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Webinar
| Counter Tools Store Audit Center Coordinator Training | June 2
Time: 10 – 11 a.m.
Date: June 2
Participants will learn how
to use the Store Audit Center as a Coordinator.
Webinar ID: 127-840-395
Register here.
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“Walkshare”
Photo Contest Generates Buzz about Walking | June 3
In anticipation of this summer’s release of Minnesota Walks (formerly known as the Statewide Pedestrian
System Plan), the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department
of Transportation want to generate buzz about walking in the state through a
social media photo contest called “Walkshare.”
The campaign is intended to help raise awareness of the challenges and
opportunities of walking and wheelchair rolling in Minnesota. Post your photos
on any of MDH’s social media accounts, including its new Instagram account.
Photo submissions may be used in the Minnesota Walks document.
The contest
goes through June 3.
Learn more about the contest here.
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Webinar | Tobacco 101 for Mental Health Professionals and
Partners | June 8
Time: Noon
Date: June 8
Join the American Lung
Association in a webinar that will address the inequity in and the devastating
impact of smoking for people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
Dr. Jill Williams from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Division of
Addiction Psychiatry, presents this one hour lunch webinar.
Objectives:
1. Develop a better understanding of how prevalent tobacco use is among
mental health and substance use consumers
2. Understand the difficulties of tobacco addiction
3. Learn how to incorporate tobacco dependence assessment into
clinical practice
4. Identify ways of incorporating motivational assessments and
psychosocial treatments into therapy
Register
here.
League of American Bicyclists Honors Bicycle
Friendly Communities | Willmar and Cloquet
The
League of American Bicyclists recently announced 34 new and renewing Bicycle
Friendly Communities across the United States. Congratulations to Willmar for
achieving Bicycle Friendly Community bronze status and to Cloquet for receiving
honorable mention. Read more about the awards here.
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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Minnesota Compass is a social
indicators project that measures progress in the State of Minnesota, its seven regions, and its 87
counties and larger cities. Compass tracks trends in topic areas such as
education, economy and workforce, health, housing, public safety, and a host of
others.
Compass gives everyone in the
state – policymakers, business and community leaders, and concerned individuals
who live and work here – a common foundation to identify, understand, and act
on issues that affect our communities.
It does this by:
- Providing
unbiased, credible information.
- Tracking
trends and measuring progress on issues that impact our quality of life.
- Identifying
disparities by including trend data by race, age, gender and income whenever
possible.
- Providing
additional resources for addressing issues.
Check out Minnesota trends.
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The new MN Bicycle Educators Network will meet from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. These monthly network
calls, hosted by BikeMN, will include conversations with educators from across
the state.
The goal is to connect local bike education
stakeholders who can share their ideas and strategies and discuss relevant
issues. The network conference calls are open to all local League Cycling
Instructors, members of a Local and Regional Education Network (“LREN”) group
statewide or Walk! Bike! Fun! trainees.
If you would like to join
the network, submit a request to: Natalie Gille at natalie@bikemn.org.
Future
communications will only be sent to those who join the network group.
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Healthy Eating 101 is a
resource for people new to working with health equity, nutrition and food
disparities, anyone who needs a refresher and those who have just joined Basecamp.
Four webinar-based resources,
with supporting materials, have been posted. We encourage you to check them
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,
two core Tools to
Implement Healthy Eating Strategies modules are now available on MN.Train that are part of
the 101 series. 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 that they can use to undertake
Healthy Eating strategies.
This module covers the following objectives:
1) Understanding the role that assessment
plays in the PSE approach 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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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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 We are pleased to share our
report Community Voices: Reducing
Tobacco-related Health Inequities. In 2015, we initiated the Community
Voices input process to address the disproportionately higher rates of
commercial tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among many of our
communities.
This report includes input
from community stakeholders on the harms of commercial tobacco, approaches to
decrease commercial tobacco use and exposure, and strategies to address
tobacco-related health inequities. It also includes findings and opportunities
for action based on the input gathered.
We hope these findings and
actions will inform your work to improving your community’s health. Please
share with community members and partners as you see fit. We hope this report
serves as a resource and blueprint for action to reduce tobacco-related
disparities in Minnesota.
