Outreach & Service
Polk - 25 Outreach Activities
- Agricultural Health Study.
- Center for Health Policy and Research - CPH five-year progress report; presentation re: training courses; presentation re: health information technology; presentation re: hospital safe practices; presentation re: Leapfrog group standards; presentation re: IT in Iowa’s hospitals; presentation re: IT in critical access hospitals; presentation re: quality indicators for Iowa hospitals; presentation re: polio to SARS.
- Center for Public Health Statistics - Breast and cervical cancer screening; CV disease screening for women.
- Center on Aging - Dementia screening program for Family Practice residents and staff; Governor’s Conference on Aging presentation on hormonal therapy;
- Center on Aging - Educational exhibit; policy forum; educational programs at Governor’s Conference on Aging.
- CPH Educational Outreach Program - Youth Injury Prevention.
- CPH Educational Outreach Program - Power of Renewable Energy.
- CPH Progress Report - Des Moines Downtown Rotary Club.
- Environmental Health Sciences Research Center - Iowa Environmental Council; Community Visioning Council.
- Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health - Educational outreach programs.
- Health Effectiveness Research Center - Pharmaceutical management evaluation.
- Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety - Workplace safety and health; policy analysis and development re: concentrated livestock production; technical assistance projects re: occupational medicine, industrial hygiene occupational health and safety.
- Injury Prevention Research Center - Technical assistance re: injury free coalition; technical assistance re: child seat checks.
- Institute for Public Health Practice - Preceptor for MPH practicum student; Community Health Partner.
- Iowa Center for Evaluation Research - Research software training; public health data collection, analysis and management; research and evaluation; technical assistance for state project on cancer control; state project on cancer control modeling and evaluation; state project on survey research; research for policy analysis and development regarding medical debt.
- Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation - Educational outreach re: rollover fatality.
- Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders - Parent, physician notification and targeted referral services; education program on history of Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders.
- Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health - Educational outreach services re: tractor rollover; hog confinement; child safety on farm; legislative meeting re: rural health and primary care in Polk County; technical assistance project re: hog confinement; community-based boards;
- Prevention Research Center - Adolescent alcohol prevention.
- Preventive Intervention Center - Public program on obesity; Wellmark consultation; serve on Governor’s Food Policy Council.
- State Health Registry of Iowa - Cancer data collection and analysis.
- Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness - Grand Rounds Series participant(s); train the trainer program participant(s); workshop participant(s); certificate program participant(s); Learning Management System registrant(s).
- Upper Midwest Public Health Training Center - Iowa Advisory Committee participant(s); Regional Steering Committee participant(s).
- Worksafe Iowa - Occupational Medicine Associates (clinics); educational outreach re: occupational health and safety.
- Institute for Quality Healthcare - Physician and Professional Peer Review. Participate in PPRS for Quality Improvement and patient safety.