Veterinary Student Wins DHHS Secretary's Certificate of Merit in innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Writing Competition

摘要

The United States. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, in collaboration with the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions, a 14-member body of which the Association of AmericanVeterinary Medical Colleges is a member, have been sponsoring a writing competition since 1982. Every academic year, a call is made for innovative proposals for health promotion or disease prevention. This competition, The Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, was established to illustrate the Department's dedication to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention initiatives, by stimulating new ideas in these areas among students of the health professions across the United States. Student papers must outline an innovative proposal for a project in health promotion or disease prevention project. Health promotion emphasizes individual responsibility for one's health and community efforts to maintain and enhance well-being through lifestyle changes. Disease prevention emphasizes the development of individual and community measures to protect against disease or environmental hazards and their harmful consequences.