Community Awareness provides HOSA members with the opportunity to educate their own community about one health and/or safety-related issue of local, state, and/or national interest. Teams of 2-6 members plan a local community campaign surrounding a selected topic that will impact their community as a whole. Teams develop a portfolio that documents and explains this community campaign and activities. The team presents their community campaign to a panel of judges, using the portfolio to document their accomplishments. This event aims to inspire members to be proactive future health professionals and promote local community awareness of health-related issues.
Find and research a relevant local, state, or national health and/or safety issue
Create awareness campaign(s) to increase your community’s call to action for improved health. This active engagement will typically involve your HOSA team working with local community partners and/or volunteers. The campaign should assist communities to become more aware of the pros and cons of the health and/or safety issues selected while promoting goodwill and public relations for the HOSA organization and the Health Science or Biomedical Science Education program
Campaign activities must be completed between July 1, 2024 – May 15, 2025.
Teams will create a portfolio (up to 12 pages maximum, not counting reference pages). The purpose of the portfolio is to showcase the work completed by the team, documenting their community campaign and activities.
Event name, Team Member Names, HOSA Division, HOSA Chapter #, School Name, Chartered Association, Title of Campaign, Target Audience, Title page centered. One page only (A creative design or pictures may be used but will not affect the score).
Explanation of the activities conducted, including timeline, as a part of the local community awareness campaign. Development of original campaigns is highly encouraged, but partnership in established campaigns is acceptable. The team may also include any additional original items they developed to support their campaign such as publication links, pamphlets, brochures, photos, social media posts, webinars, podcasts, etc.
Publicity regarding the local community awareness campaign activities and the local HOSA chapter, which may include newspaper articles, flyers, website announcements, social media posts, etc.… Brief explanation of photos or links to publications should be included.
Programs, pictures or other verification of students presenting or participating in the campaign should be included and dated. A brief explanation of photos or links to the presentation should be included.
Documentation should reflect the number of people in the local community impacted by this campaign (i.e. newspaper circulation, radio/social media audience, in-person attendance). Estimations are acceptable when exact numbers are unknown but should be realistic based on evidence.
: List ALL the literature cited to give guidance to the portfolio. American Psychological Association (APA) is the preferred resource in Health Science. Points will be awarded for compiling a clean, legible reference page(s), but the formatting of the reference page is not judged.
One-sided, typed
In 12 pt. Arial font, double-spaced
On 8 ½” x 11” paper with 1” margins
Numbered on top right side of each page (not counting title page)
Have a Running header with team member’s last names & name of event (top left side of page, not counting title page).
ONE member of your team MUST upload your portfolio to the HOSA Digital Upload System by May 15