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Community response

Topics feature the type of work and approach for improving children’s health.

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Centering People in Community Planning

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Launching the Basic Income Pilot with Community

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Working together to improve housing is leading to better health outcomes.

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Zeroing in on Health Needs

A needs assessment of Oakridge Neighborhood residents is informing ways to improve health and well-being

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Doula Care Becomes Essential Health Care

An Iowa Doula Project is expanding community-based health care to improve Black maternal health outcomes.

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Improving Health through Community Advocacy

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Media's Role in Improving Health

How support to Iowa Public Radio is building awareness of factors that influence well-being

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Latinx Project Tells Story of Strength and Opportunity

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Improving Health through Social Supports

MercyOne's community health worker model improves outcomes for families.

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Elevating the Latinx Community

How nonprofit leaders brought attention to the Latinx community and built new systems of support during the pandemic

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Central Iowa Youth Drive Change for Better Health

uVoice high school students commit to learning about and addressing issues, including vaping and racial justice, in central Iowa.

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How Youth Are Driving Community Efforts to End Homelessness

dsm Magazine features a unique collaboration that is engaging youth who’ve experienced homelessness in identifying new solutions to address this issue in central Iowa.

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A New Approach to Supporting Youth in Juvenile Detention

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