The Elizabeth Fries
Health Education Award

The Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award is for a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development, or program delivery.

• Research will be judged on the extent to which theoretical modes for changing health behavior, developed and applied in the research setting, demonstrate the potential to impact health outcomes in large populations.
• Criteria for program development include potential for broad applicability, quality of needs assessment and evaluation, and impact on the target population.
• Criteria for program delivery strategies include cost-effectiveness, penetration and impact.

The Award amount is $25,000.

Elizabeth Ann Fries, Ph.D.

Elizabeth was Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and co-director of the Cancer Outreach Program, using behavioral and educational approaches to reduce cancer incidence through risk factor reduction, and to evaluate program effects. She made many important contributions to program development, implementation, and evaluation.

She was a much loved daughter, spouse, mother, and friend to many. Elizabeth died in 2005 of complications from breast cancer at the age of 42.

Award Presentation

The 2007 Health Education Award was awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) in Alexandria, Virginia in November 2007.