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 Welcome to the
official website of the
Iowa Dental Hygienists'
Association
Link to ADHA here for online membership
application.
This site makes information available to dental
hygienists that is critical to your practice in
Iowa.
Our goal is to provide easy access to much
of the information you need to
stay current in daily practice and
membership. If you do not see the information you
need here use the link at the bottom of the page to
contact
us.
Click here to access information on
the public health
supervision collaborative agreements
IDHA is YOUR approved Continuing Education sponsor for
dental hygiene license renewal
Public Health Opportunity:
"Off to a Good Start: Framing Policy
for Early Childhood Health Systems Integration" will be November 12,
2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Science Center in Des Moines,Iowa. The conference brings
together participants who wish to integrate Iowa's health
system for early childhood by identifying and prioritizing key
policy recommendations for the upcoming legislative session.
Health care providers, early childhood
stakeholders, public and community health providers, elected
officials, policy makers and all who are concerned about childhood
health policy should plan to attend. Join us as Debra B. Waldron,
M.D., M.P.H., Director of and Chief Medical Officer, Child Health
Specialty Clinics and Medical Director, Iowa Department of Public
Health offers a keynote address titled: Health Equity, Life Course
Approach, Social Determinants of Health and the Health Practitioner:
Challenges and Opportunities to Address Health
Disparities.
Conference
objectives:
·
Explore how
a health equity, life course, and social determinants of health
approach can strengthen health policy and practice and address
disparities in child health.
·
Review and
develop policy recommendations in light of state and federal actions
and opportunities, with particular attention to addressing
disparities by advancing health equity.
·
Become
familiar with the work of Early Childhood Iowa and its emphasis upon
the health and success of every child within its framework of system
development.
·
Develop
additional recommendations that link health to other aspects of the
overall vision that each child, beginning at birth, is healthy and
successful.
For more information contact Dawn
Gentsch at 515.235.4650 or dawn-gentsch@uiowa.edu Register at www.iowapha.org and click on “Register for
IPHA Sponsored Events”.
Plan to register by November 5, 2009; fee:
$50.00.
If you do not see the information you
need on one of these pages,
please
Complete the form below and
we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for contacting
us.
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