- Webinar Series | Keeping the Tradition Alive | Community Food Systems in Native Communities | May 20
Keeping the Tradition
(traditional foods that is!) Alive: Community Food Systems in Native
Communities
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: May 20
This spring, USDA’s Office of Community Food Systems will host a webinar series focused on
integrating Farm to School strategies in native communities. Each webinar
features a guest speaker who will share tips, stories and best practices for
keeping local food traditions alive in child nutrition programs that serve
tribal populations.
Target Audience: State agencies, Indian Tribal
Organizations, School Food Authorities, CACFP Sponsors, SFSP Sponsors
Partnering for
Success in Tribal Communities
Description: Everything is better together, right?
In the final webinar in a series of four, we’ll hear from Jim Stone, Executive
Director of the Intertribal Buffalo Council, and Venice Mason, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, who will highlight the successful partnerships they have
cultivated in their communities. This webinar will identify strategies that can
be used to engage local producers and community leaders in their Farm to School
efforts. It will also identify strategies that may help engage local producers
and community leaders in their Farm to School efforts.
To participate in the
webinar register here: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=oeyenqoio4l3
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Peer Networking
Call | Healthy Food Service Guidelines in Worksite and Community Settings | May
24
Healthy Food Service
Guidelines in Worksite and Community Settings
Time: Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Date: May 24
Topic: Evaluation of
Washington’s State’s Executive Order on food and beverage service guidelines
(EO 13-06)
Call-in information: 866-581-9669 , participant code 31358597
Sponsored by Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Food Service Guidelines
Workgroup
Speakers:
Jennifer Otten, Ph.D., R.D.
Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences Program
Department of Health Services
University of Washington School of Public Health
jotten@uw.edu
Mary Podrabsky, MPH, R.D.
Director of School and Community Initiatives
Center for Public Health Nutrition
Clinical Instructor, Nutritional Sciences
University of Washington
marypod@uw.edu
Alyssa Auvinen
Healthy Eating Coordinator
Office of Healthy Communities
Washington State Department of Health
alyssa.auvinen@doh.wa.gov
Please come with questions or
issues you would like to discuss on the call as we will have time allotted for
discussion.
Who are the calls for? This series of calls is intended for state or local health
departments that are taking an active role in healthy food service guidelines and procurement in
worksite and community settings.
What is the purpose? The purpose of this series is to facilitate a networking forum to
share information among public health practitioners on healthy food service guidelines and procurement
strategies.
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The 2016
Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) Conference | May 25-26
The 2016 MPHA Annual
Conference | Health Equity: Many Voices, Shared Vision
Date: May 25 – 26
Venue: Continuing Education
and Conference Center,
University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus, 1890 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN
55108
The
2016 Minnesota Public Health Association (MPHA) conference highlights the
cross-sectional progress that is being made on its health equity achievements.
The
breakout session themes include:
- Implementation of local, state and national
strategies that address health equity
- Cross sector partnership and community
engagement
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Global health
Conference
objectives are:
- Describe current initiatives in Minnesota
that help achieve the Triple Aim of Health Equity.
- Identify strategies that strengthen
community capacities that create their own healthy future.
- Cite examples of cross-sector partnerships
and policies that impact health.
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Understand key public health legislative
policies that impact health equity.
To
register, go to: http://www.mpha.net/event-2140096.
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Webinar | Engaging the Somali
Community in Smoking Cessation Efforts | May 26
Time:
12 – 1 p.m.
Date:
May 26
Minnesota is home to more than 70,000
Somalis, which is the largest Somali population in the U.S. The estimated
number of smokers among Minnesota’s Somali adults (24 percent) is higher than
estimated for Minnesota adults overall (14.4 percent). Tobacco prevention and
cessation efforts are needed in the Somali community. Somali culture places a
strong emphasis on family, friends and a sense of community, which can be
factors that are available to prevent tobacco use. It is important to
understand the gaps in current tobacco cessation programs and how they can be
improved and made more culturally relevant to the Somali community.
The webinar will explore aspects of the
Somali culture that affect smoking in their community. It will also make
recommendations on how the Somali community can be engaged in smoking cessation
efforts. We will present an overview of WellShare International’s East
African Smoke-Free Program. This overview includes results from a study on
culturally appropriate cessation strategies that are recommended for Somalis in
clinical settings and opportunities for action.
