| Every year at the KPHA
Fall Conference, the Association awards special people in Public
Health. If you know of someone worthy of nomination for one of the
Award Categories below, fill
out the Nomination form.
The Awards Committee will consider nominations
that have been submitted up to the July Fall Conference deadline.
Those submitted after that date will be considered for the following
year's awards.
Awards Categories
- Samuel J. Crumbine Medal,
KPHA's highest award, is given for meritorious service and state,
regional, or national recognition related to the improvement of
the health of Kansans and/or the environment of the state. Recipients
of other KPHA awards may receive this award. This award includes
a $2,000 scholarship prize.
View all 2009 award recipients.
View the recipients since
1946.
- Special Service Awards are
for individuals who have rendered outstanding service to Kansas
in the interest of public health and/or environmental improvement.
Two special service awards may be given annually, one of which
may be to a non-member of KPHA.
- Dorothy Woodin Award is bestowed
on a public health nurse for outstanding public health nursing
services.
- Jane Addams Award is for
a social worker who exemplifies the qualities of Jane Addams,
including a pioneering spirit, a trailblazer, and one striving
to improve the health of the poor and the sanitary conditions
of communities.
- Virginia Lockhart Health Education
Award is given for outstanding service in public promotion
of health and/or environmental issues.
- Corporate Public Health Service Award
may be presented annually to a company or organization which,
through public policy activities, makes a significant contribution
to the mission of public health and/or environmental improvement
in Kansas.
- President's Award is awarded
at the discretion of the association's president to acknowledge
special accomplishments of an individual or organization towards
improving the public's health in Kansas.
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