142A.7 Initiative components.
1. The initiative shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
a. Youth programs, designed to achieve the initiative’s desired results, that are directed by youth participants for youth.
b. A media, marketing, and communications program to achieve the initiative’s desired results. Advertising shall not include the name, voice, or likeness of any elected or appointed public official or of any candidate for elective office.
c. Independent evaluation of each component of the statewide initiative.
d. Ongoing statewide assessment of data, review of indicators used in assessing the effectiveness of the initiative, and evaluation of the initiative, its programs, and its marketing strategy. The initial baseline used to measure the effectiveness of the initiative shall be developed using existing, available indicators. Following development of the initial baseline, indicators of the effectiveness of the initiative shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis to ensure that the indicators used most accurately provide for measurement of such effectiveness. Primary emphasis in data assessment shall be on data relating to tobacco usage and may include data demonstrating the prevalence of tobacco use among youth and pregnant women, and the prevalence of the use of alcohol and other substances among youth. Sources of data considered shall include but are not limited to the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services and the Iowa youth tobacco survey, and may include the Iowa youth risk survey conducted by the department or the youth risk behavior survey.
e. A tobacco use prevention and control education program.
2. Administrative costs associated with each program of the initiative and program provider shall be established at a reasonable level consistent with effective management practices.
3. Requests for information or for proposals shall emphasize that performance measures are required for any contract or allocation of funding under the initiative.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §7, 17; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §10
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