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Webinar | Implementing the WSCC Model: Local School
District Examples to Promote Learning and Health | March 15
Noon – 1 p.m.; to
register, go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/388968003823204353
The webinar,
highlighting the efforts of two local school districts to take the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole
Child model from theory to districtwide implementation, includes a panel
discussion. If you have questions, please contact Rachelle Chiang at rchiang@chronicdisease.org.
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Training | Point of Sale 101 |Tribal and Urban
American Indian Grantees | 8 a.m.-2 p.m., March 15
Training
will be held at the American Lung Association (ALA), 490
Concordia Ave., St. Paul. Registration is now closed.
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Webinar | SHIP School Success Stories Extravaganza | 2:30
p.m., March 15
The webinar,
based on the results of the SHIP School Coordinator contact information and
survey, features some of the topics identified on the survey as “areas of
interest you would like to know more about.”
For more
information, contact Mary Thissen-Milder at mary.thissen-milder@state.mn.us.
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Training | Getting Started in Tobacco Point of Sale | 8 a.m.-4 p.m., March 16 – 17
Training
sessions will be held at the American Lung Association (ALA), 490 Concordia Ave.,
St. Paul. Registration is now closed.
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Webinar |
Food Network Support | 10-11:15 a.m., March 17
The webinar, hosted
by the Minnesota Food Charter
Network, is intended for food networks, local public health, and University of
Minnesota Extension Health and Nutrition staff. To register, go to: https://umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0llWEvW7os7oTwp?utm_source=Food+Charter+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6e517cd85a-May+eNewsletter+2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5c2cf4ae69-6e517cd85a-60546409
For more information about
the Minnesota Food Charter Network, click here.
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Training
| Getting Started in Retail Food Assessment | 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m., March 18
Training will be held at American Lung Association (ALA), 490 Concordia
Ave., St. Paul. Registration is now
closed.
Latino
Community Action Plan | Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health SHIP
Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health SHIP in
partnership with Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES) created The
Latino Community Action Plan. The purpose of the Latino Community Action Plan
is to provide recommendations for community organizations, local government and
other stakeholders to improve the health of Ramsey County’s Latino community.
The plan was created with input from an advisory committee that included
several partners. Saint Paul-Ramsey County Public Health SHIP’s next step is
to fund community organizations that are interested in accomplishing the
recommendations and action steps outlined in the plan. See the Ramsey County SHIP website
for guidelines and application (under funding opportunities).
Senior Wellness Project | Hennepin County Public
Health Department SHIP
For the past
year, Hennepin County Public Health’s community team has partnered with six CommonBond senior multi-unit housing
complexes to implement a variety of physical activity policy, system and environmental
changes. Improvements include measuring and mapping indoor walking routes,
purchasing small exercise equipment and providing exercise demonstrations. In
January, senior residents were invited to move their bodies more by
participating in a physical activity challenge. From Jan. 21 through Feb. 25,
44 residents completed 24,054 minutes
of physical activity.
One resident said, “[The Wellness Challenge]
woke me up to exercise and the need to watch my diet. Now that I am 90,
why should I bother with exercise, but I found out I need to bother.”
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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Grant money totaling $500 million is available
for transportation projects across the country. The grants are part of the
eighth round of the Transportation Investment
Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program. Applicants are
encouraged to look at the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Applications are due by 7
p.m. April 29.
Please
join the U.S. Department of Transportation for an online webinar. There is no fee for the webinar, however advance
registration is required. Register for the webinar by clicking on the topic
below:
12:30 – 2:30 p.m., March 22 | How to Compete for TIGER
Discretionary Grants – Rural and Tribal Applicants
***More information about the
TIGER program, including frequently asked questions and other guidance, can be found at https://www.transportation.gov/tiger
Learn more about Farm to Child Care and how
to prepare childcare providers for Farm to Child Care training on:
- Sourcing
and serving local foods as part of healthy child care meals and snacks
- Engaging
children in understanding where their food comes from with stories,
activities, cooking, gardening and field trips
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Helping
children develop lifelong healthy eating behaviors
The training is approved for SHIP and
meets Parent Aware requirements for nutrition.
For more details
and applications, go to: http://childcareawaremn.org/tot-event-calendar#farm
Application
deadline: March 28
NOTE: Applicants must be approved trainers
(or pursuing approval) with the Minnesota Center for Professional
Development (MNCPD).
For more information, contact Grace at
612-520-1675 or grace@rtcinfo.org.
Additional information about the “Renewing
the Countryside’s Farm to Child Care” program, is available at: http://www.renewingthecountryside.org/farm_to_school.
“Change to Chill,”™ is a free online resource from Allina Health
that provides easy-to-use information that helps teens manage stress in healthy
ways. Among the resources:
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Watch, listen and learn about stress and its triggers,
meditation, ways to focus, guided imagery and more.
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Chill and win: Teens can enter in the Chiller Challenge to
win prizes. To enter, teens should take a photo, a short video or an
original piece of art that depicts how they “chill.” Winning entries will
be posted on Allina Health’s website.
