Iowa Public Health Association

9/18/23

Why I Advocate for Heart Disease Preventive Strategies

7/11/23

Disability Rights Attorney Shares What Iowans Should Know About Medicaid

5/18/23

7 insights gained through a nonprofit merger

Foundation grants

11/17/22

Community-Based Participatory Research: What to Know

10/3/22

How empathy is a part of systems-change work

9/2/22

4 ways to measure system-change progress

5/31/22

5 reasons why youth should lead systems-change work

5/5/22

4 insights from researching housing instability in central Iowa

3/3/22

7 lessons learned from Sesame Street partnership

Foundation grants

1/31/22

4 questions for nonprofit and community leaders

11/8/21

5 ways to think about your personal brand as a part of your work

Leadership

11/1/21

7 lessons learned about systems change work

9/9/21

The Foundation's role in the HealthConnect Fellowship

9/8/21

Vision vs. Tactics: How we can achieve the change we want to see

2/22/21

System-change achievements advocates are making for central Iowa’s kids

2/1/21

3 questions to reshape your policy agenda

10/30/20

Lessons in preventing burnout

7/13/20

What the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about system change

5/10/20

What we should do about COVID-19 racial disparities in Iowa

5/6/20

5 lessons learned in building the village of support for early-grade reading

2/10/20

How my advocacy work became personal

1/6/20

Exploring a new use for the Count the Kicks app through fellow connections

12/2/19

One voice for a children’s mental health system

11/15/19

Persistence for quality health care

11/14/19

Who's at your table?

11/13/19

Putting the pieces together for children to learn

Partnerships

11/9/19

Housing code for healthier lives

11/7/19

Connecting systems, connecting families

11/4/19

Transforming practices to prevent trauma before birth

10/31/19

4 skills to being an effective leader in advocacy

8/23/19

The power is in the partnership

7/31/19

Mobilizing the political will to develop a children's mental health system in Iowa

8/3/18

The power of positive stressors

7/12/18

Together, inching closer to a tipping point on children's issues

5/22/18

Long-haul Advocacy: Adopting a long-term, sustained advocacy approach to effective child health systems change

3/29/18

When you have that "aha" moment, there's no going back

10/23/17

Decision-makers arent' acting as we'd like: Three reasons

10/23/17

I have a dream... and an action plan

10/23/17

The teachers will learn and the students will teach

Partnerships

10/23/17

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The Economic Realities of Communities of Color in Iowa

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Economic Burden of Health Inequities in the U.S.

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2023 County Health Rankings National Findings Report

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Graphic on Equality vs. Equity

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Q&A: REED partners share the power in holding space for rest, healing, collective learning

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The Better Arguments Project

Basic Income Projects Improve Well-Being

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2021 Community Health Needs Assessment

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The Link Between Stillbirth & Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Firsthand Accounts from American Women

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Communicating about Health Equity

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Strengths of Latinx Immigrants Despite Legal Violence

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Why building community power is vital for philanthropy

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Surgeon General's Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health

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A Caring, Connected Community: How Greater Des Moines nonprofits met our needs during the pandemic

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The Intersection of Racial Injustice and Youth Health in Central Iowa

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Champions for Change: A Collective Commitment to Children's Health

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Why aren't kids a policy priority?

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Study: Impact of neighborhood disadvantage on a child’s brain

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The United States Prosperity Index 2021

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Make It Okay messaging in multiple languages

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Harkin on Wellness Report 2021

Article

8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits

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Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy to Shift Power Back to Communities

Guide

Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

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The Harwood Institute

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Frameworks Institute: Changing the conversation on social issues

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Framing best practices with Topos Partnership

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Systems Change & Deep Equity

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Iowa Coalition for Collective Change

Grassroots

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Cultivating Change: How the HealthConnect Fellowship lifted a network of advocates to improve children's health in central Iowa

Report

Shifting the Lens: How The ACE Study sparked action to collectively improve our community's health

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National Academy of Medicine

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Grant Makers in Health

Guide

Results-Based Accountability Implementation Guide

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Healthy People 2030

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ACEs Connection

Grassroots

White Paper

Understanding the Upstream Social Determinants of Health

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Addressing Patients' Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment

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Innovations in Health Equity and Health Philanthropy

Website

Centers for Disease Control

White Paper

Prenatal Strategies to Support Families

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United Way Community Impact Report

Partnerships

Report

1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative 2020 Report

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2020 One Economy: The Blueprint for Action

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Human Trafficking Awareness for Youth

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Mental and Sexual Health Education for Youth

Report

Teen Substance Use and Abuse

Policy Brief

Strengthening Medicaid

Website

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

Report

2020 Iowa ACEs Report

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Al Exito Mental Health Study

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CAMHI4Kids Children's Mental Health System

Policy Brief

Transforming Iowa's Foster Care System to Support Kinship Caregiving

Website

Community Catalyst System of Advocacy

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The Water of Systems Change