary Awards

First Place
The Development of a University-Based, Interdisciplinary Approach to
Diabetes Care in a Rural Community Setting

Sarah Lessard, Joy Kerns, Zakri Burns, Lindsey VanDenHeuvel
Ferris State University, College of Pharmacy, Michigan College of Optometry, College of Allied Health Sciences - Department of Nursing

Second Place
Walk, Wag and Smile! An Interdisciplinary Exercise Program Highlighting the Human-Animal Bond through Dog Walking
Sarah Musulin, Elizabeth Steeley
Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, School of Nursing

Third Place
SHAC Outreach: Building Sustainable Community Health Promotion
James G. Wallace, Jr., MPH, Kristin N. Schaible, Jaya Daswani
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Pharmacy


 


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