Iowa Health Focus is the primary IDPH newsletter. It is read by local and state public health professionals, policymakers, advocates, health care providers, educators and others. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: join-iahealthfocus@lists.ia.gov.
Current Issue
September/October 2012 
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- IDPH highlights safety, health at Iowa farm progress show
- New tracking system to help close environmental health gap
- Forums share efforts to strengthen Iowa’s largest workforce
- Register now for the “Next Step” challenge
- Health and wellness event includes Nadas performance
- More Americans stay active by walking
- Survey: Iowa’s children are healthy, feel safe
Archive Issues
July/August 2012
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- Event focuses on health effects of adverse childhood experiences
- Easy-to-use immunization registry enhances patient communication
- Efficiency, patient security focus of Iowa e-Health pilot projects
- I-Smile now on Facebook
- Iowa participates in world’s largest swim lesson
- Cell phones, weighting methodology changes BRFSS rates
- Colorectal surgeon urges patients to get screened
- Sioux County aims to reduce distracted driving
- Laboratory responds to largest fire in county history
- Pilot projects to prepare for physician competency system
- Youth survey reveals progress and challenges
- Seek S.H.A.D.E this summer
- County partners with Biggest Loser contestants
- Vital signs: prescription painkiller overdoses
May/June 2012
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- Healthy Iowans 5-year health improvement plan released
- "Body and Soul" train-the-trainer session
- Ringgold County tobacco prevention featured in online film series
- Agricultural Medicine Course, June 11-15
- Most health departments now use e-mail
- How do you write for social media?
- ‘Weight of the Nation’ documentary to premiere May 14 & 15
- Lung cancer highlighted in ‘Cancer in Iowa: 2012’ report
- Iowa counties honored for public health excellence
- Iowa hospitals prove patient safety is a priority
- New campaign fights synthetic drug use
- Report identifies key obesity-prevention strategies
- Iowa Adverse Childhood Experiences Summit, June 11, 2012
March/April 2012
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- Draft 5-year health improvement plan coming March 19
- Healthy Iowans identifies 39 critical health needs
- Let’s Move! celebrated in DSM with more than 10,000 children
- IDPH, partners provide healthy options to 7,000 employees
- More Iowa kids living in high-poverty communities
- Report shows measurable success of I-Smile program
- Multiple partners observe Problem Gambling Awareness Week
- Surgeon general: more than 3.6 million kids smoke
- “MyPlate” focus of national nutrition campaign
- ASTHO profiles state and territorial public health
- Save the Date: Healthy Lifestyle Conference
- Abbreviated dialing codes help Iowans find resources
- IOM releases obesity prevention workshop report
- Vital Signs: Stopping C. difficile infections
- Healthy Iowa Worksites Invitation
Jan/Feb 2012
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- Survey reveals mixed bag of good, poor health
- Blog launched for a “new public health”
- Data needs assessment prepares for warehouse expansion
- Provider referrals to Quitline increase nearly 70 percent
- I-WALK pilot project builds partnerships
- Campaign targets binge, underage drinking
- Live Healthy Iowa to include corporate challenge
- Hospital readmissions-a personal reflection and professional response
- IDPH programs win at national communications competition
- Iowa ranks 8th in nation for e-prescribing
- New occupational safety materials available
Nov/Dec 2011
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- Public health partners with Healthiest State Initiative
- IDPH welcomes new deputy director
- Linn, Page counties to pilot accreditation process
- Shaken baby syndrome prevention efforts recognized
- Iowa hospitals honored as “Most Wired”
- Sexual assault examination provider guide updated
- Health care-associated infections declined in 2010
- Most Iowans say they gamble
- Five-year cancer plan released
- Facebook page launched to prevent youth addiction
- IDPH staffer receives award for keeping kids safe
Sept/Oct 2011
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- Branstad launches Healthiest State Initiative
- More than 60,000 reports comprise disease summary
- What are Iowa’s critical health needs?
- Local boards of health recognized
- Webinar: Walking Works for Schools, Sept. 14
- Multi-agency response plans tested in Black Hawk County
- Latest state data show obesity rate rising
- Capacity tracking system to go live Oct. 1
- Iowa above national average for nursing babies
- Submit your abstract by Oct. 7
- Iowa Health Fact Book 2011 profiles health and behavior of Iowans
- Safeguard Iowa Partnership hosts Prepare Fair, Oct. 8
July/August 2011
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- CHNA submissions analyzed in first-ever report
- Progress on Healthy Iowans continues
- IDPH responds to flooding in Western Iowa
- Iowa Public Health Standards revised
- Help spread word about lead-safe renovation requirements
- Tobacco reduction takes public-private partnerships
- Health IT baseline assessment released
- Local partners benefit from volume contracting
- “State of Weight” event, September 28
- Team Voices: Bureau of HIV, STD, and Hepatitis
- Nine percent of Iowans aged 50+ report cognitive impairment
- Cognitive Impairment Webinar, July 27
- CDC identifies top 10 public health achievements
- IPHA recruits for nine AmeriCorps projects
- CDC Vital Signs: Colorectal Cancer
- Lyme disease is more common closer to home
