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Eleventh Annual Public Health Materials Contest

It is that time of the year again! Time to dig out your best health
education, promotion, and communication materials for the eleventh
anniversary of the APHA Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Section's Public Health Materials Contest. This contest provides a forum to showcase your materials during the APHA Annual Meeting and to be recognized for your hard work.

Like last year, the top winner in each category will give a 15 minute verbal
presentation about their material during a special session at the APHA
Annual Meeting in Atlanta this October!

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Entries will be accepted in the following categories:

1. Printed materials (e.g., brochure, newsletter, poster, flyer, tailored
message, comic book).

2. Audio/video materials (e.g., educational videotape, radio PSA, TV PSA).

3. Electronic materials (e.g., web site, CD-ROM, computer program, video
game).

4. Promotional materials (e.g., keychain, T-shirt, button, bracelet,
magnet).

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Contest rules:

1. One author/submitter of each submitted material MUST be able to attend
the APHA Annual Meeting in Atlanta this October to give a presentation about their material in a special session. Failure to attend the Annual Meeting will disqualify the material and the authors from the contest this year and for three subsequent years.

2. All materials MUST have undergone appropriate evaluation (formative
and/or summative) and the results MUST be described. Unevaluated materials WILL NOT BE JUDGED.

3. Multiple authors/submitters per material are acceptable but the LEAD
AUTHOR must be a member of the PHE&HP section. Contact APHA directly about adding or changing section affiliation.

4. The material MUST have been developed OR implemented OR in dissemination OR in evaluation since the last APHA Annual Meeting (November 2000). If it hasn't been evaluated yet, it may be better to wait until next year to submit the material for consideration.

5. Only ONE ENTRY for each group of authors per category. That is, the same group of authors cannot make multiple submissions in the same category by rearranging the order of authors.

6. Single-item submissions only. Multiple-versions (e.g., Spanish and
English) of a single material are acceptable but material series are not.

7. A panel of judges for each category will select the winners. Winners will be contacted in July 2001.

8. All materials become the property of the PHE&HP Section and cannot be
returned.

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All submissions must be RECEIVED by May 18, 2001 and must include:

1. One copy of the completed entry form (see below).

2. FOUR copies/pieces of the material (Web site submissions should send ONLY the URL).

3. FOUR ANONYMOUS copies of the following information (a-g) on one side of a single sheet of paper:

a. Material title (and URL if a web site).
b. Approximate dates of development and/or implementation.
c. A brief description of the material and its overall purpose.
d. The intended target audience for the material.
e. The health behavior addressed by the material.
f. How the material was developed including the application of theory and/or needs assessment data.
g. How the material was evaluated and a brief description of the evaluation
results.

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Send submissions to:
PHEHP Materials Contest
c/o Dr. Jay Bernhardt
Health Promotion and Behavior
University of Georgia
309 Ramsey Center
Athens, GA 30602-6522

e-mail: jaybird@coe.uga.edu

phone: 706-542-8206

[PRINT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM AND INCLUDE IT WITH YOUR SUBMISSION]
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Eleventh Annual Public Health Materials Contest - Entry Form

Authors:

Mailing Address:

Telephone:

E-mail:

Submission category:
____Printed material
____Audio/Video material
____Electronic material
____Promotional material

Lead author is a member of the APHA PHE&HP section?
___ Yes
___ No (if no, you must join before your entry will be considered)

My signature below acknowledges the following: I will abide by the rules of the contest and allow the PHE&HP section of APHA to release my contact information. I have obtained appropriate consent to use images of anyone recognizable in my material and I release from liability the APHA PHE&HP section, all its officers, employees, and all persons involved therein. I understand that all submissions become property of the PHE&HP section and will not be returned.

Signature of lead author:

Date: