Healthy People Logo Competition
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Volume 13: Issue 4 March 1999

 Ok. You've exercised the left part of your brain reading and commenting on all those objectives found in Healthy People 2010 Objectives: Draft for Public Comment. Now exercise the right side and have some graphic fun! We're looking for a graphic to use as the logo for the new generation of Healthy People objectives... and we're encouraging the public to help us.

What is Healthy People?

Healthy People is the nation's prevention agenda. It all started back in 1979 with the first Helathy People report from the Surgeon General emphasizing the great strides we could make as a nation if we applied health promotion and disease prevention objectives to our national health strategy-and even local health strategies as well. Healthy People 2000 consists of more than 300 objectives focused on health promotion and disease prevention. The next generation of objectives, more than 500 in draft, will carry the nation through the year 2010. To learn more, visit the web-site at www.health.gov/healthypeople or call (301) 468-3028, number 0106, for a fax-back fact sheet describing the initiative.

Here's what we want the logo to say:

  • Healthy People

Here's what we think the logo needs to do:

  • The logo must convey the essence of the next generation of Healthy People objectives, for which the theme is Healthy People in Healthy Communities/Health for All.
  • ’The logo must be usable in a variety of sizes-from postage stamp, to stationery, to football stadium banners.
  • ’The logo must be able to be used in one color...or many colors.
  • ’The logo must be easy to read.
 Here are some ideas we had:
  • We want a logo that shows progress, growth, success, and hard work.
  • We want a new idea...perhaps an evolving logo that changes every two years showing actual achievement? Perhaps a moving logo that shows progress (like going up a hill?)

The rules:

  1. All entries must be accompanied by a signed entry form (see below) and must be received by 5 p.m., April 30, 1999.
  2. All entries become the property of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); all copyrights are waived on submission.
  3. ODPHP reserves the right to combine several submissions or to alter any single submission for use as the Healthy People logo.
  4. ODPHP agrees to use any submissions to the Healthy People Logo Competition ONLY for this purpose. We reserve the right to display graphical representations of non-winning entries during the launch conference.
  5. ODPHP will be the sole judge of the winning entry/entries.
  6. Winners will be notified in writing by July 1, 1999. ODPHP will provide roundtrip airfare and two nights' hotel accommodation to the launch conference (January 25-28, 2000 in Washington, D.C.) for the identified winner. No cash compensation will be provided. Winners will be officially recognized during the conference for their contributions.
To enter:

Please submit a signed entry form and both a paper copy and, if available, a 3.5-inch disk version to: Healthy People 2010 Logo Competition, ODPHP, Room 738-G Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
All entries must have name and address of submitter.

NAME_________________________________AGE______PHONE (daytime)____________________

ADDRESS__________________________________ CITY____________ STATE_____ ZIP_________

E-mail Address:__________________________________

Software used (Please be as specific as possible, i.e., Adobe Illustrator for MAC)_________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

I, ______________________________________, assign all rights on this graphic design and affirm that I have not copied this design from another, potentially copyrighted source.

SIGNATURE___________________________________________ DATE________________________

 

DEADLINE: All entries must be received by 5 p.m., April 30, 1999
 

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