Public Health Program of Excellence Award

Application Form
Due Friday, September 5th, 5pm to

Help MPHA recognize the effective, efficient, evidence-based and creative public health programs that you know of in your community, district or throughout Maine. The goal of the Program of Excellence Award is to increase the visibility of public health initiatives in Maine, to promote adoption of effective public health programs, and to provide recognition to organizations involved in successful collaborative public health initiatives.

Please complete the following by Friday, September 5th, 2014, 5pm and submit to

BackgroundInformation

Name of Program:

Date Program Initiated:

Lead Organization:

Contact Person:

Title:

Address:

Phone #:

Email address:

Partner Organizations (if applicable):

Name of person completing this form:

Phone #:

Email address:

Program Summary - please provide the following information (limit two pages):

Target population served by the program

Rationale of the program

Goal(s) of the program

Brief description of the program

Brief description of program outcomes and accomplishments

Selection Criteria:

Applications will be reviewed, scored, and selected based upon the following criteria:

  • Responsiveness to the need of the target population
  • Rationale the program
  • Clear goals and program description
  • Documented accomplishments and/or and measurable outcomes
  • Program based on sound public health practice and principles

Nominations must be received by September 5th, 5pm to .

MPHA is proud to acknowledge the past recipients of the Program of Excellence Award.

1997

  • Greater Portland Community Water Fluoridation Initiative, Portland Public Health Division
  • Are You Man Enough to Stop? Portland Public Health Division
  • School Based Adolescent Immunization Project, Community Health Services

1998

  • Move and Improve, Eastern Maine Medical Center
  • Outer Island Initiative, Mt. Desert Island Hospital
  • Kids and Transportation, Greater Portland Council of Governments
  • Take a Breather! Work Smoke Free, Portland Public Health Division

1999

  • Ellsworth Area PATCH Exercise Programs
  • March Into May Greater Portland
  • Special Screening Day for Women, Portland
  • Nursing and Wellness Center, Bath Housing Authority

2000

  • Saddleback Youth Initiative
  • Farmington Healthy Community Coalition

2001 - Parents are Teachers Too

2002- AH! Asthma Health Program

2003

  • ME Cares Program at Medical Care Development
  • Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Public Health at the University of New England

2004 - Maine Comprehensive Cancer Control Initiative

2005

  • Maine-ly Nutrition
  • PTM Treatment Initiative
  • The Maine Tobacco Free College Network

2006

  • Raising Readers, MaineHealth
  • Power Up! Healthy Portland, Public Health Division, HHS, City of Portland

2007- The Smoke-Free Housing Coalition of Maine

2008- Let’s Go!

2009- Keep ME Healthy- The Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (MYOC) and the Mid-Coast Medication Collection Partnership.

2010

Maine Newborn Hearing Program and the Mount Desert Nursing Association

2011
United Somali Women of Maine

2012

Diversion Alert Program

2013
Healthy You