Toolkit Catalog

A toolkit for the public health workforce, including how-to's, best practices, and numerous resources for improving communication strategies in the field of public health.  pdf files for each item may be downloaded below. Colloquium Materials Schedule View the Agenda (document) View the Presentation (powerpoint) Iowa Initiative Summary of the Iowa Initiative five-year demonstration project results. (pdf) Community Conversations Project Overview (pdf) FusionFarm, Enhance your Internet Presence (pdf) Iowa Initiative (website) Guidance on the release of information concerning deaths, epidemics or emerging diseases. (website) Advocacy APHA Legislative Advocacy Handbook (pdf) APHA Top Ten Rules of Advocacy (pdf) UsingMediatoAdvancePublicHealthAgendas (pdf) Social Media CDCGuidetoWritingforSocialMedia (pdf) HealthCommunicatorSocialMediaToolkit_bm (pdf) IntegratingSocialMediaforEmergencyPrepEfforts (pdf) SocialInternetSitesasSourceofPublicHealthInfo (pdf)

This toolkit contains videos and resources from the 2013 Fall Colloquium, From Numbers to Outcomes: Data Resources for Public Health. Welcome & Presentation of the Iowa Public Health Heroes Awards(Dean Sue Curry and Chris Atchison) Iowa Public Health Tracking Portal (Meg Harris) Collecting and Using School Health Data for Obesity and Chronic Disease (Bruce Meisinger) Indicators for Public Health and Community Sustainability (Mary Rose Corrigan) Using Data from the Iowa Public Health Tracking Portal (Meg Harris) Colloquium Materials Presentations Collecting and Using School Data to Improve Student Health and Academic Outcomes (Bruce K. Meisinger) (powerpoint) Indicators for Public Health and Community Sustainability (Mary Rose Corrigan) (powerpoint) Using Data from the Iowa Public Health Tracking Portal (Tim Rob) (powerpoint) Other Materials Smarter Sustainable Dubuque (pdf) Data Discovery and Data Use Toolkit (pdf) Links Sustainable Dubuque (website) IDPH Portal (website) From Numbers...

Gaining Ground is a national initiative designed to enhance performance and quality improvement of governmental health departments and advance national accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) issued grants and is providing support to coalitions within Iowa and six other states to develop a sustainable infrastructure to support accreditation readiness, performance, and quality improvement. Iowa's Coalition includes: Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) Iowa Environmental Health Association (IEHA) Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA) Midwestern Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) Public Health Advisory Council (PHAC) For more information about Gaining Ground activities in Iowa please contact Joy Harris at (515) 281-3377 . Gaining Ground Together: Making Iowa PHABulous - Training Track 101- Resources Making Iowa PHABulous (PDF) Table-top self assessment (ZIP) Review of documentation...

Orientation Materials The Prepare Iowa Learning Management System Power Point Presentations Core Functions and Essential Services (ppt) CDC Region 3 Bio-Emergency Health Official/Elected Official In-Service (ppt) Introduction to Public Health (ppt) Talking Points for Public Health (ppt) What is Public Health? (ppt) Compendium for local public health best practices\ordinances\guidelines Ten Rules of Thumb For Local Boards of Health Education and Training Programs New Public Health Administrator’s Series Listing of resources Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) PH Director’s Orientation Guide (doc) Local Board of Health Guidebook (pdf) IDPH Mission and Organization Code of Iowa Chapter 21: Open Meetings Law (pdf) Chapter 22: Open Records (pdf) Chapter 137: Local Boards of Health (pdf) Chapter 139A: Communicable and Reportable Diseases and Poisonings (pdf) Chapter 351: Dogs and Other Animals (pdf) Chapter 455B.172: Jurisdiction of Department and Local Boards (pdf) Chapter 331: County...

Creating a shared vision of what population health is and how successful partnerships are making positive changes throughout communities is the focus of this year's Colloquium. Objectives for Colloquium By the end of the program, attendees will be able to: Recognize the gaps between how population health is defined and used by healthcare and public health professionals; Identify opportunities for building collaborative partnerships between public health and health care to solve a population health issue; Describe principles and common elements that lead to successful and sustainable work together; Utilize tools and examples of successful partnerships to improve population health in your community.   Target Audience Public health and health care practitioners, health systems administrators, and payers interested in learning and sharing opportunities to improve relationships that impact population health.   Agenda Welcome & Iowa Public Health Heroes Award Tanya Uden-Holman,...

The Colloquium will provide a forum to discuss contemporary strategies and tools for performance improvement opportunities (existing and new); improve management, leadership and human resource development; and improve collaborative community relationships. Linkages between performance improvement and other public health initiatives and their relationship to Public Health Standards will be highlighted.   Objectives By the end of the program, attendees will be able to: Recognize ways your local public health agency is already working to meet public health standards Identify performance improvement opportunities for your agency Discuss key strategies used to prepare for a Public Health Accreditation Board site visit Access resources and tools designed to assist with meeting the public health standards   Target Audience Public health practitioners, including preceptors Governmental and non-governmental public health agencies/organizations Academic and community partners   Agenda 1:00     Welcome & Iowa Public Health Heroes Award...

A document library provided by Iowa healthcare coalitions Thank you to the following organizations for sharing documents: Linn Area Partners Active in Disaster Iowa Department of Public Health   If your coalition would like to share documents to serve as a resource for other coalitions, e-mail help@prepareiowa.com using the following subject line: Resources for Coalitions.