| 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 Yehieli
or Gene Lutz at (319) 273-7965. |
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| Completed
Research Projects |
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Survey
and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities
of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2001 |
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Survey
and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities
of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2002 |
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Survey
and Analysis of the Health Needs and Disparities
of the Immigrant Population in Iowa: 2003 |
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Health
Care Attitudes & Service Utilization Among African-Americans
in Waterloo, Iowa (2004) |
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FOCUS
– Finding Our County's Unique Story
Community Needs Assessment |
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A
Strategic Plan to Increase Minorities in the Health
Professions in Iowa |
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Correlation Between
Acculturation And Health Promotion Behavior Among Hispanics/Latinos In Blackhawk County, Iowa
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Continuity And Change: The Mexicana Experience With Health And Healing
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Mercy Medical Center Cultural Competency Assessment and Strategic Plan to Increase Diversity
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America’s Second Harvest National Hunger Study
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| Current
Research Projects |
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| Project
Title |
Project
Location |
Attitudes
Towards Breastfeeding
among African American and Native
American Women |
Black
Hawk & Tama
Counties, IA |
Transnational
Cultural Adaptation and Health Services for
Mexican
Immigrants |
Waterloo
and Storm
Lake, Iowa |
Co-Morbidity
for Mental Health and Substance Abuse of Recent
Immigrants to Iowa |
Waterloo
and Storm
Lake, IA |
| Analysis
of Race and Cultural Traditions and Behaviors
Associated with Sadness and Misery During
the Prenatal Period |
Waterloo
and Muscatine |
| Factors
Associated with Lower Preferences for Back
Sleeping Position among African American and
Hispanic Women |
Waterloo
and Muscatine |
| Multivariate
Relationships among and between Demographic
Variables and Unintended Pregnancy |
Waterloo,
Storm Lake,
Muscatine, Tama, IA |
| Development of the Iowa Minority REACH Network |
State of Iowa |
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Health Education Programs by Planned Parenthood of Greater Des Moines, IA |
Polk County, IA |
| Evaluation
of “Fire Pals” Safety Education
and Injury Prevention Program |
Black
Hawk County, IA |
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