Michael Leavitt, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced the Innovation in Prevention Award recipients at the 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit in Washington, DC.

The Innovation in Prevention Awards are a component of the HealthierUS initiative, designed to advance President Bush’s goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives. The Innovation in Prevention Awards identify and celebrate outstanding organizations that have implemented innovative and creative chronic disease prevention and health promotion programs. These awards are aimed to provide an opportunity to increase public awareness of creative approaches to develop and expand innovative health programs and duplication of successful strategies.

2007 Awardees by Category

Faith-based & Community-based Initiatives

Get Fit MarylandTM—University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Merritt Athletic Clubs – Baltimore, MD

Latinas en Accion—Douglas County Health Department and Interfaith Health Service—Omaha, NE

Health Care Delivery System

Fit Kids & TIPPs—Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta—Atlanta, GA

Healthy Workplace, Large Employer (500 or more employees)

FPL-Well—FPL Group—Juno Beach, FL

Healthy Workplace, Small Employer (less than 500 employees)

go!Platinum—Lincoln Industries—Lincoln, NE

Non-Profit

Cooking with Kids—Cooking with Kids, Inc.—Santa Fe, NM

Public Sector

Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC)—West Virginia University—Morgantown, WV

INShape Indiana Initiative—Indiana State Department of Health—Indianapolis, IN

Schools (K-12)

Healthy Living Cambridge Kids—Healthy Children Task Force (HCTF)— Cambridge, MA

For more information on the Innovation in Prevention awards visit www.prevent.org/awards2007.*