Do you have a resource or success story (“gem”) to share for a future issue? Submissions for each week’s Thursday publication are due by noon every Tuesday to Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us or community specialists for:
Position vacancy announcement for MDH Physical Activity Unit
Supervisor – this position is responsible for supervising the Physical Activity
Unit within the Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives (OSHII).
Applications are being accepted for all qualified job
seekers including internal bids and external applicants. The posting is open through midnight on 08/19/2015.
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The Minnesota HIA Coalition is sponsoring the first statewide conference for Health Impact Assessments in Minnesota. The Conference will be held November 16 & 17, 2015 in Minneapolis. Click here for details.
In Part II of this two-part series, presenters will share
strategies for managing established community coalitions and how coalitions can
address health equity. Presenters will share ideas on how to overcome language
barriers across sectors, how to sustain buy-in, how to effectively share
results with key stakeholders, and how to engage vulnerable populations.
Presenters will discuss strategies to increase participation and effectiveness
of your coalition, including assessing alignment of purpose and membership.
Presenters will also share effective management steps that support sustainable
coalitions. Click here
to register for this webinar.
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Registration is now open!
Planning and Health: A Dialogue for Action | Sept 23
MN APA Conference 23-25th
Materials for starting your own farm to preschool mini-grant
program are now available here.
Providing seed funding and technical assistance to early care and education
programs can jump start farm to preschool in your region. Based on
Ecotrust’s 2014 mini-grant program, this toolkit contains a
collection of customizable Word templates for developing a mini-grant
application, selecting grantees, establishing a peer-to-peer network among
grantees, and conducting evaluation and reporting.
All components of this toolkit are available as downloadable
Word documents here.
This toolkit provides a model structure that could be
adapted to meet SHIP requirements for healthy eating in child care. If you’d
like to discuss this possibility, contact Joyce O’Meara.
International Walk to
School Day is a one-day event occurring during Walk to School Month in October
that encourages and celebrates walking to school. This webinar will offer tips
and tools to use in planning your walk or bike to school day week, or month
campaign, and throughout the school year. Whether this is your first time
coordinating a Walk to School Day event, or whether you’re a Walk to School Day
pro looking for fresh tips and ideas, the Safe Routes to School National
Partnership and our partners are here to help you incorporate the 6 E’s and
ensure your most successful event yet! Click here to register.
Proposals to
present at the Winter Cycling Congress 2016
are now being accepted. The Winter Cycling Congress will be held February 2-4 in the
Twin Cities. The congress is a three-day event
uniting an international and multidisciplinary group of professionals who
are working to increase cycling and walking among people of all ages
and abilities all year-round. Click here for more information.
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Updated information and references on
high-priority topics such as ENDS use patterns, health effects, marketing, and
policy implications. Click here.
For back-to-school season, NCI’s Smokefree Teen
site is launching an update of the quitSTART app, with badges, crave and slip
tips, inspirational quotes, games, and progress tracking to help teens quit.
The Center for Public Health
Systems Science is pleased to release its latest product from the Advancing
Science and Policy in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) project. The report
details experiences from the 2014 pilot of the Standardized Tobacco Assessments
for Retail Settings (STARS) tool in four states: Indiana, Oregon, Texas, and
Vermont. Though STARS was released only one year ago, communities in at least
half of the 50 states are now using the assessment tool to build awareness,
compare tobacco's presence across neighborhoods, and gather evidence to support
local and state tobacco control policies. To read the report, click here.
Will
spotlight historical information and new trends related to place-based health
equity measures to reduce tobacco use, increase cancer screening opportunities
and highlight case studies that address health equity. There is no cost to
attend, but pre-registration is required. More information here.
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Seeking to support
chronically underfunded segments of our nation’s public health system, The
Foundation for the Public’s Health launched Tuesday with an ambitious agenda
aimed at creating a new model of support for local health departments.
The Foundation will serve county and city health departments, providing
financial and consulting assistance to public health projects as well as
educational opportunities in fund development. Click here for more information.
The
Minnesota Department of Health is using the State Fair as a way to spark a
conversation about healthy communities and what people can do to create health
in their community.
MDH’s booth
at the State Fair, which takes place Aug. 27-Sept. 7, will feature the theme
“Picture a healthier community.” The booth is located in the Education
Building.
The goal is help
build more understanding on how good health is created long before we go to the
doctor’s office. It’s created where we live, work, learn and play.
MDH will be
using social media to help generate conversation, plus encourage people to stop
by the booth during the fair. Visitors will be encouraged to take a photo in
front of a large photo frame, with a pre-printed sign or white board with a
short message that shows one change that would support better health in their
community.
The campaign
is also an opportunity for you to start the conversation on social media about
what work you’ve done locally to support healthier communities. Watch for posts
on MDH’s social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook starting next week.
If you’re at
the State Fair, stop by and say hello!
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Aug 13 | 9am | Rochester
Aug 13 | 8:30am | Redwood Falls
Aug 17 | 8:30am | Sauk Rapids
Sept 23 | 8am | Bemidji
Save the Date for the October Making it Better Regional Learning Meetings.
Topics: Community Engagement, Health Care, Call it Quits-Tobacco Quit Line & Workplace Wellness
October 6 | Detroit Lakes
October 13 | Duluth
October 15 | Marshall
October 20 | Metro
October 27 | Rochester
Save the date: SHIP School Coordinators Kick-Off
Minnesota Department of Education- Room CC-13, 1500 Highway 36 W, Roseville, MN 55113 Directions: click here or visit MDE home page as Map quest directs to the wrong location.
With the timeline of SHIP 4 starting in November and school starting in September a convening of SHIP school coordinators will be taking place. This recommended training will provide engagement and implementation skills that are needed to engage existing and new partners in a timely manner. Please note, the agenda with more detailed information is available on Basecamp. Topics to be covered include: SHIP 4 activities, data sources, and a training of trainers in using the WellSat 2.0. Please try to join us for this informative, interactive workshop. This training is intended for local public health staff who will be working with school partners throughout the grant cycle of SHIP 4. If you have any questions, please email Terri.Swartout@state.mn.us . Register here.
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The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) are collaborating to accelerate the
development of a national framework to improve Native American nutrition. This
announcement follows the launch in March of Seeds of Native Health, the Minnesota
tribe's initiative to improve Native American nutrition, and the recent release
of Feeding Ourselves, a new report
detailing the grave dietary crisis facing many Native American communities
Through Voices for Healthy Kids, a joint
initiative of the American Heart Association and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, communities across the country are mobilizing to increase access to
healthy foods and safe places to be active. The two organizations recently
commissioned Feeding Ourselves, a comprehensive report that examines the
barriers to food access and their link to health disparities in Indian Country.
The report found that Native Americans are twice as likely as the rest of the
U.S. population to experience nutrition-related health problems.
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