Tuesday, June 21, 2011

What is a community health leader?


The Charities has kicked off its call for nominations for the 2011 Community Health Leadership Award and has begun receiving questions from prospective nominators. One question posed today involved the word health. The interested party was interested in learning if we are committed to giving the award to a healthcare provider or perhaps and Executive Director of a charity clinic or Federally Qualified Health Center.

Our response to the question was as follows:
The Charities has adopted the World Health Organization's broad definition of health: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

That being said, we value and welcome any and all applications that reflect this tenet and look forward to learning more about leaders located throughout the 57-county diocese.

Below you will find the criteria our staff, judging panel and Board of Directors are looking for in this year’s nominations:

  • Informed Action: nominee takes action based on a thorough understanding of his or her community, clients, and pressing health issues.
  • Collaboration: nominee regularly brings together appropriate community members and other stakeholders and addresses the needs and concerns of all involved.
  • Empowerment: nominee overcomes challenges and transforms stumbling blocks into constructive action to further the goal of improving community health.
  • Leadership: nominee inspires others to follow; guides emerging community leaders and is respected by staff, board and community.
  • Accomplishments:  nominee’s accomplishments are measurable and have significantly improved the health of the target community.

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  2. Really true. You have laid down important facts here in your post. Thanks for sharing. I have deleted my previous post due to some typo error.=)

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