RESEARCH
Services Available
Iowa Center on Health Disparities conducts a wide variety of research projects on issues affecting the well-being of diverse and underserved populations in Iowa. These research projects include minority health needs assessments, program evaluations, behavioral risk factor surveys, nutrition assessments, community health planning surveys, strategic planning analyses, and many others. The Iowa Center on Health Disparities also offers professional consulting advice and technical assistance to organizations delivering services to, or conducting research on, special populations in Iowa. These special populations can include minorities, refugees, immigrants, farm families, women, children, the elderly, the homeless, people with disabilities, and others with unique health issues and barriers to care. For more information on utilizing research or consulting services with the Iowa Center on Health Disparities, please contact Drs. Michele Devlin or Mark Grey at (319) 273-7965.
 
Completed Research Projects
Survey and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2001
Survey and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2002
Survey and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2003
Health Care Attitudes & Service Utilization Among African-Americans in Waterloo, Iowa (2004)
FOCUS – Finding Our County's Unique Story
Community Needs Assessment
A Strategic Plan to Increase Minorities in the Health
Professions in Iowa
Correlation Between Acculturation And Health Promotion Behavior Among Hispanics/Latinos In Blackhawk County, Iowa
Continuity And Change: The Mexicana Experience With Health And Healing