Public Health EMS Success Story

CDC OHHS Block Grant System

As a reminder, the guidance and format for the Success Story is listed below.

Success Story Guidance:

·Stories should focus on quantifiable impact

·Provide references for data, but they don’t need to be in any certain format

·Don’t need a hero character/don’t need to focus on an individual

* See attached resources for additional guidance.

Success Story Required Format:

·Title (10 words or less)

·Public Health Problem (Issue)

1.See attached Success Story Criteria, page 1 for specific questions to answer.

·Taking Action (Intervention)

1.See attached Success Story Criteria, pages 1-2 for specific questions to answer.

·Impact

1.See attached Success Story Criteria, page 2 for specific questions to answer.

·Footnotes

1.Please provide full references.

·Success Story Author Contact

1. Include name, title, department or affiliation, email address and phone number.
2. Do not use periods with advanced academic degrees.
3. Phone numbers – Use all hyphens, no parentheses.

·Quote (NOT REQUIRED)

1. Enclose the quote in quotation marks.
2. Include full name, title, and organization or place.
3. Do not use periods with advanced academic degrees.

The following resources are attached to assist in developing your story:

·Success Story Toolkit

·CDC Style Guide

·Success Story Criteria – This is very helpful!

1.Use the format of the attached success stories

2.Use the attached information from the final rural ems system development project

3. Follow the criteria atttached.