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1. PREVENTION

Description: This award reflects sustained accomplishments for individuals, facilities, programs or communities in health promotion/disease prevention as a result of partnering with other entities.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates the establishment of effective health services, or innovative approaches and collaborations that reflect community based health promotion and disease prevention efforts that shows measureable results.

2. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Description: This award reflects sustained accomplishments for individuals, facilities, programs or communities in designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating ongoing physical activities in support of health promotion and disease prevention.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates the establishment of a fitness program/intervention to improve physical activities that shows measurable results maintained over time.

3. INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE

Description: This award reflects sustained accomplishment for individuals, facilities, programs or communities in improving access to or redesigning health care delivery that have resulted in improved patient outcomes.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Describes sustainable health care delivery changes that have improved access to services, improved health care systems or reduced patient waiting time resulting in measureable improved patient outcomes. Examples could be increased numbers of patient visits/services, reduced time for patient visits, improved tracking/referral for screening and follow up, increases in patient satisfaction survey results, or progress in addressing National Patient Safety Goals.

4. QUALITY OF CARE

Description: This award will be presented to an individual(s) or service delivery unit that has implemented new programs, systems or approaches in health promotion/disease prevention resulting in measureable improvements in patient outcome indicators.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates achievements in patient outcome indicators that show positive gains in reducing health disparities. Examples could be quantifiable progress toward meeting GPRA goals, Healthy People 2010 goals, improvements in BMI or other health care measures, or Joint Commission Accreditation Standards, such as improvements in meeting National Patient Safety Goals.

5. INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTO PRIMARY CARE

Description: This award will be presented to an individual(s), service delivery unit or community that demonstrates the integration of behavioral health into the primary health care system resulting in improved patient care.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates successful, sustained integration of behavioral health services into the primary health care system. Examples could be reflected as progress in meeting the GPRA indicator for depression screening, or partnering with other programs to incorporate screening for depression, Intimate Partner Violence or other psychosocial disorders into their services.

6. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

Description: This award will be presented to an individual(s), service delivery unit or community that demonstrates the development, implementation and continuation of activities and services directed at the prevention of substance abuse (SA).

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates successful, sustained implementation of activities directed at the prevention of substance abuse. Examples could be classroom activities in schools, afterschool or evening programs that incorporate SA education into other events such as dances, or aftercare relapse prevention initiatives.

7. INNOVATIONS IN PATIENT SELF MANAGEMENT

Description: This award will be presented to an individual(s), service delivery unit or community that demonstrates empowerment of patients in self management of health.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Demonstrates the development, implementation and continuation of activities that promote increased involvement of patients in self-management of their health such as sick day management of medications, foot care, etc.

8. SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION

Description: This award will be presented to an individual(s), service delivery unit or community that demonstrates the value of collecting and using data to support decisions for health care systems.

Criteria: Open to individuals, facilities, health programs or communities in the Indian Health System (I/T/U). Describes how collected data has been used as a basis for successfully designing or changing prevention activities, or to improve care and /or support changes in health care delivery systems.