Register here
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Active Living | Schools | 2016 Youth Bike Summit | May
27 - 29
Date:
May 27 – 29
Where: Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
Don't miss the 2016 Youth Bike Summit! It's a dynamic, three-day national
gathering of youth, educators, activists, policy makers, researchers and
community leaders who use bicycles as a tool for action. Come share your
ideas.
To participate or for
more information, go to: https://youthbikesummit.org/
Please share as
appropriate with your school and community partners! https://www.facebook.com/events/804359133026643/
Hennepin County
Public Health Department | Communities of Faith Initiative
For the past year, Hennepin County has been partnering with
three faith communities in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center to implement
nutrition and physical activity improvements. All three started vegetable
gardens that focus on removing gardening barriers for their members. Some of
the churches provided free plots to low income members and raised beds for their
senior citizen and disabled members. Other churches supplied free seeds and are
now offering free horticultural training. One of the faith communities is also
partnering with Arrive Ministries to provide plots to new refugees in the area.
Completion of the Congregational Health Index assessment resulted in food
practice changes at each of the sites. The Brookdale Covenant Church used to serve
only lemonade as a beverage option during their Wednesday night congregation
meal. The church conducted an assessment and, as a result, purchased an
infusion beverage dispenser and is now serving fruit-infused water with the
meal. Physical activity changes included mapping indoor walking routes at
each of the sites, which encouraged many members to walk the hallways whenever
they were at church during winter months.
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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Building
Health and Well-Being: Lessons Learned from Transformative Partnerships in
Community Development and Health
Time: 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Date: June 1
Community development initiatives play a critical role in
advancing community health, safety and equity by leveraging the assets and
commitments of multiple sectors. Across sectors, a shared opportunity is
emerging to increase access to the elements that underpin health (including
stable, affordable, healthy safe housing, transit and active transportation,
healthy food access, literacy and learning, job opportunities and health care)
for individuals and families. - Health systems and health departments are well
positioned to form partnerships with those in housing organizations, city
government, and other sectors to help address the key social determinants of health
and collectively improve the health and well-being of their communities.
Please join us for our Web Forum that will discuss lessons learned from communities that
are taking action to leverage community development efforts through diverse
partnerships that are working to improve population health and equity. The
conversation will highlight the role of partnerships in financing, evaluating
and sustaining population health improvements. Presenters will provide
recommendations for success and take participant questions.
Register here.
Compelling stories
are a critical tool that helps advocates win policy changes that build an
“all-in nation” where everyone — including low-income people and communities of
color —can participate, prosper and reach their full potential.
To bolster the
equity advocacy toolkit, PolicyLink and the Marguerite Casey
Foundation teamed up to produce a series of issue related briefs
that highlight the economic imperative of equity for the 13 policy planks of
the foundation’s
Equal
Voice Campaign National Family Platform:
Each short brief
describes key challenges and strategies that advance equity within the issue
and provide relevant data points and research findings on the economic benefits
of equity. They also share inspiring
examples of win-win solutions for equity and the economy that are already being
implemented.
We hope these briefs
help you amplify your voice, embolden your advocacy, gain new supporters and
achieve policy wins.
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 Healthy Eating 101 is a
resource for people new to working with health equity, nutrition, and food
disparities and for those who need a refresher and have just been uploaded to
BaseCamp.
Four webinar-based resources have
been posted that have supporting materials. We encourage you to check
these out in the Healthy Eating Project of BaseCamp.
Healthy Eating 101: Working with Minnesota
Local Governments to Increase Access to Healthy Food - The Basics: Minnesota
Local Government Structure
Healthy Eating 101: Secrets to Successful
(and Failed) Food Hubs
Healthy Eating 101: Farmers Markets 101
Healthy Eating 101: Minnesota Food Charter
101
Additionally,
there are two core modules on MN.Train as part of the 101 series. Tools to Implement Healthy Eating
Strategies is now available
through MN TRAIN. The
descriptions are listed below.
