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Thirty VA Public Health Grants Awarded for 2006
The Public Health Strategic Health Care Group (PHSHG)
of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces
that it has made 30 awards of $1,400 each through
its 2006 Public Health Grants Program.
A wide array of public health projects were
funded on topics that included smoking cessation,
HIV/AIDS, influenza vaccination, hepatitis C,
pandemic influenza, hand washing, and prevention of
hospital-acquired pneumonias, among others. Formats
of the projects include print materials, videos,
education sessions, and interactive booths; and
audiences are both new and established patients and
various types of health professionals. Settings
range from urban to rural and from VA inpatient
medical centers to VA outpatient clinics across the
country.
The goal of the program is to encourage the
development of VA education and prevention materials
and programs on public health concerns such as
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, smoking cessation, health
care-acquired infections, hand hygiene and
respiratory etiquette. Grant funding can be used to
develop educational materials and purchase supplies
that increase patient awareness, to coordinate
activities and events that improve provider
training, and to establish screening and other
initiatives that promote treatment adherence and
healthy living with chronic conditions.
Funding was open only to VA health care providers
and other VA employees in VA Medical Centers, VA
Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, Domiciliaries,
and Vet Centers and applications were reviewed based
on such criteria as fit with the program goals, a
clear description of the project, and identification
of the VA target audience and relevance to the
audience. Funds for this program come from
unrestricted grants for educational purposes made to
the Public Health Strategic Health Care Group from
multiple pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies.
The award funds cannot be used for certain purposes
such as travel to conferences, salaries, honoraria,
textbooks, journals, or payments to VA personnel.
The full listing of awardees and their projects
and locations follows.
The VA contact for the program is Donna
Wells-Taylor, Project Manager, Public Health
Strategic Health Care Group (13B),
Department of Veterans Affairs, (202) 273-8205,
donna.wells-taylor@va.gov.
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