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Leadership Award:
This award honors the State, Territorial
or Indian Health Service Area Director of Health
Education/Health Promotion or an DHPE
Associate Member whose leadership has
resulted in a demonstrable coalescence of state
and local level constituencies toward the goal
of expanding health promotion/health education
activities in the state. Evidence of changes
in risk prevalence, health status or influence
on national level should be taken into account.
Final Check - did the candidate that
you are nominating meet the following minimum
criteria for the award nomination?
- Is the candidate a State, Territorial, or
Indian Health Service Area Director of Health
Education/Health Promotion or an DHPE Associate
Member?
- Did the candidate demonstrate coalescence
of state and local level constituencies toward
the goal of expanding health education/health
promotion activities in their state?
- If possible, provide additional evidence
regarding risk prevalence, health status or
influence on national level.
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Evans/Muneoka Award
This award honors a State, Territorial
or Indian Health Service Area Director of Health
Education/Health Promotion or an DHPE
Associate Member who exemplifies consistent
and extraordinary mentoring and professional
support to health promotion and health education
staff; state, local and national colleagues
and/or other members. The award is meant to
honor the memory of members, Karen Evans and
Laurel Muneoka, who lived their professional
lives as professionals who went out of their
way to provide special attention and mentoring
to others they worked with, regardless of status
or setting.
Final Check - did the candidate that
you are nominating meet the following minimum
criteria for the award nomination?
- Is the candidate a State, Territorial, or
Indian Health Service Area Director of Health
Education/Health Promotion or an DHPE Associate
Member?
- Did the candidate demonstrate consistent
and extraordinary mentoring and professional
support for health education/health promotion?
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Health Promotion Medal
of Excellence:
This award honors the achievement of a "state-level"
health education/health promotion director or
health educator whose work has made
a contribution to the state's capacity to apply
science to the field of health education and
health promotion.
Final Check - did the candidate that
you are nominating meet the following minimum
criteria for the award nomination?
- Is the candidate a state level health education/health
promotion director or health educator?
- Did the candidate's work make a contribution
to the state's capacity to apply science to
the field of health education/health promotion?
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State/Community Collaboration
Award
This award honors statewide or community group
efforts that have resulted in evidence
of coalescence between state or community level
constituents in demonstrating innovative health
education and health promotion practices at
the state or community level.
Final Check - did the candidate that
you are nominating meet the following minimum
criteria for the award nomination?
- Is the nomination for a statewide or community
group effort?
- Did the nomination result in the coalescence
between either state or community level constituents?
- Did the nomination demonstrate innovative
health education/health promotion practices
at the state or community level?
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Health Promotion
and Education Advocacy Award
This award honors a person for
his/her advocacy to further health education
as a profession and/or who has served as a champion
in promoting the science of health promotion
and disease prevention at the state or national
level. Nominations are also being accepted under
this category for policy makers who promote
prevention efforts in public health.
Final Check - did the candidate that
you are nominating meet either
of the following minimum criteria for the award
nomination?
- Is the nomination for an individual person?
- Did the candidate serve as a champion in
promoting the science of health promotion
and disease prevention at the state or national
level?
Or
- Is the candidate a policy maker who promoted
prevention efforts in public health?
- Does the candidate demonstrate his/her advocacy
to further health education as a profession?
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