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Help others Change to Chill: A new section featuring train
the trainer modules and activities that help find balance are
featured on the site.
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Videos: The site
features a variety of videos that
offer stress reduction tips and examples for everybody.
While “Change to Chill”™ is geared toward
teens, adults can benefit from the site as well. Sharing information about “Change
to Chill” is a great way to start a conversation with teens.
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The
2016 Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring ads that raise
awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart disease,
is available. The ads also address dual use (defined as the concurrent use of
both cigarettes and electronic cigarettes) and smoking among individuals with
mental health conditions.
The
campaign ads began airing Jan. 25 and will run for 20 consecutive weeks on
television, radio and in print (magazines). Many will hear the messages from
former smokers about the toll that smoking-related disease can take. This may
cause some current smokers to think about quitting. They may seek advice on how
to get started.
For
free campaign tools, go to:
Health Care Professionals
Mental Health Professionals
Pharmacists
Vision Professionals
Motivational
interviewing is a counseling style that can be used to help change
behavior. As a non-confrontational
approach, it can help your clients or patients explore and resolve their
uncertainties about changing their behavior.
To
learn more about motivational interviewing, go to:
Motivational Interviewing – SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated
Health Solutions
Motivational Interviewing – American Academy of Pediatrics
Effective Jan. 1, tobacco treatment medication for
Minnesotans on medical assistance is completely free. State law, with changes passed
during in the last legislative session, waives copays for preventative services
that are “A or B” rated by the U.S. Preventive Task Force, such as tobacco
treatment counseling, medications and nicotine replacement therapies like
patches, gum and lozenges. Minnesotans on medical assistance now have free
access to quit smoking resources.
ClearWay Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health have
created a new, free brochure that helps inform enrollees that they have free
help to quit smoking. The brochure, “You Can Afford to Quit Smoking – Free Help
through Medical Assistance,” can be ordered online.
Orders are limited to 200 brochures. However, a free print-ready
copy is available to organizations that need more copies. For more information
or to order copies, email Mike Sheldon at ClearWay Minnesota (msheldon@clearwaymn.org).
For a print-ready copy, go to:
Order free brochures for your
patients.
Learn more about these MA changes.
The American Lung Association in Minnesota, which is dedicated to
addressing the inequity in and the devastating impact of smoking for people
with mental illness and substance abuse disorders and the professionals serving
them, is offering free networking opportunities that offer conversation and
information.
Networking Opportunities
Two
45-minute conference calls have been scheduled, featuring people working on
“rethinking tobacco” statewide and an opportunity to hear success stories
and challenges.
The times are:
- Wednesday, June 15 at 10 a.m. (Registration link to come)
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Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. (Registration link to come)
Three webinars
on the “Pharmacology Update: Nicotine Dependency Treatment for Those with
Mental Illness or Addition” have been scheduled.
Objectives:
- Increase knowledge and awareness of FDA-approved tobacco treatment pharmacotherapies
- Understand interactions between smoking and psychiatric medications
- Understand key aspects of tobacco assessment necessary for developing treatment plans
- Identify barriers related to the use of tobacco treatments in behavioral health treatment
CEUs will not be pre-approved for this training. However,
participants can request a certificate of attendance with objectives and time
for webinars.
Webinar times are:
Time: Noon –
1 p.m.
Dates: March 23 | Register here.
July 13 | Register here.
Oct. 4 | Register here.
A webinar, “Tobacco 101 for Mental Health Professionals and
Partners,” has been scheduled.
Objectives:
- Understand the prevalence of tobacco
use among mental health and substance use consumers
- Understand tobacco addiction
- Learn how to incorporate assessment of
tobacco dependence into clinical practice
- Identify how to incorporate
motivational assessments and psychosocial treatments
CEUs will not be
pre-approved for this training. However, participants can request a certificate
of attendance with objectives and time for webinars.
Webinars will be presented:
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Dates: June 8 | Register here
Aug.
16 | Register here
Applications
are now being accepted.
Details about the grant:
- Truth
Initiative will accept applications from public community colleges to support
efforts to advocate for, adopt and implement a 100 percent smoke- and
tobacco-free policy.
- To be
eligible for a $10,000 grant,
applicants must submit a proposal by April 29, 2016. Colleges unable to make
this deadline can apply for a $7,500
grant due by July 15, 2016.
- Awardees
will also receive technical assistance.
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Eligible
applicants include public community colleges that do not already have a 100
percent smoke-free or 100 percent tobacco-free policy.
For grant materials, go to: http://truthinitiative.org/news/helping-community-colleges-kick-their-tobacco-free-campus-efforts-gear
Questions: Please email communitycollege@truthinitiative.org
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Conference purpose:
This action oriented conference focuses on building
and showcasing partnerships, research, programs and policies to promote health
equity across the region.
Who should participate: Community organizations, community members, public health and
health care practitioners and researchers seeking to build solutions to health
inequities through partnerships.
Objectives: At
the end of the conference, participants will be able to:
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Engage: Recognize how partnerships among community, practitioners and researchers build solutions to pressing community health priorities. Identify opportunities for new partnerships and describe collaborative processes that create and sustain partnerships.
