College of Public Health

Policy

Our policy resources include templates, policy briefs and a communications guide.

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Child Maltreatment Prevention: Policies Increasing Eligibility for Child Care Subsidies

Policy brief

June 2022

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Child Maltreatment Prevention: Accessibility of Victims Services

Policy brief

June 2022

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Elementary School Teacher And Male Pupil Drawing Using Digital Tablet In Classroom

Child Maltreatment Prevention: School-based Recognition and Response Training Policies

Policy brief

June 2022

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In-person License Renewal: An Important Tool to Identify Older Adults with Reduced Driving Abilities and Improve Road Safety

Policy brief

January 2021

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Firework Injuries Remain High in Years After Legalization: A Two-year Follow-up

Policy Brief

May 2021

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Policy and Program Recommendations to reduce Overdose Deaths in Rural Iowa

Policy and Program recommendations to Reduce Overdose Deaths in Rural Iowa

Report

February 10, 2020

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Writing & Disseminating Policy Briefs: A Communications Guide for Injury Researchers & Practitioners

Writing and Disseminating Policy Briefs: A Communications Guide for Injury and Violence Researchers and Practitioners

Policy brief guide

2019

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Transporation and Rural Road Safety: A Summary of Our Work

Handout

March 2019

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Farmer in tractor preparing farmland with seedbed for the next year

Agricultural Safety: A Summary of Our Work

Handout

March 2019

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Pediatric Injury Prevention: A Summary of Work at the University of Iowa

Handout

September 2019

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Inventory of Iowa Opioid Policies and Programs

Inventory

2019

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Strategies to End Fatal Bicycle Crashes in Iowa: Policy, Legislative, and Infrastructure Solutions

Policy Brief

2018

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Addressing the Growing Opioid Crisis: A Summary of Opioid Work

Handout

May 2018

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Highschool students running in park

Iowa’s Anti-Bullying Law: Is it Working?

Policy Brief

2018

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Improving Trauma Care and Saving Lives in Iowa

Handout

May 2018

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The Prescription Opioid Crisis: Policy and Program Recommendations to Reduce Opioid Overdose and Deaths in Iowa

Report

August 1, 2017

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Anti-bullying Laws in 25 States: What is Effective?

Policy Brief

October 2017

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Fireworks over trees

Legal Consumer Fireworks in Iowa Corresponds with a Dramatic Uptick in Injuries

Policy Brief

October 2017

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Corporate Workplace Violence: What are Current Responses?

Policy Brief

January 2017

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Cost of Sexual Violence in Iowa

Policy Brief

April 2012

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Sad hopeless black woman sit alone at home feeling depressed

Costs of Sexual Violence in Iowa

Report

2009

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Workplace violence/ graphic of face and hand

Workplace Violence: A Report to the Nation

Report

2001

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