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Certification
Awards
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The
Thad B. Wester
Community of Excellence Award
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Given by The Governor's Task Force for Healthy Carolinians, this award
is designed to recognize an exceptional community which demonstrates
outstanding strategies in health promotion, disease prevention, and
recognizes the health needs of the disadvantaged. The Community
of Excellence Award was established to recognize partnerships that
share Dr. Thad B. Wester's early vision of community-based
health change |
In addition to the initial certification application,
this award will be given to the partnership which fulfills and strengthens
in an exemplary manner, Dr Wester's vision of a Healthy Carolinians
Community. This information will be evaluated by a special committee,
and the award presented at the annual Healthy Carolinians conference.
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| Criteria |
| Organizational Structure |
25 points |
| Mission Statement/Goals |
5 points |
Objectives/Operational
Plan
(minimum of two-measurable) |
20 points |
| Unique Strategies
Addressing... |
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| - Health Promotion |
20 points |
| - Health Disparities |
20 points |
| Letters of Support |
10 points |
| Total |
100
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William G. Anlyan Award is to acknowledge a Healthy Carolinians
partnership that is distinguished in the community work that it has
accomplished. This award is a reminder that people in communities
can work together to identify and solve their common problems. The
partnership that receives the William G. Anlyan Award is a story of
community initiatives that embodies the qualities and characteristics
listed below which serve as criteria for this award. |
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Criteria
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The William G. Anlyan Award is presented to a distinguished Healthy
Carolinians Partnership who are applying for their second or subsequent
recertification and who have demonstrated outstanding outcomes by
their fifth year in the following:
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- Participation of public health, hospitals,
health care providers, businesses, public/private health and human
services agencies, civic organizations, businesses, churches,
and community members in the decision making, planning, implementation
and evaluation of community health improvement initiatives;
- Recognition and involvement of diverse segments
of the community (ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, etc.) in task
force initiatives in order to reduce health disparities among
these diverse groups;
- Development and creative use of community
resources from the public and private sectors (in-kind contributions
from participating agencies, grants, donations, etc.);and
- Significant achievements resulting in community
change from task force efforts. Goals, targets, or objectives
have been realized during the first five years. A clear demonstration
of results and impacts of the task force's projects. Task force
initiatives have been evaluated and reported to the community
in various settings (Board of Commissioners, Board of Health,
School Board, Board of Trustees at the hospitals, community meetings,
etc.).
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