|
Network News & Notes - October 2023
|
The Business Leadership Network (BLN) is just one of the ways that the University of Iowa College of Public Health connects with Iowans and Iowa communities to support improved health and wellbeing. Across the Hawkeye state, businesses are key contributors to community health and vitality, and the BLN aims to support this critical role through collaborative programming, information sharing, and building relationships. The College of Public Health and the BLN appreciate these opportunities to partner with individuals, businesses, and communities to enhance public health throughout Iowa. We invite you to keep in touch through these quarterly messages and by participating in BLN initiatives happening around the state. Information about current programming is available on our website.
Edith Parker, Dean
University of Iowa College of Public Health
|
|
|
|
Join us at a community forum in Fort Madison on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 to discuss health and wellness resources for employers to implement in the workplace to keep their employees healthy and productive.
|
|
|
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging is providing food boxes, social support, and access to nutrition counseling to low-income older Iowans living in rural areas of Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Poweshiek, and Tama Counties.
|
|
|
|
This newly developed guide from the UI Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest highlights the impact of substance use and provides recommended strategies to foster a Recovery Friendly Workplace.
|
|
|
Young workers face a significant risk of workplace violence, especially in the retail and service industries. “Our research shows that young workers need more protections in the workplace,” says Carri Casteel, professor of occupational and environmental health.
|
|
|
College of Public Health in the News
|
|
High job turnover is an ongoing issue in the U.S. trucking industry. A recent study by University of Iowa researchers examined the reasons that long-haul truck drivers leave their jobs and offered suggestions for retaining current workers.
|
Limited rebates are available to help add a Roll Over Protection Structure to pre-1985 tractors. “Investing in retrofitting older tractors protects farmers and rural communities from a leading cause of agricultural death and injury,” said Brandi Janssen, clinical assistant professor.
|
|
Several states now offer paid caregiving leave, and studies show that paid leave seems most successful when paired with job protection, according to findings co-authored by Kanika Arora, associate professor of health management and policy.
|
Jonathan Platt, assistant professor of epidemiology, studies the bigger picture of why suicides are affecting some groups of youth more than others. He recently took part in a Q&A about trends and disparities in suicide.
|
|
Medicaid expansion helped remedy the effects of historical redlining for people living in those communities, according to a new study from the University of Iowa.
|
UI researchers have received a $2.7 million funding renewal from the National Institutes of Health to continue a multi-year study of the risk factors for knee osteoarthritis and factors related to progression.
|
|
|
|
