In partnership with the Polk County Health Department and the Division of STD Prevention of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, DMU recently hosted a panel discussion, “Social Determinants of Health and STD Prevention: A CDC Perspective,” with members from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 100 health care providers and public health professionals came together to fight disparities relating to sexually transmitted disease in their communities.
“I am pleased that we were able to partner with the CDC and Polk County Health Department to offer this valuable public health learning opportunity to our local health care and public health workforce,” says Rachel Reimer, Ph.D., program director, chair and associate professor for the DMU department of public health. “The DMU department of public health strives to offer high-quality continuing education opportunities to our public health partners, and this was a unique and valuable opportunity that I am proud we were able to support.”