Tools to Implement Healthy Eating
Strategies: Part 1 Assessment
This module is designed to help Public Health
Professionals apply policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) approaches; engage
communities; and use planning and assessment tools as they undertake Healthy
Eating strategies. This module covers the following objectives:
1) Understanding the role assessment plays in
PSE approaches to healthy eating
2) Practicing integration (and assessment)
into healthy eating strategies
3) Understanding when to use - and how to
access - specific healthy eating assessment tools
Tools to Implement Healthy Eating
Strategies; Part 2 Engagement
This module is designed to help Public Health
Professionals apply policy, systems and environmental (PSE) approaches; engage
communities; and to teach them how to use planning and assessment tools as they
undertake Healthy Eating strategies. This module covers the following
objectives:
1) Understanding the role assessment plays in
PSE approaches to healthy eating
2) Practicing “turning ‘they’ into ‘we’”
by integrating engagement into work plans and practice
3) Appling specific engagement tools for healthy eating
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 Market Managers and Vendors are
encouraged to sign up today for a free, on-site consultation of your market or
tent!
Here's your chance to get free advice on your set-up
– that is designed to help YOU be more profitable this year!
MFMA's USDA grant is providing
the funds for this free consultation. Click the link below for a quick survey
to sign up. Deadline for the survey is May 27.
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Minnesota farmers can
apply for Organic Transition Cost Share funding again in 2016. The Minnesota
Department of Agriculture (MDA) offers this program that refunds a significant
portion of the cost needed to work with an organic certification agency during
some or all of the 36 months that the transition to organic typically takes.
“This program makes it affordable for farmers to get feedback on their farming
practices and recordkeeping during the transition,” said MDA Organic Program
Administrator, Meg Moynihan. “Having one or more practice inspections
during the transition can help farmers be prepared when they’re ready to
certify.”
The program is open to farmers who are new to organic farming. The program
reimburses up to 75 percent of the cost needed to hire a certifier during the
transition to organic, which can take up to three years. A mock inspection is
required each year of participation. Applicants can submit their costs for soil
testing and for reimbursement for attending an approved organic conference.
Payments are capped at $750 per year. For costs paid during calendar year 2016,
applications must be postmarked no later than Feb. 14, 2017.
The application form, which includes a set of Frequently Asked Questions
and a list of approved certifying agencies that offer transition verification,
are available at www.mda.state.mn.us/organic or by calling 651-201-6012.
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Counter
Tools recently created a Trainer's Toolkit to help you train volunteers (i.e. SAC Team Members)
to complete Store Assessments. The Toolkit includes:
Agenda
Template and Lesson Plan: A suggested
training agenda and specific instructions for each section of the agenda and
key points to convey for each section.
Store
Audit Center Volunteer Training Presentation: PPT
slides that align with the agenda. You should be able to use the slides as is,
but you are also free to adapt them as needed.
Minnesota
V3 Paper Audit Form: This is an electronic
version of the revised audit form. Print extra copies to bring in the field, which
can also be used to train volunteers about the form.
Minnesota
In-Store User Guide: A booklet with tips and
general information about how to answer each question. You received a different
version at the in-person training, but this version is updated to reflect the
revised Minnesota audit form.
Team
Member Worksheet: You may want to
incorporate an interactive activity into your training. This is a team member
practice worksheet to have your participants work through.
Team
Member Worksheet (ANSWER KEY): All of the
answers to the worksheet so you're able to review after volunteers have
completed the activity.
Minnesota
Store Audit Project Letter: A helpful
resource that can be distributed to volunteers in case a store clerk asks for
additional information about the store audit. This is a template that can be
adapted to your county.
Frequently
Asked Questions: This document goes through FAQs for volunteers, and
coordinators. It could be a helpful resource to print and distribute for
volunteer training.
Please contact Jennifer (jennifer@countertools.org) with any questions.
The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration now regulates ALL tobacco products,
including cigars, e-cigarettes and hookah. This is a beginning (not an end) to
a critical phase for the FDA. Additional information is available here.
Recruitment
is underway for our Youth Activism
Fellowship
program. Young adults, ages 18 to 24, who consider themselves agents of change and
who have a strong commitment to activism and social justice are encouraged to
apply for the 2016-2017 cohort. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Friday, July 31.
Additional information is available here.
Did you know that LGBT
young adults are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as other young adults? Last week, the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration rolled out "This Free Life", a $35.7 billion
campaign publication
for LGBT young adults that is designed to discourage their tobacco use. We've
compiled some important stats about tobacco use in the LGBT community. Additional
information and the stats are available here.
