Welcome to the Award Nomination & Judge Application Site

IHA’s Annual Health Literacy Awards

Each year, the Institute for Healthcare Advancement recognizes people who have made outstanding achievements in health literacy. Award winners are selected by an independent group of judges, presented with an IHA Health Literacy Award, and featured on the IHA Conference website.

Award Categories

IHA accepts nominations in 4 categories: Innovative Programs, Published Materials, Research, and International.

• Innovative Programs: Projects that demonstrate innovative, practical, and effective solutions to addressing limited health literacy.
• Published Materials: Written communication (digital or print) that contribute to effective communication with those with limited health literacy.
• Research: Studies using well-defined methodologies that further illustrate the relationship between literacy skills and health outcomes, cost, or disparities; or present evidence of effective health literacy interventions.
• International: Efforts outside of the United States that empower people to better health through improved health literacy.

Individuals and groups are eligible for nominations. Groups are considered as one entry. One winner in each category will receive:

• Recognition on the IHA Conference website (group or individual photo)
• One personalized crystal award
• One $500 honorarium.

Selection Process

Once the award nomination period closes, an independent group will judge all entries and select 1 winner for each category (see details below). To qualify to win, the project must:

1. Empower people to better health.
2. Address an aspect of health literacy.
3. Aim to solve an identified healthcare problem.
4. Be current with a completion date within the past 2 years.
5. Impact or have the potential to affect the greater healthcare community.

IHA Award Judge

All award nominations are reviewed and judged by an impartial panel. If you would like to be considered as a judge, please read the eligibility requirements below.

Judge Eligibility Requirements

To serve as a judge, you must:

1. Review entries on an impartial basis, according to the scoring requirements.
2. Recuse yourself from judging any entry completed by a person with whom you have a personal or professional relationship.
3. Refrain from submitting a health literacy award nomination for yourself.
4. Be available to judge award nominations between February 25 and March 10, 2022. Selected judges will be notified by February 22, 2022.

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How to Submit an Award and Judge Application
The process to submit an award nomination or judge application is the same. Please follow the instructions below.

1. Log in to the Award Nomination & Judge Application link below. You must join as a New User, then select the Login button when you return.
2. After you join, select the “Click here” link to begin a new nomination/application link to submit.
3. In the Full Name section, add the name of the award nominee. If there are multiple individuals, choose one as the lead. You may also use the name of an organization. Judge applications require your first and last name.
4. Choose an option from the drop down menu to select Award Nomination Type or Judge Application.
5. The deadline to submit an award nomination and judge application is 5pm Pacific Time on February 18, 2022.
6. You will receive a confirmation email upon completion of the form. If you do not receive a confirmation within 2 business days, please contact Rachel Roberts at rroberts@iha4health.org.

Important Dates

January 26, 2022
Call for award nominations and judges opens.

February 21, 2022 - EXTENDED
Deadline to submit an award nomination and judge application.

February 22, 2022
Selected judges are notified.

February 25 - March 10, 2022
Awards judging period.

March 21, 2022
IHA Award nominees are notified of the judging results.