CHC Programs - Health Promotion Award

Health Promotion Award

Since 1997, the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) has invited the community to submit nominations for its Annual Health Promotion Award. (Note: The nomination form is available electronically as a pdf. and can be read using Adobe® Reader® software.)

The award recognizes community-based health promotion programs that serve the citizens of the greater Dayton area. To be eligible for the award, programs must have been developed and implemented by two or more organizations and involve the collaboration of two or more groups / organizations. The Center recognizes programs in two categories: new program and established program.

The Center is accepting nominations for the 2008 Health Promotion Awards. Letters of nomination are due by May 2, 2008. Contact the Center at (937) 775-1114 for more information.

2008 Health Promotion Award Winners
	Established program: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine & Dayton Public Schools Introduction to Clinical Medicine Experience
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Introduction to Clinical Medicine/Dayton Public School Experience Partners: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (Departments of Family Medicine and Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Center for Healthy Communities), Dayton Public School District (health services, and principal and teachers of Jefferson Elementary School). The ICM/Dayton Public School Experience program has existed since 1996. The program is a good example of a community-academic partnership to enhance health professions student education by observing the principles of service learning. ICM is a class that provides first and second year medical students to acquire hands-on experience working with patients in what are traditionally pre-clinical, basic science years in medical school. The collaboration with Dayton Public Schools allows medical students to meet, interact and examine kindergarteners at Jefferson Elementary School. The ICM/Dayton Public School Experience is a win-win situation: while the children receive free screening for common childhood medical problems, medical students participate in a valuable service learning experience, present a positive role model to the children, and help children become more comfortable with doctors and the physical examination.

New program: Diabetes and Obesity Wellness Opportunity Program (DO-WOP)
Diabetes and Obesity Wellness Opportunities Program (DO-WOP) Partners: Cassano Health Center, the Grandview Foundation, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2, West YMCA, and others The Cassano Health Center initiated DO-WOP in January 2007 in response to the childhood obesity epidemic. The program provides a fun and safe environment for children to experience physical activity and learn healthy eating. Participants in the program are youth aged 9-14 who meet weekly after school for one hour of nutrition education with a certified dietician and another hour of aerobic exercise consisting of dance instruction. Adult caregivers participate in DOWOP to learn healthy eating at home and support their children in developing new habits. The program has demonstrated outcomes of increased health and fitness among enrollees. A critical component of the free program has been the collaboration of DCDC2, whose holistic approach to fitness engages and encourages children to care for their bodies while at the same time providing culturally diverse, positive role models for enrollees.

2007 Health Promotion Award Winners:
Miami Valley / Dayton Consortium #4
& Walk!Downtown Dayton

Carla Clasen, Co-director of the Center, again presented the CHC Health Promotion Awards at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting June 20, 2007.
Established program: Miami Valley / Dayton Consortium #4
	These awards recognize collaborations between two or more groups that have contributed to improving the health of Montgomery County citizens.
	New program: Walk!Downtown Dayton

2006	Established Program	"Healthfest" - Cancer Prevention Institute and the Life Enrichment Center
2006	New Program	Feeding the Children - Community Action Partnership and many partners
2005	Established Program	Healthy Dayton Coalition
2004	Established Program	Brighter Futures
2004	New Program	AIDS Resource Center Ohio and Health Care Interventions
2003	Established Program	Good Neighbor Partnership - Miami Valley Hospital and the City of Dayton Police Department
2003	New Program	Project Well Being: Safe Schools / Healthy Students - South Community Behavioral Healthcare and Dayton Public Schools
2002	Established Program	Les Femmes Concerned Citizens for Cancer/National Black Leadership Initiative Coalition on Cancer (LFCCC/NBLIC)
2002	New Program	Boost America! Program - Ford Motor Company, United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, AAA Miami Valley, The Injury Prevention Center of Dayton, and the Wright Fitting Station
2001	Established Program	CARE House
2001	New Program	Northridge Community Partnership
2000	Established Program	Healthcheck and the Mobile Health Unit at Dayton Public Schools
2000	New Program	Wright Start to Health
1999	Established Program	Reach Out of Montgomery County
1999	New Program	Welcome Home
1998	Established Program	Kiss Your Child Immunization Program
1998	New Program	The Dream Shop
1997	First Annual	Project IMPACT-Dayton, Inc. received the First Annual CHC Health Promotion Award at the Center for Healthy Communities' Annual Meeting on June 5, 1997. Charlotte McGuire, Executive Director of the organization, accepted the award.

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