IHA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Literacy

Nomination Form

Awards presented at IHA's 16th Annual Health Literacy Conference
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Hotel Irvine,
Irvine, California

The Institute for Healthcare Advancement is pleased to announce a Call for Nominations for the 2017 IHA Health Literacy Awards. These awards recognize efforts that empower people to better health through improved health literacy. Awards are presented in 3 categories:

Innovative Programs: Activities/programs that demonstrate innovative, workable and effective solutions to limited health literacy.
Published Materials: Written materials, including websites, that contribute to effective communication with those with limited health literacy.
Research: Studies using well-defined methodologies that further illustrate the relationship of literacy skills to health outcomes, cost and disparities, and/or present evidence of effective interventions.

For the IHA International Health Literacy Award:

Please tell us, in 500 words or less, why this person or organization should receive this award. Address the following areas:

For how long have they been doing this work?
What impact has their work had?
In what ways have they helped move health literacy forward in their own country? Beyond their own country?
List a few of their major accomplishments

All entries must be received by IHA no later than 5 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A panel of judges will evaluate all entries and decide upon a winner in each category. The judges have discretion in placement of submissions in a particular category.

The awards will be presented at the Awards Luncheon on May 4, 2017, at the IHA conference, “Building Dridges: Promoting Health Equity and Health Literacy” at the Hotel Irvine in Irvine, California. Individuals or groups are eligible for the award. Groups will be considered as one entry. The winner of each award will receive a $500 check, an award plaque, complimentary tuition, 2 nights’ hotel accommodations, and round-trip coach airfare (if outside the greater Los Angeles/Orange County area).

Criteria for entries in all categories:

Addresses an aspect of health literacy.
Program, project, research, or written material is aimed at solving an identified healthcare problem.
Significant completion of program, project, research, or written material in the past 2 years.
Empowers people to better health.
Specific recognized impact or the potential to affect the greater healthcare community.

The Institute for Healthcare Advancement:

The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) public charity with a mission of empowering people to better health. IHA recognizes that health literacy has a significant impact on health outcomes, both in terms of the well being of individuals and healthcare costs. Over the past 16 years, IHA has undertaken strategic efforts to address this concern.

IHA has published seven self-help healthcare books written at a 3^rd to 5^th grade reading level. Books in the “What To Do For Health” series are: What To Do When Your Child Gets Sick, What To Do When You’re Having a Baby, What To Do For Teen Health, What To Do For Senior Health, What To Do For Healthy Teeth, What To Do When Your Child Is Heavy, and What To Do When Your Child Has Asthma. IHA principals have published books and articles on issues related to health literacy for professionals. IHA runs a Health Literacy Rewrite/Redesign Service to help improve the readability of printed patient education materials. IHA produces a national, continuing education health literacy conference each spring to further advance knowledge and information in this field.

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