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Going Bold Iowa! has been selected to participate in the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (NLAPH) program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, associate director of Wellness and Nutrition Policy...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
Don’t take public health for granted and do what you can to stop the spread of COVID-19 Author: Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, PhD, RDN, LD, Harkin Institute Associate Director of Wellness and Nutrition Policy Senator Harkin once said: “We all understand the paradox of...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement surveyed 500 Iowans in December 2019 to gather feedback on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and determine if Iowans favor or oppose changes to SNAP that may influence the purchase...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
In January, The Harkin Institute signed on to the Healthy Meeting Pledge developed by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Participating in this pledge is an opportunity for the Institute to...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
The Harkin Institute’s Associate Director of Wellness and Nutrition Policy, Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, spoke on a panel on October 9, 2019, about leveraging value-based care. The Better Care America event discussed how Iowa’s health care community is...
Institute News, Wellness and Nutrition
At The Harkin Institute, our goal is to facilitate collaborative, high-quality, nonpartisan, multi-disciplinary public policy research and analysis in the area of wellness and nutrition. As part of this goal, we are in the process of creating our third report that...
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