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- Don't forget!
- Gems
- Grantee Feedback Form
- Call for Abstracts ~ Many Faces of Community Health Conference ~ Due April 16
- Conference ~ Connecting to Transform Communities: Stakeholders in Health & Wellness ~ Minneapolis, Nov 16-17
- Resource ~ Quality Improvement ~ Minnesota Department of Health
- Resource ~ Public Health 101 Series ~ CDC
- Trainings ~ Walk! Bike! Fun! ~ Bike MN
- Report ~ Nutrition-Focused Food Banking ~ Institute of Medicine
- Webinar ~ Smart Fundraising for Healthy Schools ~ Action for Healthy Kids ~ April 21, 2pm
- School Garden 101 ~ U of MN Extension ~ April-May
- Funding Opportunity ~ Communities Eliminating Tobacco Inequities ~ Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Webinar ~ ‘It Takes Faith’ – Addressing Tobacco Use within the Faith Community ~ Faith United Against Tobacco ~ May 13, 12pm & 7pm
- Webinar ~ Addiction, Access, and Action - A Closer Look at Tobacco Use and Substance Abuse Domestically and Globally ~ American Public Health Association ~ TODAY, 1pm
- Webcast ~ Electronic Cigarettes and the Public Health: A Public Workshop ~ FDA ~ June 1 & 2
- Webinar ~ Exploring the Use of Electronic Health Records to Support Tobacco Cessation and Million Hearts ~ ASTHO & NACCHO ~ April 13, 12pm
- Conference ~ Moving Forward Together: Building Healthy Minnesota Communities ~ St Cloud, May 13-14
- Summit ~ GreenSHIP 2015 ~ PartnerSHIP 4 Health ~ Fergus Falls, May 15
- Workshops ~ Agritourism ~ Minnesota Departments of Health & Agriculture
- Webinar ~ The Power of Social Media: Reaching the Prevention Community ~ SAMHSA ~ TODAY, 10am
- Webinar Series ~ Leaders Showcase ~ Minnesota Department of Health
- Listserv ~ Minnesota Metro Smoke Free Housing
- Listserv ~ Minnesota Metro Smoke Free Housing
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Revision
to last week’s Gem regarding Steele County’s Tobacco Free Grounds workstie
policy: Congratulations to Jane Nyquist and the Steele County team for leading the way to
Steele County’s adoption of a Tobacco Free Grounds worksite policy. There
was a unanimous county board vote in favor of the policy on March 17. The
policy will affect over 250 employees and many visitors to county offices. The
policy went into effect March 27. Steele County Public Health is a TFC grantee as part of the Four
Corners Partnership.
March 1 the Wilhite Condominium Association in
Minneapolis voted to adopt a smoke-free policy for their building. The policy
will include e-cigarettes and cover all indoor units without any grandfathering
of existing smokers. Currently the smoke-free condominium movement is gaining
momentum but many smoke-free condominium policies allow smokers to continue
smoking in their units by grandfathering them in. The Wilhite sets a great
example by going completely smoke-free.
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:
Do you have a suggestion or general feedback (good or bad) you would like to share with MDH? If so, you can now submit an online Grantee Feedback Form to OSHII. To access the form, click here.
Tell
your story! We are seeking abstracts for 60-minute oral presentations
describing your practical, tested, culturally appropriate strategies or best
practices that can be implemented by safety net providers.
The 2015 theme is Community
Centered Care and the People We Serve. We will examine new
community care innovations and health care delivery models that promote health
equity, prevent and manage chronic diseases, and assure access for the people
we serve. This year, Many Faces is seeking presenters who can showcase best or
promising practices that others can replicate and can share practical tools,
tips and resources, as well as offer useful information and inspiration.
Click here
to learn more and submit today!
Target Audience:
Stakeholders in health and
wellness, including public health, health care, community and business leaders,
and others interested in improving community health.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify successful and diverse collaborations that improve
population health for all.
- Explore nontraditional innovative approaches to mobilize and
transform communities.
- Discuss strategies to shift values, change
policy-systems-environment, create new narratives and demonstrate impact to
create a sustainable culture of health.
- Strengthen your professional skills and networks to enhance your
success with the real world challenges you face.
Click
to learn more about Connecting to Transform
Communities: Stakeholders in Health & Wellness.
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If you are developing a new
service that you haven’t provided before, why not use the quality planning
approach to build “quality” into this new service? Quality planning is
part of quality management and the first stage of the quality trilogy.
