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Snow Hill, Md. (Dec. 21, 2011) – Worcester County Health Department’s Suicide Prevention Program and public information officer Katherine Gunby were recipients of three 2011 Awards of Excellence in Public Health Communication.
The health department staff won a Gold Award and a Bronze Award in the media relations-op/ed category for two published columns about suicide prevention. The staff also received a Silver Award in the social media category for its suicide prevention advertising campaign on Facebook.com.
Each of the winning projects was part of the health department’s activities to raise awareness and prevent suicide, particularly among college-aged youth. College-aged youth comprise 47 percent of the clients served by the Suicide Prevention Program in 2010. The Suicide Prevention Program provides crisis intervention, support and coordination services for youth and their families for up to 90 days after a suicide threat or attempt.
The awards were given by the National Public Health Information Coalition.
NPHIC is the leading national organization for public health communication professionals. NPHIC’s ranks include public information officers, risk communicators and health educators at state, tribal and local health departments across the country. As the recognized voice of public health communication, NPHIC’s award program offers gold, silver and bronze awards in more than a dozen public health communication categories.
Visit NPHIC’s web site www.nphic.org for more information about NPHIC. To view all winning entries in this year’s awards program use this link: http://www.nphic.org/conferences/2011/awards-for-excellence |