- Today ~ Dec. 3, 10am ~ Smoke-Free Housing 101 Training ~ for more information contact Esha Seth ~ esha@ansrmn.org ~ 651-646-3005x328
- Wednesday ~ Dec. 9, 3pm ~ QUITPLAN Services Information Session ~ see below
On November 9th, over 40 people from 23 organizations attended a Healthy Living luncheon to celebrate dozens of SHIP-funded accomplishments that have increased opportunities for Minneapolis residents to eat healthy, be active and live tobacco-free. The Minneapolis Health Department (MHD) hosted the event to mark the end of the 2014-2015 Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) funding cycle.
Through SHIP funding Phillips Neighborhood residents started a mini farmers market. Other SHIP funded accomplishments:
- 7 Community gardens
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10 food shelves and 3 meal programs
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95 rental property owners adopting smoke-free policies
- Promotion of the ReThink Your Drink campaign at 85 community events
- 4 clinics integrated weight management counseling
- Corner stores stocking healthier foods after City Council updates its staple foods ordinance
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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The first Community Leadership
Team conference call was held on November 23, 2015. Participants on the call
confirmed regular agenda items for the monthly calls, brainstormed a list of
content topics, discussed the benefits and challenges of having community
chairs for a CLT, and shared two examples of how CLT’s were used in the
development of plans for SHIP 4. To review the notes from the meeting go
to: Base Camp in the Foundational Skills Section.
The next CLT conference call will
be held: January 25, 2016 from 3 to 4 p.m. To join these
monthly calls contact: Jeannette.Raymond@state.mn.us
The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center is offering FREE
CME/CEUs to anyone in Minnesota for its live and selected recorded webinars,
through 1/31/16.
For upcoming webinars, visit : http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/webinars
and for a list of recorded webinars, eligible for CME/CEU credit, visit: http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu/webinars/cme.
Follow the instructions listed to claim credit and use the
discount code: MN15 to waive the $35 certificate fee on the payment screen.
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The Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
invites you to host a Walk! Bike! Fun! Pedestrian and Bicycle safety curriculum
training.
With the Walk! Bike! Fun! curriculum, we will help schools teach children lifelong skills to safely walk and bike in their community. Preview the curriculum at http://bikemn.org/education/srts-education-curriculum.
If you would like to host a training in the Spring of 2016, please click on the following link to complete an application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/springwbf2016.
Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design has opened the Request for
Proposals for Rural Communities Facing Design Challenges. Up to 6
communities will be selected for the 2016-2017 program.
Application are due 1/12/16. More details found here: http://www.rural-design.org/
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The MDH Tobacco Prevention and Control Unit is conducting a
statewide community input process to address the disproportionately higher
rates of commercial tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among many of our
communities. For more information: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpcd/tpc/initiatives/input.html
We are specifically seeking insights from those most impacted by
the harms of commercial tobacco. This will help inform our policy and program
development as we move forward with advancing health equity in tobacco control.
To complete the online survey click on this link: Community Voices: Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Inequities. The deadline for completing this survey is Friday, December
11. Contact Christine Godwin at 651-201-3615 or christine.godwin@state.mn.us with
questions.
This informational session will provide an overview of what tobacco users experience when they call QUITPLAN Services. They will play a recording of a mock registration call and a coaching session.
Please RSVP by email to Pamela Jensen at pjensen@clearwaymn.org by Friday, December 4 so they can be
sure to have enough available phone lines. Call-in information will be provided
by email closer to the date of the teleconference.
For more information,
please contact Randi Lachter, Senior Cessation Manager, ClearWay
Minnesota, rlachter@clearwaymn.org.
The
Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program at UNC Family Medicine has found that
where a person lives determines the likelihood of there being single cigarettes
or improperly marketed and displayed tobacco products for sale in their
neighborhood – potentially leading to easier and cheaper access to tobacco. Click here for more information.
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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is gathering input to better understand the key issues currently facing urban agriculture in the state of Minnesota. Please fill out the short survey online at http://bit.ly/mnurbanag. Print surveys will also be available in English, Hmong, and Spanish. Please complete the survey by December 31, 2015.
Share your feedback at these public meetings:
Monday, December 7th, 5:30-7:30 pm ~ St. Paul-Ramsey County Food and Nutrition Commission Meeting. Location: 90 West Plato Blvd, Saint Paul 55107.
Wednesday, December 9th, 1:00-3:00 pm ~ Co-hosted by the Hmong American Farmers Association. Location: East Side Enterprise Center - 804 Margaret Street St. Paul,
MN 55106. A Hmong interpreter will be available at this meeting.
Monday, December 14th, 10:00 am-12:00 pm ~ Co-hosted by Homegrown Minneapolis, Hope Community and the Land
Stewardship Project. Location: Hope Community – 611 E Franklin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55104.
Contact Callie Recknagel for more information: 651-201-6260, callie.recknagel@state.mn.us.
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