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January 28, 2016

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In This Week's Issue

• Don't forget!
• Physical Activity Leader (PAL) training
• Getting Started in Retail Food Assessment
• Apply now for Active Places funding!
• Promoting Health Equity conference registration
• Correction: SHIP report link
• Trainings approved for SHIP Child Care Strategies
• SHIP 4 Webinar: Listen to the recorded session
• Point of Sale 101 from Tribal and Urban American Indian Grantees

Don't forget!

• Physical Activity Leader (PAL) training. Sessions, which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will be held Feb. 5 ~ in Roseville; Feb. 26 ~ in Bemidji; March 11 in Winona.   
  

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:

• SHIP  Meredith Ahlgren, Allison Heinzeller, Jessica Smith or Dan Taylor
• Tobacco Pa Khang
• American Indian LaRaye Anderson or Sarah Brokenleg
• Community Wellness Rachel Mahon Bosman

No announcements this week.

Physical Activity Leader (PAL) training

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 5, Minnesota Department of Education, Roseville

Join MDH staff for Physical Activity Leader (PAL) training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 5 in Conference Room 15-16 at the Minnesota Department of Education,1500 Highway 36, Roseville. Registration and directions are available either on the PDF announcement in the school document section of Basecamp or by contacting mary.thissen-milder@state.mn.us.

Getting Started in Retail Food Assessment

Friday, March 18, 2016 at 8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m., American Lung Association, St. Paul

Grantees from the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) and Community Wellness Grant (CWG) will learn how to assess and improve the food environment in corner stores, grocery stores and restaurants. Together grantees will solidify their understanding of how the food environment can influence healthy and unhealthy food choices, how to assess retail food environments utilizing a new software tool available to them (Store Audit Center), and how to best use this data to activate community-driven change. Click here to register.

Apply now for Active Places funding!

The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has announced that applications for funding for Active Places demonstration projects are being accepted. Active Places demonstration projects are temporary, low-cost projects that aim to build momentum for future, long-term changes within a community.

To qualify for funding, projects must make a community more accessible to all types of physical activity, including walking and biking. Active Places demonstration projects could include popup parks, temporary “bumpouts” at busy intersections and temporary plaza/gathering spaces. To apply for the Active Places funding and review the required materials, visit the Available Funding page.

An optional webinar, which will offer details about demonstration project options and a question-and-answer session, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 27. The webinar will not include contract requirement information. Applicants are strongly encouraged to participate. Call-in sessions are also available for applicants who can’t participate in the webinar. For more information, visit Available Funding page. 

 No announcements this week.

Promoting Health Equity conference registration

 May 5-7, The Commons Hotel, Minneapolis

Registration is now open for the “Promoting Health Equity: Engage. Inform. Act” conference, which focuses on building and showcasing partnerships, research, programs, and policies to promote health equity across the region.

The conference is open to community organizations, community members, public health and health care practitioners, and researchers who are seeking partnerships to resolve health inequities. Click here to register. 

Correction: SHIP report link

There was an incorrect link in last week’s newsletter to the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) Report to the Legislature. The correct link is here: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/ship/docs/SHIP-Leg-Report.pdf

We apologize for the error.

Trainings approved for SHIP Child Care Strategies

Several child care trainings are available and have met MDH’s criteria for use in SHIP 4. All are approved by the Minnesota Center for Professional Development and are offered at various times through Child Care Aware, the child care resource and referral system. Most trainings can also be applied toward Parent Aware; search for individual courses on www.developtool.org for confirmation. Click here to learn more about these trainings. 

SHIP 4 Webinar: Listen to the recorded session

If you missed it or would like to refer back, you can access the Jan. 26 SHIP 4 Application Revisited webinar here.  

Point of Sale 101 from Tribal and Urban American Indian Grantees

8 a.m.-2 p.m. March 15, American Lunch Association, St. Paul

Tribal grantees are invited to learn the basics of the Point of Sale strategy from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 15 at the American Lung Association, 490 Concordia Ave., St. Paul. The program will review commercial tobacco prevention and control efforts, provide information on how the commercial tobacco industry tries to influences tribes, present an argument on why the retail environment matters and how point of sale impacts youth and adult tobacco use influences behaviors. It will also include POS policy options. Registration is free and lunch is included. Parking is also free. Space is limited. For more information or to register, click here.

No announcements this week.

No announcements this week.