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November 5, 2015

Current and archived issues available at www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/log

 

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In This Week's Issue

 
 

Don't Forget!

Thursday, Nov. 5 ~ Mankato

Friday, Nov. 6 ~ Minneapolis

Monday, Nov. 9 ~ Brainerd


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:

 
 
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Conference Calls for SHIP Grantees ~ Engaging Community Leadership Teams

Moving into SHIP 4, Jeannette Raymond (SHIP Community Engagement TA Coordinator) will host a conference call every other month on Community Leadership Teams.  The purpose is to support SHIP grantees’ work with community leadership teams – both by presenting content and by creating a time for grantees to share successes and get suggestions on how to engage with CLT's and deal with challenges.

The first call is scheduled for November 23 from 3 to 4 p.m.  Some initial content will be shared and then we will  focus on what will make these calls beneficial to SHIP grantees. We'll also check in to see if conferencing every other month is sufficient.

If you would like to receive an outlook meeting invitation to place these calls on your calendar – please send an e-mail to Jeannette.Raymond@state.mn.us.  Announcement in advance of each call will be placed on Basecamp.  If you have current questions about CLT’s or content suggestions for the calls, please call me at 651.201.3885.

2016 dates: January 25, March 28, May 23, July 25, September 26, and November 28  from 3-4 pm

 
 
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New Report ~ The Ecology of a Statewide Food Network ~ U of MN Extension

A new report from the University of Minnesota Extension is now available: Cultivating Action: The Ecology of a Statewide Food Network

This final report from the University of Minnesota Extension Health and Nutrition team features key activities of statewide food networks. The report includes challenges these networks face and best practices to cultivate collective action.

One outcome of this research so far is that it has informed the development of the Minnesota Food Charter Network, an emerging statewide food network, rooted in Minnesota Food Charter strategies, that supports and fosters shared action towards healthy food access for all. While this report was developed after interviews with 15 statewide food networks, the opportunities, challenges, and best practices offer excellent lessons and considerations for any local or regional network.

Please help disseminate this report to your community partners and networks, especially this week, in preparation for the Food Access Summit in Duluth, November 8-10. Extension would like to hear your feedback and reflections on this report.  Send comments to Stephanie Heim at heim0106@umn.edu

To connect with your Regional Health and Nutrition Extension Educators click here.

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Safe Routes to School Newsletter ~ MnDOT ~ Now Available

A new SRTS newsletter is now available.  Volume 2 covers news from the Walk and Bike to School Day, an introduction to the new coordinator, and information on current grants. 

To be notified when new newsletters are posted, please join the MnDOT SRTS email list.

For more information, visit www.mnsaferoutestoschool.org

 
 
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Menthol Cigarette Intervention Grant recipient announced

The 2015 Menthol Cigarette Intervention Grant, a two-year, $200,000 project, was awarded to Hennepin County Public Health, in collaboration with the Minneapolis Department of Health, Saint Paul-Ramsey Public Health, and Bloomington Public Health (serving Bloomington, Edina and Richfield), for the period of 11/1/2015 through 10/31/2017.

In May 2015, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill with a provision requiring the Minnesota Department of Health to fund a one-time grant of $200,000 through the Statewide Health Improvement Program. The law requires the grant be used to “engage members of the African American community and community-based organizations to implement strategies and interventions to reduce the disproportionately high usage of cigarettes by African Americans, especially the use of menthol-flavored cigarettes…”

Learn more about the 2015 Menthol Cigarette Intervention Grant

Webinar ~ Social Smoking Among Young Adults ~ Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and Truth Initiative ~ Nov. 10, 1pm

Webinar: The Truth About Social Smoking Among Young Adults. This webinar will describe unique features of young adult social smokers and trends in social smoking in the U.S.; discuss the social contexts in which social smoking is initiated and fostered among young adults and consider implications of this behavior; and understand how the social context of tobacco use varies by type of tobacco product.

Article ~ Social Factors for Rural, Low-Income Women Who Smoke ~ Public Health Nursing

Social Factors Related to Smoking Among Rural, Low-Income Women: Findings From a Systematic Review. Social support received from an individual's social network was viewed as most beneficial when considering or maintaining smoking cessation.

Article ~ Menthol Cigarette Marketing ~ Tobacco Control

How the industry is marketing menthol cigarettes: the audience, the message and the medium. The tobacco industry continues to spend millions of dollars promoting menthol cigarettes through channels that preferentially target vulnerable subgroups, such as African-Americans and younger consumers.

 
 

No events this week. 

 
 
SHIP GRANTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Webinar ~ SHIP 4 School Requirements ~ Data Use

SHIP Schools Monthly Webinar: Tuesday, November 17, 2:30-3:30 pm

The focus of this webinar will be on SHIP 4 School Requirements and how to use data effectively.

This webinar will review what was presented at the Schools SHIP 4 kick off workshop that was held on September 16th.  If you were not able to attend the workshop it is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED that you prioritize this webinar.  Registration for the webinar will be available next week in the LOG and on Basecamp. 

 
 
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Lower Souix Community Receives Tobacco Disparities Grant through BCBS

Congratulations to the Lower Sioux Community for receiving the Communities Eliminating Tobacco Disparities Grant through Blue Cross Blue Shield!

The goal of the BCBS grant is to create a social environment that supports people living free of commercial tobacco use, incorporate physical activity and healthy eating as alternatives, expand prohibition of commercial tobacco use at indoor/outdoor settings and events, and institute a reduction and moratorium of tribal retail commercial tobacco locations.

 
 
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