National Diabetes Education Program

Raising Diabetes Awareness Challenge: Only 8 percent of Americans recognized diabetes as a serious disease in 1997. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) engaged Hager Sharp to confront this issue and help create the nation’s first federal program and national campaign f...
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Best Bones Forever!

Helping Girls Build the Best Bones Forever! Challenge: Preventing osteoporosis starts early—but girls are more likely to drop instead of add bone-healthy behaviors during their tween and teen years. In 2008, the Office on Women’s Health challenged Hager Sharp to revamp the outdated National Bone Health Campaign into one th...
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KIDS COUNT

How are our kids doing? Challenge: Each year the Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its KIDS COUNT Data Book, a report that examines child well-being in the U.S. and has the potential to help policymakers, governments, advocacy groups, and others make informed decisions that improve the welfare of children. The challenge—and Hag...
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National Assessment of Educational Progress

Earning A’s for the Nation’s Report Card Challenge: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest ongoing nationally representative measure of what U.S. students know in key subjects like reading, mathematics, and science. When “No Child Left Behind” legislation tied states’ partic...
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U.S. Fire Administration

Preventing Home Fires Challenge: Home fires destroy lives and property, yet people don’t take their risk seriously. Simple behaviors (such as having working smoke detectors and an escape plan) can save lives. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) engaged Hager Sharp to help them communicate about fire safety in an effort to curb t...
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