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Johnson County Public Health to hire health-promotion specialist to carry tobacco program into four-county region
Summary
Public Health requested a new health-promotion specialist position so the county can continue a tobacco-prevention contract being administered through the Iowa Primary Care Association; county staff said the hire will serve multiple counties under reimbursement and that the role is largely revenue-neutral under the contract.
Johnson County Public Health told supervisors June 25 it will add a health-promotion specialist position to carry part of the county’s tobacco program into a new four‑county service area under a contract administered by the Iowa Primary Care Association (IPCA).
Why: The state’s recent behavioral-health regional changes moved responsibility for certain tobacco-program contracts into regional administration. Public Health Director Danielle Pettit Majeski said the county signed a contract by the June 20 deadline to continue providing…
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