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MSAA Publications Receive Four Awards in National Health Information Awards Competition
The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) recently received four awards in four different categories in the 13th annual National Health Information Awards competition. This program recognizes the nation's best consumer health information programs and materials.
MSAA's quarterly magazine, The Motivator, earned three awards for the following articles:
- "Employment Strategies," featured in the Spring 2005 issue of The Motivator, received a Gold Award for Patient Education in a Magazine/Newspaper/ Newsletter Article
- "Planning for the Future - The Importance of Advance Directives," featured in the Fall 2005 issue of The Motivator, received a Gold Award for Consumer Decision Making Information in a Magazine/ Newspaper/Newsletter Article
- "Healthcare Beyond MS," featured in the Winter 2005 issue of The Motivator, received a Silver Award for Health Promotion/Disease and Injury Prevention in a Magazine/Newspaper/ Newsletter Article
The fourth award MSAA received was for the booklet, "All About Multiple Sclerosis," which won a Silver Award for Patient Education Information in the category of Booklet/Brochure/Pamphlet.
"We have always been very proud of our publications and this was the first year we submitted samples for judging," states MSAA President and CEO Doug Franklin. "To be awarded such honors is a tribute to our communications staff, which has always produced high-quality educational materials for the MS community."
The National Health Information Awards Program is coordinated by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for consumer health information programs and materials. The Center, which houses a large collection of such public and private sector materials, promotes the distribution of accurate and timely consumer health information materials to professionals and managers in the field. A national panel of health information experts reviewed nearly 1,000 entries from across the country for this year's program.
Copies of the award-winning articles and MSAA's award-winning booklet, "All About Multiple Sclerosis," as well as all of MSAA's publications, are currently available by contacting MSAA at (800) 532-7667, or by logging onto MSAA's website (www.msaa.com) and clicking on the "publications" section. Copies of The Motivator and all other MSAA publications may be ordered free of charge.