Quality planning begins with identifying both your external and internal
customers and then determining their needs for that particular service.
The next steps are to develop goals that will meet the needs of your customers
and design the service around those customer needs and goals. Then pilot
that service for a period of time while monitoring the results. The next
step is to compare the actual results to the goals. If the service is
meeting the established goals and customer needs, then the service can be fully
implemented. If the service is not meeting the established goals and
customer needs, that is the time to apply the quality improvement
approach. To learn more about quality planning, visit the MDH QI Toolbox
here. For more information, please contact susan.brace-adkins@state.mn.us
or at 651-201-3875.
The Public Health 101 Series provides foundational teaching tools and learning products covering critical sciences essential to public health practice. The fundamental scientific components are wide and varied, spanning topics from the fields of epidemiology, health economics, data management, and laboratory science, to public health policy.
These learning products are designed for:
- Public health professionals
- Persons new to public health
- Public health educators, instructors, or leads in specific fields
- Those interested in pursuing public health careers
Whether you are a seasoned professional with decades of experience looking for PowerPoint presentations to use to teach others the basics or someone new to the field searching for e-learning products to introduce you to public health sciences, the Public Health 101 Series can meet your needs.
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Walk! Bike! Fun! Trainings - space still available! Let your
schools, active living coalitions, afterschool program coordinators, YMCA,
community education, law enforcement and health care facilities know....
The
Institute of Medicine published a perspective paper on nutrition focused food
banking describing how food banks and the Charitable Food System (CFS) have
evolved over the past 40 years. The “Discussion Paper” identifies influences on
the nutritional aspects of the evolution of the CFS and provides a vision for
the food bank network, including recommended steps that would support the CFS
in continued efforts to provide foods of higher nutritional quality. View the report here.
This
webinar will share why healthy fundraising helps to support not only school
activities but also the health of students and families of the school. This
webinar will provide an overview of the Smart Snacks in School rules related to
fundraising, discuss ideas for Fundraising that support a healthy school
environment and share some Success Stories and resources. This webinar will be
archived for those unable to attend the live session and a link to the
recording will be sent to all registrants after the webinar. Click here to register.
Build gardening skills. Get
Minnesota standards curricula. Plan an educational garden.
MPS Culinary and Nutrition
Services is partnering with Hennepin County Master Gardeners to offer this
series of courses to help you start and maintain
a school garden. This class is for school teachers and
staff who will tie garden learning to the classroom and possibly food
to the cafeteria. This is a great course for every gardener-to-be, teachers of
all grade levels, and existing or new school gardens. Gain continuing
education hours while you connect to other schools and build your
skill set for a fantastic garden.
- Dates: April 14, 21, 28, May 5 and
12
- Place: MPS Nutrition Center, 812
Plymouth Ave N, Minneapolis 55411
- Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
- Cost: $10/person
To enroll, please contact: Dixie
Voels, davoels@umn.edu
Questions: Contact Terry
Straub, strau097@umn.edu, 612-596-2130
View the poster and registration
information here.
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The Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has
announced a new funding initiative to support communities working to eliminate
tobacco inequities.
The overall smoking rate in
Minnesota has decreased dramatically in recent years. However, there are
populations that still experience high levels of tobacco use and secondhand
smoke exposure. The goal of this funding is to reduce tobacco use in these populations
by supporting community-driven, culturally specific efforts that will raise
awareness and/or influence organizational policy and local public policy.
This is a two-part RFP. Part one is to solicit proposals
from any interested and eligible organization. The deadline for part one is 3pm on May 6. Blue Cross
will then select organizations it would like to continue through the selection
process. For those organizations, Blue Cross will require additional
application information.
Learn
more
Get more details about the funding
initiative here.
Send questions about this application to prevention.funding@bluecrossmn.com.
The webinar will feature the CDC national
tobacco education campaign – Tips From Former Smokers. You will learn
about the campaign and new resources especially designed for faith leaders and
their communities. You will also hear how Faiths United Against Tobacco engaged
and motivated their communities to adopt healthier lifestyles. Click here to register.
The
American Public Health Association will be celebrating National Public
Health Week by hosting the webinar, Addiction, Access, and Action - A
Closer Look at Tobacco Use and Substance Abuse Domestically and Globally. Space to attend the webinar is limited. To register, click here.
