(K-2) The Power of Partnership to Improve Outcomes: Three Years of Using a Community Engaged Approach to Evaluation in the Iowa 1st Five Program

Monday, March 9, 2026

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

Location: Meeting Room 6

Poster Presenter(s)

Neil A. Rowe, PhD

Associate Researcher Senior
University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research
Ames, Iowa

Co-author(s)

Oliva Landon, MS (she/her/hers)

Associate Researcher
Center for Public Partnership and Research, Indiana
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Alexis K. Tibbits, BA

Research Project Coordinator
KU Center for Public Partnerships and Research
Lawrence, Kansas
Gabrielle C. Kline, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Researcher
University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research
Amy Robak, BSW (she/her/hers)

Community Health Consultant
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Des Moines, Iowa
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Megan Jensen

Iowa

This poster presentation examines three years of using a community engaged approach to evaluation for the 1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative. This approach focused on process improvement with results informing future work and actionable changes such as updated staff guidance, data system improvements, and referral form revisions. The poster will detail how results of these were used to inform subsequent work and develop a new referral form that is improving program outcomes.