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Inform: Identify research and community generated strategies to increase health equity through programs and interventions, including those addressing social determinants of health.
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Act: Recognize steps partnerships take to successfully move from research to action in addressing health inequities
through programs, advocacy and policies.
A regional conference sponsored in partnership with:
The Medical School’s Program in Health
Disparities Research, Center for Health Equity, and Minnesota
Center for Cancer Collaborations with support
in part by grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health
Disparities (1P60MD003422)
The National Cancer Institute (U54CA153603-01)
Clinical & Translational Science Institute
(UL1TR000114) with support through the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program (UL1TR000114)
Center for Healthy African American Men
Through Partnerships, School of Public Health’s Health Equity Work Group,
Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul – Ramsey Public Health and community
partners
Register now!
Early bird registration ends March
20.
Share your work!
Deadline for submitting
presentations is March 18.
The Minnesota
Department of Health's Asthma Program Strategic Plan, “Asthma in Minnesota
2014-2020,” is available on the MDH website. To access the plan, click here.
The plan guides
MDH and partners from across the state in improving asthma care and quality of
life for people with asthma.
This new update
builds off the work and progress completed from the previous plans prepared in
2002 and 2007. Statewide partners directly supporting and working with patients
and families on asthma provided input to help shape this plan.
Reducing the
impact of asthma in Minnesota remains a major public health challenge, even
more so for populations disproportionately affected by asthma. Though the
number of people receiving optimal asthma care is increasing and the number of
hospitalizations is decreasing, there is still a lot of work to be done to
reduce asthma's impact of illness, death and economic costs. Working together
we can achieve greater progress than any of us can individually.
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Emails that
provide guidance on second quarter reporting requirements for SHIP grantees went
out this week.
Instead of
submitting regular reporting documents, grantees are asked to create either a
two-page or four-page fact sheet that highlights their SHIP efforts.
The goal is
to create a communications tool that grantees can share locally and that MDH
can use for outreach with key stakeholders, including legislators. The support
materials include guidance on writing success stories (each fact sheet is
required to include at least one success story).
Grantees
should direct questions to their Community Specialist.
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Healthy Eating and School Settings
Program times, dates and locations are:
Time: 9
a.m. – 4 p.m.
Dates | Locations:
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April 12,
2016 | Southwest | Southwest
Service Cooperative (SWSC), 1420 East College
Drive, Pathfinder and Navigator Rooms, Marshall
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April 14,
2016 | Northwest | Essentia Health St. Mary’s, 1027 Washington Ave., Lower
Level Conference Rooms, Detroit Lakes
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April 21,
2016 | Northeast | Duluth
Public Safety Building, 2030 North Arlington
Ave., Duluth
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April 28,
2016 | Southeast | Southeast Service
Cooperative and Wood Lake Meeting Center,
210 Wood Lake Drive S.E., Willow Conference Room, Rochester
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May 10,
2016 | Metro | Metropolitan Mosquito
Control District, Metro Counties Government Center, 2099 W. University Ave.,
St. Paul
Additional information will be posted closer to the
meeting dates.
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First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) is
accepting proposals from Native communities interested in conducting food
sovereignty or community food assessments. Under the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI), which is supported
by the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, First
Nations will award up to 10 grants of up to $10,000 each to Native communities that
will conduct food assessments and gain a better knowledge and understanding
about the historical, current and future state of their local food systems.
Applications are
due by 6 p.m. March 15 (Central Time).
Program
information: The food
sovereignty assessment is a community-based data collection process that can
provide a variety of information about the evolution of the local food system.
That information includes: helping quantify individuals, household or tribal
programs/government spending on food; Native dollars spent off-reservation on
food purchases; potential for food business development; traditional food
access; community desires for local food-system development; food policy
desires or needs; and more.
In 2004, First Nations released the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool (FSAT), which assists Native communities in the utilization
and development of local community food assessments. The FSAT was updated in
2015 and First Nations provided additional resources, tools and grant support
to support Native communities in conducting food assessments. A food
sovereignty assessment has been a starting point for many communities to
develop mechanisms to increase local food-system control. Thus, this grant
opportunity is intended to support efforts of Native communities looking to
gather information and data to understand the evolution of their food systems
and to make data-informed decisions about the future.
Proposals should have clearly defined goals and objectives for a potential food
assessment; a plan to publicize and carry out the assessment within a
reasonable timeline; a defined plan that uses multiple methods to collect
information from and about the community; and a plan for use of results and
dissemination of assessment findings. The grant period begins May 1 and ends
April 30, 2017.
Organizations eligible to apply include U.S.-based Native American-controlled
nonprofit 501(c)(3), tribes and tribal departments, tribal organizations, or
Native American community-based groups with eligible fiscal sponsors committed
to increasing healthy food access in rural and reservation-based Native
communities and improving the health and well-being of Native American children
and families.
For more information, a list of additional resources, and to begin an
application, visit: www.firstnations.org/grantmaking/2016FSA.
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