Read the report at http://www.health.mn.gov/communityvoices.
Thanks to all those who
participated!
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It’s not surprising that
youth can easily buy e-cigarettes and tobacco products online. Internet-based
e-cigarette and tobacco retailers often exploit legal loopholes and illegally
sell their products to minors, contributing to America’s ongoing tobacco
epidemic.
This webinar discusses
actions that states and the federal government have taken in an attempt to curb
these online sales practices. We highlight groundbreaking research from the
Internet Tobacco Vendors Study that describes how easy it is for youth to buy
e-cigarettes and tobacco products online despite these laws. We will present
options to close these loopholes and promote public health.
Archived
Webinar and Slides
Presentation Slides [Download]
Webinar Recording [View]
E-Cigarettes and Other Tobacco
Products Online: Preventing Sales to Kids. An overview and analysis of state and
federal laws that attempt to prevent the online sale of tobacco to youth.
Updated
50-State Review of E-Cig Regulations: The Consortium and
its partner organization, the Public Health and Tobacco Policy Center at the
Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law,
updated their online interactive map that summarizes state e-cigarette
regulations.
The map (current as of March 15), is based on a 50-state (plus
Washington, D.C.) survey of state statutes that pertain to e-cigarette
regulations in the following areas: definition of “tobacco product”;
taxation; product packaging; youth access/other retail restrictions; retail license/permit
requirement; and smoke-free air legislation.
QUITPLAN® Services ahora ofrece asistencia con textos en
español para aquellos que busquen dejar de fumar. Además de las herramientas
gratuitas como un programa de mensajes de correo electrónico, la guía del dejar
de fumar, goma de mascar, pastillas y parches de nicotina; las personas que
fuman ahora pueden obtener apoyo con mensajes de texto en español diariamente.
Registrarse es muy fácil, solo envíe la palabra NOFUME al 47848 o en
línea.
English Text: QUITPLAN® Services now offers text support in
Spanish for anyone who is looking to quit smoking. In addition to the free
tools, including an email program, a quit guide and nicotine patches, gum or
lozenges, smokers can now get free daily support via text messages that will be
in Spanish. Signing up is easy, just text the word NOFUME to 47848 or sign up online.
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Inter-connecting Children’s Oral
Health and Learning
Date: August 4
Venue: Normandale Community College, 9700
France Ave. S, Bloomington 55431
At this all-day conference you will meet and learn from local and national
experts about:
- Supporting
children’s oral health and relating oral health to overall health and academic
success
- Policies
and practices for incorporating or expanding oral health and dental
sealant programs
This Summit is designed for people who are committed to children’s health
from schools, government, health clinics, dental clinics, sealant programs,
public health, health plans, community organizations, and all other interested
stakeholders.
Registration opens in June.
For details and registration information, click here: Smiles@School Oral Health Summit
Partners:
Minnesota Department of Health; Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation;
Normandale Community College; Minnesota Oral Health Coalition
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Reminder: REDCap data updates are due June 10.
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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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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
Opening
– Matt Pendleton, Lower Sioux Community
8:15 Introductions – Sarah Brokenleg & LaRaye
Anderson, MDH
8:30 Presentation of Food Infographic created by
American Indian Cancer Foundation
- Melanie Plucinski and Chris
Johnson
9:00 Creating Healthy Native Communities through
Food Access and Physical Activity
- Lori Watso (invited)
Alternative:
Valerie Seagrest & Daniel Anthony videos
10:00 Introduction to Basecamp – Kim
Engwer-Moylan, MDH
10:30 Quitline, QUITPLAN, and Cessation updates –
Brianna Longeway, MDH
11:00 Opening a health food store in a Tribal
community: challenges and successes
– John Langham, Manager,
Mazopiya (Health Food Store)
11:30 Travel to Mazopiya for tour of store. Have
lunch there (On your own)
12:30 Travel to Cabin, meet Rebecca Yoshino and
Staff
1:00- 4:00 Tour and learn about the Wozupi gardens,
TSAs, Composting program, Farmers Markets and other projects
currently happening 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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