CAMPUS FUNDING - Community colleges
are encouraged to apply for up to $7,500 in grant funding to support their efforts
to make their campuses
smoke-free or tobacco-free. Applications are due July
15. If you have questions, email communitycollege@truthinitiative.org.
The Public
Health Advocacy Institute published a report on tobacco control from an
environmental perspective.
The Berkeley Media Studies Group and the Public Health and Tobacco Policy
Center released the report “What Surrounds Us Shapes Us: Making the
Environmental Case for Tobacco Control.” This report makes a case for incorporating an
environmental perspective in tobacco control and highlights talking points that
can help you effectively communicate about this topic with journalists and
policymakers.
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Minnesota Rural Health
Conference: Cultivating Resilient Communities
Date:
June 20 & 21
Place: Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, 350
Harbor Dr., Duluth
Cost: Limited scholarships are available. Cost
for a single day is $110. Full conference admission is $190.
Travel discounts are
available for people traveling more than 250 miles to Duluth.
Deadline to register:
June 9 (to be eligible for early bird prices, registration is due today, May
19.
Registration link: https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/register
The 2016 Minnesota Rural Health Conference, "Cultivating Resilient
Communities," invites rural health stakeholders to discover the creative
ways in which communities are meeting the challenges of an ever-changing health
care system. Many sessions are focused on the health care system, with a few
talking about community health and structural determinants of health. For more
information or to view the agenda go to: https://minnesotaruralhealthconference.org/.
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Thank you for entering data into
REDCap. The SHIP evaluation team is currently looking through all of your data and will be
contacting you soon (via email and phone) with any updates that need to be
made.
The SHIP evaluation team is also in the process of
developing more fine-grained evaluation measures to help capture the
nuances of your work that you are doing, so stay tuned for that!
In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact the SHIP evaluation team (Health.SHIP.eval@state.mn.us).
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At the spring regional
meetings, a reminder was given to update the School Coordinators list as things
have changed in the past six months. Please check the document on BASECAMP
to see if correct information is given. If additions are needed, please
fill out the SHIP Schools Coordinator form survey that will be included in the next updated networking document. We
request that you respond to this request
by May 27th!
Also, please email me
if staff listed in the document have since left positions and they should be
removed from the list. Thanks, Terri terri.swartout@state.mn.us.
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Location:
Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway
Day 1
Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. (tentative)
Date: July 26
Day 2
Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (tentative)
Date: July 27
Who should attend:
Guidelines
- SHIP CHB grantees are
required to send one representative and may send up to five
representatives
- Tribal SHIP grantees may
send a maximum of three representatives
If you have questions, please contact your Community Specialist
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Thank
you to those who attended the Making it Better Regional Learning meetings - Healthy
Eating in Community, School and Child Care Settings in April and
May.
We want to hear your feedback. If you haven’t
already done so, please take time and tell us what you liked and what you would
like to see more of in the short evaluation that you can find here.
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 Summer Gathering for the
Tribal SHIP and Tobacco Grantees
Time: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Date: June 13
Venue: Mystic Lake Link Center, 2200
Trail of Dreams, Prior Lake, MN 55372
Tentative Agenda
8:00 Morning Snack, Opening & Introductions
9:00 Creating Healthy Native
Communities through Food Access and Physical Activity
– Lori Watso (invited)
10:00 Introduction to Basecamp
– Kim Engwer-Moylan, MDH
10:30 Opening a health food store in
a Tribal community, challenges and successes
- Manager from Mazopiya
11:30 Travel to Mazopiya for tour of store. Eat lunch (on your own)
12:30 Travel to Cabin, meet Rebecca
Yoshino and Staff
1:00 Tour and presentation about the gardens, TSA’s, composting
efforts, farmers markets and other projects currently that
are there
Come prepared with a full tummy and coffee in hand, as we will not have
any available.
Lunch will be at the Mazopiya
Health Food Store and Deli (we will ride there together on a shuttle – you can make your own lunch arrangements
once we get to the store).
Participants should wear comfortable clothes and shoes for walking. Most of
the
second part of the day will be spent outside and we will tour the gardens
and Shakopee/Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s other healthy communities’ projects.
If you would like to stay overnight, there are rooms available at the Mystic Lake Hotel and Casino. The rooms, which are available both June 12 and 13, are
reserved. If reserving a room,
mention
the“MDH Tribal Grantee Gathering.”
Register here
If you have any questions please feel free to contact your Community
Specialist.
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