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The 30 April 2009 deadline for the Louise Lown Heart Hero Award is fast
approaching! Community-based initiatives from around the world that promote
heart health are encouraged to apply for the US$2000 award.
Information about the award including who can apply, criteria, and the
application are provided below. The information is also available in Word and
PDF at www.procor.org or by emailing Juan Ramos, ProCor program coordinator, at
jramos3@partners.org.
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.
Past recipients of the award include the Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention
Program in Tonga (2008), which screens primary school children for rheumatic
heart disease and provides early, effective treatment; and the Heart and Stroke
Foundation South Africa Children's Programme (2007), which teaches heart healthy
practices, such as growing vegetables for their daily meals, to over a million
children in rural and urban impoverished settings throughout South Africa.
Dr. Bernard Lown, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, inventor of the defibrillator,
and founder of ProCor, created the award in 2007 to honor his wife's lifelong
commitment to the rights and wellbeing of others through her work as a social
worker, activist, and writer.
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.
Examples of eligible initiatives include community programs promoting physical
activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; population-based interventions reducing
diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; patient-focused clinical programs
increasing access to screening, identification, and control of risk factors;
advocacy and policy activities; and resource development and dissemination.
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@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@partners.org
Fax: 1 617 277 0347
Mail: Louise Lown Heart Hero Award
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Avenue
Brookline MA 02446 USA
The 30 April 2009 deadline for the Louise Lown Heart Hero Award is fast
approaching! Community-based initiatives from around the world that promote
heart health are encouraged to apply for the US$2000 award.
Information about the award including who can apply, criteria, and the
application are provided below. The information is also available in Word and
PDF at www.procor.org or by emailing Juan Ramos, ProCor program coordinator, at
jramos3@partners.org.
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.
Past recipients of the award include the Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention
Program in Tonga (2008), which screens primary school children for rheumatic
heart disease and provides early, effective treatment; and the Heart and Stroke
Foundation South Africa Children's Programme (2007), which teaches heart healthy
practices, such as growing vegetables for their daily meals, to over a million
children in rural and urban impoverished settings throughout South Africa.
Dr. Bernard Lown, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, inventor of the defibrillator,
and founder of ProCor, created the award in 2007 to honor his wife's lifelong
commitment to the rights and wellbeing of others through her work as a social
worker, activist, and writer.
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.
Examples of eligible initiatives include community programs promoting physical
activity, nutrition, or tobacco control; population-based interventions reducing
diabetes, hypertension, and obesity; patient-focused clinical programs
increasing access to screening, identification, and control of risk factors;
advocacy and policy activities; and resource development and dissemination.
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@partners.org
Telephone: 1 617 732 1318 ext. 3319
----------
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
- 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@partners.org
Fax: 1 617 277 0347
Mail: Louise Lown Heart Hero Award
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation
21 Longwood Avenue
Brookline MA 02446 USA
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