[health-vn] Last call for applications: Louise Lown Heart Hero Award

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: 	[HIFA2015] Last call for applications: Louise Lown Heart Hero
Award
Date: 	24 Apr 2009 09:35:02 +0200
From: 	jramos3 <jramos3 at partners.org>
Reply-To: 	Healthcare Information For All by 2015 <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>
To: 	Healthcare Information For All by 2015 <HIFA2015 at dgroups.org>



Dear colleagues,

Community-based initiatives from around the world that promote heart
health have until 30 April 2009 to apply for the 2009 Heart Hero Award.

The Louise Lown Heart Hero Award recognizes innovative, preventive
approaches to promoting cardiovascular health in developing countries
and other low-resource settings.

Application deadline: 30 April 2009

Award amount: US$2000

Examples of eligible initiatives include community programs promoting
physical activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; population-based
interventions reducing diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; advocacy and
policy activities; and resource development and access to information.

Information about the award including who can apply, criteria, and the
application are included below and available at www.procor.org or by
sending an email to jramos3 at partners.org

Application PDF:
http://www.procor.org/usr_doc/Heart_Hero_Award_application.pdf

The award is administered by ProCor (www.procor.org), a US-based
communication network that uses email and the web to support knowledge
sharing of cardiovascular health among a global community working in
clinical, community, research, and policy settings.

Juan Ramos
Program Coordinator, ProCor
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Avenue
Brookline MA 02446 USA
1 617 732 1318 ext 1319
jramos3 at partners.org
www.procor.org

HIFA2015 profile: Juan Ramos is the Program Coordinator of ProCOR
(www.procor.org), a program of the Lown Cardiovascular Research
Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. ProCOR is a global health
communication network promoting cardiovascular health and the prevention
of related conditions such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension
through cost-effective practices in clinical, community and policy
settings. ProCOR uses e-mail and the web to provide timely and unbiased
health information that is relevant in developing countries and other
low-resource settings. jramos3 AT partners.org

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Who can apply
Applications are encouraged from community-based programs (non-profit,
governmental, or private sector) that have successfully worked to
promote heart health in developing countries or other low-resource
settings (i.e., disadvantaged communities in developed countries)
through innovative, preventive approaches. The Heart Hero Award is not a
grant. Applicants should focus on their past accomplishments that
deserve recognition, rather than future initiatives that need funding.
Programs that are accepted for consideration but
that do not receive the award will gain increased visibility through
ProCor among a diverse global community committed to sharing knowledge
in order to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Award criteria
Applicants should focus on one specific initiative rather than an
organization's entire scope of work. The initiative must:
- Build awareness or support action that promotes heart health.
- Be community-based and innovatively respond to local health needs.
- Demonstrate success.
- Be cost-effective and potentially sustainable.
- Have the potential to be adapted or replicated in other settings.
- Have been in operation for a minimum of one year.


Application process and timeline
- Applications are accepted year-round.
- Deadline for the 2009 award is 30 April 2009.
- Applications are reviewed on a continuous basis by an award committee.
- Applicants are notified whether their program has been accepted for
consideration.
- Information about programs that are selected for award consideration
may be published in ProCor's email news and discussion forum and website
(www.procor.org).
- Funds are provided directly to the organization or individual with
primary responsibility for the initiative.

For more information
Contact Juan Ramos, ProCor Program Coordinator.
Email: jramos3 at partners.org
Telephone: 1 617 732 1318 ext. 3319

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Application

The following required information may be submitted via fax, postal
mail, email attachment, or in the text of a plain text email. Abstracts
will not be considered.
- Program title
- Program location (e.g., country, state/province/region,
city/town/village)
- Contact person
- Organization
- Mailing address
- Telephone
- Fax
- Email
- Website

Please describe the initiative in approximately 500-1000 words.
Applications exceeding the word count requirement will be returned for
revision or rejected.
The following must be included:
- Program purpose
- Program history
- Local needs that are addressed
- Local partners, resources, sources of support
- Strategies or activities that build awareness of cardiovascular
disease and/or support action to promote heart health
- Evidence of success and accomplishments (e.g., statistical data,
anecdotal stories, etc.)

References
Please provide contact information for three (3) people we can contact
to learn more about your program.

Please read and sign the following
- The information submitted in this application for the Louise Lown
Heart Hero Award is accurate to the best of my knowledge.
- If this application is accepted for award consideration, I understand
that the references provided above may be contacted for more information.
- The information submitted may be published in ProCor's electronic
mailing list and website (www.procor.org), and/or in materials produced
by the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation, and may be edited prior
to publication. I understand that the purpose of sharing this
information is to promote cardiovascular health.
- I waive and release all claims for any compensation for such use of
this information, or for damages, and I hold the Lown Cardiovascular
Research Foundation and its funders harmless against any and all claims
for damages rising out of the use of this information.

Signature: __________________________ Date: _________

Send the information requested to Juan Ramos, ProCor Program
Coordinator.
Email: jramos3 at partners.org
Fax: 1 617 277 0347
Mail: Louise Lown Heart Hero Award
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Avenue
Brookline MA 02446 USA