Health
Communication Award Recipients Announced
Bethesda, Maryland
(December 1, 2006) — The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals,
Washington, DC, received the Annual
Aesculapius Award for websites.
The 2006 Aesculapius Awards were announced today by Dr. Peter G. Goldschmidt,
President and Founder of the Health Improvement Institute.
The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals received
the top honor for their emergency contraception website, not-2-late.com, which they co-manage with
the Office of Population Research at
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. The website was designed
by DDA Medical, Southampton, PA. This
website provides up-to-date, evidence-based information and education on
emergency contraception, searchable databases of providers and points of sales.
It is available in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. The website, which has
no connection with any pharmaceutical company or for-profit organization,
includes compelling video testimonials from women who used emergency
contraception.
Winners of the Award of Excellence for
health-related websites included:
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine –
www.asrm.org
- Merck & Co., Inc. –
www.mercksource.com
- Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of
Canada's websites:
- www.sexualityandu.ca
- www.sogc.org
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (SAMHSA's CSAP)'s
websites:
- Building Blocks for a Healthy
Future – www.bblocks.samhsa.gov
- Family Guide for Keeping Youth
Mentally Healthy and Drug Free – www.family.samhsa.gov
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment's website:
- National Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Recovery Month 2006 – www.recoverymonth.gov/2006
- Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal
Hospital's websites:
- www.texasheart.org/hic
- www.texasheart.org/projectheart
Winners of the Award of Excellence for health-related
Public Service Announcements included:
- Foundation for Biomedical Research's
- Animal Research Saves Animals
(TV PSA)
- Animal Research Saves Animals
(Radio PSA)
- Cooney/Waters Group's two TV productions:
- Parents Against Meningitis:
What Happened Shouldn't Happen
- Wipe Out the Whoop.
"Americans need
reliable information about lifestyle and health care choices presented in an
appealing way. The Aesculapius Awards are designed to promote and encourage
excellence in the communication of good information about healthy lifestyles,
disease prevention, and health care treatments," said Dr. Goldschmidt. “This
year's winners continued the very high standard of creativity and quality that
we have seen since the awards began. We are delighted by the wide variety of
organizations that choose to submit entries this year.”
A panel of judges,
representing the health care, web publishing, and multimedia fields, evaluated
entries. The annual award is named for the ancient Greek god of healing,
Aesculapius. This award was established by the Health Improvement Institute, a
non-profit, tax-exempt organization based in Bethesda, Maryland, to promote
informed consumer lifestyle choices and health care decisions.
The Institute is now
accepting entries for the 2007 Aesculapius Awards. For more information about
the Awards competition, please contact the Awards Coordinator at 301-320-0971
or by email at hii@hii.org .
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