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Network News & Notes - December 2024
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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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The Business Leadership Network is currently accepting proposals for 2025 funding for programs and activities that build collaborations and support community well-being. Deadline is January 13.
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The virtual “Improving Health Outcomes through Preventing Childhood Obesity” conference on January 14, 2025 will include experts presenting research in childhood nutrition, physical activity, and prevention of long-term adverse health effects caused by obesity.
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Pathfinders RCD in Fairfield received a 2024 Business Leadership Network community grant to create a map of accessible museums, playgrounds, lakes, campgrounds, and trails throughout southeast Iowa to improve quality of life and increase participation for people of all abilities.
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The UI Environmental Health Sciences Research Center created a series of fact sheets in response to community member concerns on connections between environmental contaminants (arsenic, nitrate, and radon) and cancer and other diseases.
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College of Public Health in the News
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A UI College of Public Health study explores the effects of Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave policies on family caregivers of older parents. Researchers highlight the vital role they play in long-term care, and how responsibilities often clash with paid employment.
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A new federal award to the UI will continue a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program to educate and train health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults in collaboration with community partners across Iowa.
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"The single biggest, most effective change that we could make in Iowa is to raise the tobacco tax by over $1,” said Mary Charlton, a UI epidemiology professor and principal investigator of the Iowa Cancer Registry.
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Jonathan Platt, assistant professor of epidemiology, discussed suicide trends in Iowa, the increase in teen suicides, and some of the factors that may be involved.
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Anjali Deshpande, clinical associate professor of epidemiology, recently discussed how civic engagement can lead to better physical and mental health.
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A new study from UI researchers examines how converting four-lane roads to three-lane roads impacts emergency responses.
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