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Important Reminder: If you register for the event after September 20th, we cannot guarantee the lunch item you pick will be the item you receive. 

Gaining Ground Together: Making Iowa Phabulous

  • March 05, 2015
  • 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Cherokee

GAINING GROUND TOGETHER:  MAKING IOWA PHABULOUS

* Regional Training Locations *

The Iowa Environmental Health Association (IEHA) is a partner organization in the Iowa Public Health Gaining Ground Coalition (IPHGCC). Environmental Health has a critical role the demonstrating a local or state capacity to meet the Public Health Standards and Measures as established by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). IEHA encourages Environmental Health Professionals to be engaged in this national accreditation process. Please considering joining your peers in Public Health and enroll in this introductory FREE workshop: 

 “Gaining Ground Together: Making Iowa PHABulous!”

 
Click here to view and share the workshop flyer.
 
 Register online here.

Who should attend? Representatives of local public health agencies empowered to effect change in their organizations (administrator, manager, planner, and environmental health).


What will be covered?
History of the evolution toward accreditation in Iowa and nationally.
Determining readiness.
IPHGG resources (online, webinars, additional training and more).
Getting to yes!

 
Questions? Contact IPHGGC Coordinator, Jill Roeder, at iphggc@gmail.com.
 
 
Background: Iowa has actively been working to address the performance of the governmental public health system since 2004. In 2014, a coalition of partner organizations received the Gaining Ground grant from the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI). Gaining Ground is a two-year effort that seeks to catalyze national accreditation readiness and performance and quality improvement among local, tribal and state health departments in Iowa. The Iowa Public Health Association (IPHA) serves as the fiscal agent for this grant project.


Coalition partners include:
Iowa Counties Public Health Association
Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa Environmental Health Association
Iowa Public Health Association
Public Health Advisory Council
Midwestern Public Health Training Center

*Financial support for these workshops is provided through the Gaining Ground grant from the National Network for Public Health Institutes. Additional support for lunch is provided by the Iowa Department of Public Health.
     
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