Breadcrumb Home UI partners with Ottumwa to improve rural health Monday, March 2, 2015 http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/news-items/prc-partners-with-ottumwa-to-impr… The University of Iowa Prevention Research Center in the College of Public Health is partnering with the city of Ottumwa, which was chosen for a special community-based research project focused on physical activity.