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Network News & Notes - October 2022
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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
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A new, easy-to-use toolkit from the UI Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest outlines the benefits of addressing mental health, and highlights best practices to promote mental health and safety.
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This podcast episode of Workplace Matters looks at Latino immigrant and migrant populations working in meatpacking and cattle feed yards, the hazards in these industries, and what could be done to improve the situation.
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Monroe County Public Health in Albia received a BLN community grant for a home visiting program to prevent abuse and neglect for overburdened families during pregnancy and with children up to age five. Participants will be identified as high priority through screenings from community partners.
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A 2021 summary report to aid healthcare workers, illuminates the health needs of the Iowa LGBTQ+ population. Key topics in the needs assessment were physical and mental health status, general wellness, experience with tobacco and nicotine, health care, and dental care.
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The UI Native Center for Behavioral Health launched a training curriculum for providers of substance use treatment and prevention services, peer support specialists, and those working in primary care settings, social services, schools, and mental health settings in tribal and urban Native communities.
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Three new videos from the UI Injury Prevention Research Center highlight how a pilot grant program funded new research in artificial intelligence to study older adult falls, bicycle and pedestrian behaviors in a virtual environment, and disaster preparedness in an older adult indigenous population.
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College of Public Health in the News
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An article about the economic impacts on people who leave their jobs to become caregivers cites research on paid family leave co-authored by Kanika Arora, CPH associate professor of health management and policy.
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The UI Public Health Strike Force is assisting Johnson County Public Health conduct in-person community health assessments. The group assists public health organizations in Iowa with different activities, events, and emergency situations.
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Mary Charlton, director and principal investigator of the Iowa Cancer Registry and CPH associate professor of epidemiology, spoke about a cancer cluster investigation in Hudson Community School District.
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Public health grad student Michael Berger conducted a review of basic income projects across the nation and by talking with community-based partners, uncovered recommendations that are now informing planning for the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot Project.
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Brandi Janssen, director of Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, offers reminders on how to avoid needle-stick injuries when working with livestock.
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Nathan Fethke, CPH associate professor discusses agricultural workers’ exposure to whole-body vibration, a key occupational risk factor for back pain. Whole-body vibration occurs when the shaking motion of a vehicle or farm machinery is transmitted through the body of the operator.
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