Title: Congratulations To This Year’s Award Winners!
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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health
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The Gerontological Health Section has had a busy early summer reviewing abstracts and manuscripts for the annual section awards held during the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition in the autumn. The many excellent submissions this year made it difficult to choose between the many entrants. Award winners for 2003 are listed below:
Office of Rural Health Policy Research Award, in recognition of individuals in public health research who have made a difference in the lives of older people who live in rural America:
AWARD WINNER
Brenda Wamsley, MSW, of the Center for Aging & Healthcare in West Virginia, Inc.; Hongdao Meng, MPH, of Monroe County Long Term Care Program, Inc./ACCESS; Bruce Friedman, PhD of the Departments of Community and Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry; and T. Franklin Williams, MD, of Monroe Community Hospital for their paper, “Approaches To Improve Functional Status In A
Severely Impaired Medicare Population In Rural Environments Of New York, West Virginia, And Ohio: Results From A Randomized Controlled Trial.”
Honorable Mention
La Verne Reid, PhD, MPH, and Miles Simpson, PhD, both from North Carolina Central University, will receive an Honorable Mention for their paper, “Older African-American Women Living With An HIV Infection: Changes In Spirituality And Religious Behavior.”
The Retirement Research Foundation Student Research Award, an award recognizing outstanding students for exceptional research during their training:
AWARD WINNERS
Yoko Kawamura of the University of Alabama at Birmingham for her paper titled “Reciprocity of Emotional Support: The Impact on Psychological Well-Being of Japanese Older Adults”
Erika M. Symonette of The MayaTech Corporation for her paper “The Effect of Social Activity on the Psychological Well-Being of Elderly African Americans at a Metropolitan Washington, DC Church.”
The James G. Zimmer New Investigator Award, in recognition and support of the careers of future leaders in research:
AWARD WINNER
Beth Han, PhD, MD, MPH, and Robin E. Remsburg, PhD, APRN, BC, both of whom are from the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Their paper is titled “Factors Associated With Length Of Use Among Elderly Home Health Care Discharges Before And After The BBA.”
Honorable Mention
Patricia Heyn, PhD, Beatriz C. Abreu, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, and Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD, FAOTA, all of whom are from the University of Texas, Medical Branch,for their paper entitled “A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Physical Activity Programs for People With Dementia.”
The Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Awardhonors individuals in aging and public health who have made a difference in the lives of older people who are members of diverse ethnic and cultural groups:
AWARD WINNER
Joseph Sharkey, PhD and Nancy E. Schoenberg from the Texas A&M University are the award winners for “Black-White Differences In Food Insufficiency Among Homebound Elders: A Prospective Study Of A Troubling Problem.”
Honorable Mentions
Nathaniel C. Briggs, MD, MSc, Otis Cosby, MD, MSPH, Robert S. Levine, MD, and Rubens J. Pamies, MD, all from the Meharry Medical College in Nashville, for their paper, “Seatbelt Use And Traffic Fatalities Among Elderly African Americans: An Opportunity For Prevention;”
Kushang V. Patel, MPH, Karl Eschbach, PhD, Laura A. Ray, MPA, Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD. from the University of Texas, Medical Branch for their paper, “Evaluation Of Mortality Data For Older Mexican Americans: Implications For The Hispanic Paradox;”
Christie L. Zunker, MA, Julie J. Cummins, PhD, and Brenda Smith, PhD, from the University of Texas at El Paso, for their paper, “The Health Needs of Older Adults on the U.S.-Mexico Border.”
The Nobuo Maeda International Research Award, in recognition and support of leaders in international research and policy development:
AWARD WINNER
Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh, PhD, RN, of the National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan, for her paper “Comparing Nursing Home Quality Between Short-Stay and Long-Stay Residents.”
We extend our congratulations to the award recipients and look forward to meeting all at the awards ceremony in San Francisco in November.