HHS Region 7
Iowa
Going Bold Iowa!
Des Moines, IA
Cohort 9 - 2020
NLAPH
Overview
The team seeks to use adaptive leadership and system change frameworks to build the capacity of public health nutrition initiatives in Iowa. Their work will include:
Assessing current public health nutrition systems within Iowa
Creating system maps to identify core public health nutrition program adaptive challenges
Developing strategies for public health nutrition program change
Cultivating and mobilizing internal and external stakeholders
Team members
Angie Tagtow
Äkta Strategies, LLC
Erin Bergquist
Iowa State University
Jill Lange
Iowa Department of Public Health
Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt
The Harkin Institute, Drake University
Trauma Informed Prevention and Care Collaborative
Des Moines, IA
Cohort 7 - 2018
NLAPH
Overview
Using Polk County, Iowa as a testing ground, the team seeks to build a model that can transfer to the entire state to mobilize the community to reduce the number of adverse childhood experiences while building resilience and a more effective service delivery system. They plan to achieve this project through various means, including:
Dialogue with key cross-sector leaders and stakeholders to increase awareness of ACE concepts and the importance of the continuum of prevention and care
Addressing health equity and the social determinants of health across sectors, since those factors drive ACEs
Utilizing a series of action-learning strategies as they perform a needs assessment for their group
Team members
Erin Drinnin
United Way of Central Iowa
Liz Cox
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
Holly Hanson
Iowa Department of Public Health
Helen Eddy
Polk County Health Department
Documents
Dallas County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Health Improvement Plan (HIP) Team
Dallas County, IA
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The team seeks to advance the Dallas County Health Improvement Plan by 2015 by developing transportation-related strategies and achieving objectives such as: 1) improving public awareness resources to address access to care and increase by 5%; 2) demonstrating the effectiveness of health navigation to increase access to care; and 3) seventy-five percent of health navigation tier 1 clients will pursue referral resources.
Team members
Shelley Horak
Dallas County Public Health Nursing Services
Lina Tucker Reinders
LTR Consulting
Chris McCarthy
Unity Point Health - Des Moines
Sarah Constable
Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Authority