Reflecting on the Summer in Black Hawk County
by Maddie Kemp As I near the end of my time working at Black Hawk County Public Health, I can’t help but think about my experience overall and the wealth […]
Wrapping Up at Children’s Hospital
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 […]
Stepping Out into the Community
by Louise Hyneman This past week I had the opportunity to work more directly with some of the community members the Saint Louis Area Foodbank serves. On Tuesday I assisted […]
Continuing Work at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
by Allyssa Stevens Background Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (CH&MC) is a 145-bed nonprofit facility located in the heart of Omaha, NE. The first Children’s hospital was built in 1948 […]
Summing Up the Nebraska Diabetes Prevention Program Project
by Cheri Farris The first quarterly statewide lifestyle coach call occurred June 20th. We had a great turnout with 22 lifestyle coaches and/or coordinators on the call. We used Go […]
Writing a Health Department’s First Health Equity Policy
by Cora Burgoyne Writing the Health Equity Policy The Unified Government Public Health Department conducted a health equity self-assessment in the fall of 2018. The tool used was the Local […]
Final Days at Generate Health
by Preeti K. Pulluri Hello everyone, I am done with my internship on May 7th 2019 at Generate Health. Let me tell you about the activities I did in the […]
All About SNAP
by Louise Hyneman This past week I continued to work on the SNAP grant to increase the number of eligible seniors who apply for SNAP. One of my responsibilities was […]
Nebraska National Diabetes Prevention Program Statewide Engagement Part 2
by Cheri Farris One of the important activities in the internship placement is to plan and facilitate a minimum of one new National DPP Lifestyle Coach training targeting gap areas […]
Community Health Worker Kick-off Meeting
by Seamus Taylor I am just about two months into my internship with the Iowa Chronic Care Consortium (ICCC) in Des Moines, and I’ve been having a great time! I’ve […]