Public Health Advocacy: Lend Your Voice!

IPHA is the voice for public health in Iowa.  This website includes several advocacy tools and resources.  

Click here to learn about the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2010 Public Health Action (PHACT) Campaign to:

• Increase public health funding.
• Support healthy transportation policies.
• Improve child nutrition and wellness policies.

Advocacy Statements of the Iowa Public Health Association

The following resources and tools are provided to help you advocate more effectively.

IPHA 2010 Policy Work

IPHA has created position statements on several public health issues for 2010.  However, the membership and the board of directors have elevated the following issues to priority status:

• Promote Iowa Public Health Modernization
• Protect Essential Public Health Functions during Economic Downturns
• Support Public Health in Health Reform

Click on any issue to download that statement, or click here to download a consolidated booklet of all IPHA 2010 Public Health Policy Statements.

If you prefer, you may download single policy statements below:

• Promote Iowa Public Health Modernization
• Protect Essential Public Health Services during Economic Downturns
• Support Public Health in Health Reform
• Support State and Local Public Health Preparedness Efforts
• Obesity: A Public Health Crisis
• Insurance Coverage for Overweight/Obesity Treatment
• Promote Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs
• Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Public Health
• Promote Access to Oral Health
• Iowa Maternal and Child Health Programs
• Child Care Nurse Consultants
• Motor Vehicle Crashes: Leading Threat to Iowa Teens' Health
• Food Code Enforcement
• Master Matrix Review and Livestock Feeding Operations Setback