Child care providers can play a critical
role in supporting breastfeeding mothers and their babies. The Minnesota
Department of Health now recognizes family child care homes and child care
centers that have taken steps to become breastfeeding friendly.
Please provide this link to your child
care partners who have been implementing best practices and policies to support
breastfeeding in their programs: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/bf/bf-childcare.html. Here they will find steps for homes and
centers, guidance to help satisfy the steps and applications for recognition.
This program will go live for all child
care providers later this month (August is Breastfeeding Month) but until then
SHIP partners have exclusive access!
Send questions about the recognition
program or the application process to health.bfcc@state.mn.us.
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State agencies seek public feedback on
Minnesota Walks
The Minnesota Departments of Transportation and Health are
seeking feedback on Minnesota Walks, a statewide guide for creating safe,
desirable and convenient places to walk and roll where Minnesotans live, work,
learn and play.
Minnesota Walks is Minnesota’s first comprehensive statewide
effort to address pedestrian needs and challenges. When completed, it will
guide transportation and pedestrian planning, decision making and collaboration
for agencies, organizations, policymakers, and public and private entities
across the state. The goal of the work is to make walking safe, convenient and
desirable for everyone in Minnesota.
The public can make comments on the project website at www.minnesotawalks.org or by sending an email to health.activeliving@state.mn.us. In addition, the public is encouraged to
join the conversation on Facebook (follow @mndot) or on Twitter (use hashtag
#mnwalks).
Read more here.
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Upper Midwest Regional/APA MN State Planners Conference
Date: Sept.
28-30
Location: St. Cloud
Conference Website: http://www.plannersconference.com/
The 2016 conference theme is Bridging the Gaps: Building Our
Future Together. The conference committee welcomes interdisciplinary partners
in the field including architects, developers, elected officials, engineers,
public health and community advocates - especially people working for change in
communities most affected by disparities. As this year's Upper Midwest
Conference, neighbors from Iowa, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota are invited
to share their work in planning.
NOTE: Special GTS pre-conference session
Planning for Population Health
Time: 8
a.m.–Noon
Date: Sept. 28
Details/ Registration (discount available): http://www.mngts.org/LandUse/land-use-planning-for-population-health.php
Land use planning and concern for the built environment
originated from a public health focus. This workshop covers the basics of
planning and zoning and focuses on how health and equity can be successfully
woven into the local planning process.
Participants will learn how to develop planning and zoning,
where they fit into the process, and how public health/partners can promote the
inclusion of health and equity into the process.
Target audiences: public health professionals, SNAP educators,
extension and community partners.
CDC Healthy Schools has two new web pages on nutrition in
schools.
School Nutrition Environment and Services – http://bit.ly/2aHMuyv
This site features the new Comprehensive Framework for Addressing the
School Nutrition Environment and Services — a framework for
school nutrition professionals, school health professionals, administrators,
teachers and parents.
The school nutrition environment includes the seven components that together, influence a students’ access
to healthy foods and beverages at school.
- School Meals
- Smart Snacks
- Celebrations and Rewards
- Water Access
- Food and Beverage Marketing
- Staff Role Modeling
- Healthy Eating Learning Opportunities
The Buzz on Energy Drinks – http://bit.ly/2agccq6
What constitutes an “energy drink?” How much caffeine is safe
for adolescents to consume? Find answers to these questions and learn what
schools, coaches and parents can do to limit adolescent and teen caffeinated
beverage consumption.
Webinar 1: Breastfeeding in the Community:
Implementation that Works!
Time: 1–2:30 p.m. Date: Aug. 31
The Public Health Breastfeeding Webinar Series, funded through a cooperative
agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will promote
promising practices and share lessons learned from the Reducing Breastfeeding
Disparities through Peer and Professional Support Project (Breastfeeding
Project). Between January 2015 and June 2016 the Breastfeeding Project awarded
$2.9 million to support 72 community implementations of evidence-based and
innovative breastfeeding support projects across the US. This represents the
largest nationally coordinated implementation of community-level breastfeeding
support initiatives. With a focus on identifying public health solutions
and promoting equity in breastfeeding for underserved communities, themes
covered throughout the series will include:
- creating
continuity of care in the community
- engaging
and retaining hard to reach groups
- ensuring
sustainability through billing
- building
sustainability through policy, systems and environmental changes.
Register Now!
Visit breastfeeding.naccho.org to
get information on upcoming dates and topics in the Public Health Breastfeeding
Webinar Series.
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