2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards
The Secretary of Health and Human Services is proud to announce the 2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards. This is a new initiative at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that seeks to identify and acknowledge innovative health promotion projects within the last 3 years that have demonstrated a significant impact on the health status of a community. The Healthy Living Innovation Awards offer an exciting chance to recognize and foster the spread of effective health promotion efforts, specifically community-based efforts that either make use of an entirely new tool or approach or have applied existing tools in an unusual way to improve community health and well-being.
Eligible organizations must have an innovative project in at least one of three health promotion areas:
- Healthy weight
- Physical activity
- Nutrition
Nominated programs must have been piloted or implemented within the last three years and have demonstrated results. (Note: An innovation can be an existing program that has been implemented in a new way within the last three years.)
Awards will be given in the following categories
- Faith-Based and/or Community Initiatives
- Health Care Delivery
- Healthy Workplace
- Large Employer > 500 Employees
- Small Employer < 500 Employees
- Non-Profit
- Public Sector
- Schools (K-12)
- Let's Move Cities and Towns
Winners will receive awards from the Secretary at a public recognition ceremony and have the opportunity to present their innovations at a national conference in spring 2011.
Nominations for the awards will be accepted January 18 through March 1, 2011. To learn more about the 2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards, please visit www.healthypeople.gov
