The winning programs, which aim at improving community health, are:
• FirstReach in Pinehurst, N.C.
• Children’s Hospital Center for Pediatric Medicine Asthma Action Team in Greenville, S.C.
• Let’s Go! in Portland, Maine
• Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project in New Ulm, Minn.
• Finney County Community Health Coalition in Garden City, Kan.
The awards were given on July 22 at the Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.
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