Dr. Nalo Johnson, pictured, has been named as the new president and CEO of Mid-Iowa Health Foundation, the organization announced today. Johnson will succeed Su
The Iowa Department of Public Health is beginning a statewide survey to gather input for its maternal health strategic plan. Its focus is to reduce health disparities.
A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest from Monday:
NOMINEES SOUGHT: Volunteer Iowa is accepting nominations for its 2021 Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame Awards.
Nominations must be submitted online or postmarked by June 30. Honorees will be recognized during a special ceremony at the Capitol this fall.
Details and nomination materials are online at volunteeriowa.org/hof.
Induction into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame is the highest state-level honor volunteers can receive. People selected have changed the community, state, nation or world through the gifts of their time and talent.
Any Iowa individual, national service member (current or alum), family, group, organization, nonprofit, business or corporation that has made a long-lasting positive and meaningful difference in the lives of people through their volunteer service activities may be nominated for the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame.
The age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Black people in Iowa is more than 25% greater than it is for white Iowans.
Report co-author Mary Charlton, professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health, says the numbers are adjusted for age, Black Iowans are more apt to get cancer when they’re younger, whereas white Iowans are more likely to get it when they’re older.
“When examining rates by age at diagnosis, we found that in the 60- to 69-year-old age group the Black population had an age-adjusted new case rate that was 33% higher than the white population. The cancer incidence rates became more similar in the older age groups. This shows how cancer impacts the Black population in Iowa at younger ages.”
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