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Pamela Santucci, Injury Prevention Program Manager at the Broward County Health Department, was recently awarded the 2008 Joseph Y. Porter, M.D. Award. The award is given annually by the Health Promotions Section of the Florida Public Health Association (FPHA) to a health educator to recognize outstanding contributions to the health promotion profession.

An employee at the Broward County Health Department for over 16 years, Santucci spearheads several local and state special projects, including coordination of evidenced based research on drowning prevention methods and the development of a drowning prevention awareness campaign that includes mass transit and print advertising and distribution of community education tools. She is active in such community organizations as Broward Safe Kids Coalition and the SWIMS Foundation.