Winners
of 2006 Aesculapius Awards
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.