Registration required by May 20. The purpose of
this workshop is to gather scientific information and stimulate discussion
among scientists about e-cigarettes. The focus of this workshop will be the
impact of e-cigarettes on population health.
If you wish to attend the workshop by Webcast, you must register by submitting either an electronic or written request no later than May 20, 2015.
Please submit electronic requests at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CTP-June-Workshop.
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. The use of electronic health records can play an important role in improving health by supporting tobacco cessation efforts.
This webinar will explore and identify opportunities for using electronic health records (EHRs) to improve two of the ABCS of Million Hearts: smoking cessation efforts and improving blood pressure control. Furthermore, we will provide an overview and national perspective of EHR use, state and local examples, and available resources to support these efforts.
The intended audience for this webinar includes state health agencies, local health agencies and community based clinics. Click here to register.
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Please join in for a full day of
programming on May 13 with optional half day pre and post conference workshops
on May 12 and 14. All events take place at the River's Edge Convention Center
in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
- Tuesday, May 12: Pre-Conference Workshop
- Wednesday,
May 13: Learning Days Conference
- Thursday, May 14: Post-Conference Workshop
We will have an informal
meeting/reception for SHIP grantees and partners on Wednesday, May 13,
2015 following the conference event from 5-6:30pm.
To register: https://hchsimlearningdays.org/
There is a nominal fee.
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Please join the third biennial
SHIP/CERTs/GreenStep Cities Summit on Friday, May 15 at Lakes Country Service
Cooperative in Fergus Falls, Minnesota!
There will be networking and strategizing
about the two main points of intersection between the Statewide Health
Improvement Program agenda and the GreenStep Cities agenda -- Complete Streets
and Local Foods!
GreenSHIP 2015 will include a free
healthy lunch and a tour of the Fresh Connect Food Hub, a project of Lakes
Country Service Cooperative, with help from PartnerSHIP 4 Health!
The whole day is free, including
lunch, but we request that you register in advance. Register here.
Are you hosting a pick-your-own day at your apple orchard?
Inviting folks to come out and meet the animals on your farm? Serving cookies
and tea at a field day?
Then you will want to attend one of the Agritourism Workshops put on by the
Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Minnesota Department of Health. Topics
include:
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food licensing and food handling requirements
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freshwater and wastewater issues
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human health issues
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working farm safety issues
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corn maze and corn pit safety issues
You can choose either:
- Wednesday, May 13, 5:30-8:30 pm, Chanhassen
Recreation Center
- Tuesday, May 19, 5:30-8:30 pm, Coon
Rapids Civic Center
For complete details, answers to questions, and directions, click here.
The
webinar, The Power of Social Media: Reaching the Prevention Community, will:
- Present communications trends
and tools, and provide guidance on methods for effectively addressing the
communication challenges of today.
- Provide techniques for how to
promote and participate in online conversations about prevention and
National Prevention Week, and include case studies on how organizations
are already using social media to discuss prevention.
- Help organizations leverage digital tools to ensure
that more individuals and communities alike are promoting the importance
of prevention and helping people lead healthy, productive lives in their
communities.
How to participate in the webinar:
Register
for the Webinar
Join
the Webinar
Dial-In: 1-719-325-2073 / Passcode: 202-756-2428
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Learn about what others are doing across the state!
In this webinar series, your fellow grantees share their work to implement strategies, with a goal of initiating dialogue about successful and innovative approaches, and other areas of excellence. Registration is required for each session individually, click on the links below.
Place-based/Complete Streets | April 10 | 10am
Community Partnerships | April 13 | 11am
You can find the slides from the earlier webinars on Basecamp.
Are
you a grantee who is working on smoke free housing in the metro area? Are you
interested in connecting with other TFC, SHIP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and
Clearway grantees who are also working on smoke free housing in the metro area?
If yes, subscribe to the Minnesota Metro Smoke Free Housing Listserv: mn_sfmuh_listserv@mail-list.com.
You will receive resources, meeting opportunities, and be able to post
questions and share information.
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Are
you a grantee who is working on smoke free housing in the metro area? Are you
interested in connecting with other TFC, SHIP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and
Clearway grantees who are also working on smoke free housing in the metro area?
If yes, subscribe to the Minnesota Metro Smoke Free Housing Listserv: mn_sfmuh_listserv@mail-list.com.
You will receive resources, meeting opportunities, and be able to post
questions and share information.
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