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Webinar |
Approaches to Evaluating CLTs #2 | Aug. 18
Topic:
CLT Evaluation Webinar #2
Time:
10 a.m.
Date: Aug. 18
Host:
Jeannette Raymond
Session number: 638 293 453
Session password: Xw2Muhg@
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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
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize has been established to recognize
communities that are making great strides in their efforts to improve health.
These communities will be recognized for their work to create powerful
partnerships and have made deep commitments to make changes that will enable everyone
in our diverse society to lead healthier lives for generations to come.
Cash
prizes of $25,000 will be awarded to up to 10 winning communities, which will each
have their success stories celebrated and shared with the goal of inspiring locally-driven
change across the nation.
Apply for the 2017
Culture of Health Prize >
Each
of us has the potential necessary to build a Culture of Health. Is your
community a superstar at harnessing those qualities that will turn into
powerful partnerships for better health? If the answer is yes, apply
now. Communities that won the award in the past were selected for their
creative strategies and the innovative cross-sector collaborations
that helped residents lead healthier lives.
Learn more about the 2017 Prize eligibility and selection
criteria >
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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 that are most affected by disparities. At 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.
Date: Sept. 21-23
Bicycle Alliance
of MN still has openings for their upcoming LCI - League Cycling Instructor
class in St. Paul.
http://www.bikemn.org/events/event/333
This class is
great to encourage Active Living community partners (bike clubs, coalitions,
local advocates, etc.) to get certified for both liability coverage and also
having a well-rounded curriculum and knowledge base to teach from. An LCI
can teach a 1 hour course, 9 hour course, or lead events and have liability
coverage under the League of American Bicyclist. A very helpful partner
for conducting work in the Education and Encouragement areas of the 6 E's of
creating bicycle friendly communities.
More information
on LCI's can be found at http://www.bikemn.org/events/event/333 or reaching out to Kelly.corbin@state.mn.us
or nick@bikemn.org
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Time: Noon
Date: Sept. 1
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is co-hosting a webinar with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Team Nutrition about the local wellness policy final rule.
Learn how schools and districts can start making changes before the implementation deadline (June 30, 2017) and what tools and resources are available to support those efforts.
Register now.
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 that have been 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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Conducting Manual Bike & Pedestrian Counts
Time: 9 – 10 a.m.
Date: Aug. 31|
Presenters: Ellen
Pillsbury and Kelly Corbin (MDH)
This webinar is for those who will be participating in our September
bike and pedestrian counts. The results will be used to grow local and state
data and evaluation of Active Living efforts. This webinar, which will
teach participants how to conduct manual counts, will be helpful to those who
are participating in the count for the first time in their community and for
those who are returning, local partners, agencies and volunteers are welcome to
join the webinar.
For more info on bike/pedestrian counts, go to: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/bike/research/research.html
Session number: 635 235 074
Session password: JbHyd3s@
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Conference Code: 885 604 3562
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You can contact Rhonda Bauer at:
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In celebration of Breastfeeding Month (which
is August), the Minnesota Department of Health is
starting a program that recognizes family child care homes and child care
centers that have taken steps to become breastfeeding friendly. Child care
providers can play a critical role in supporting breastfeeding mothers and
their babies and it is important to recognize their successes and efforts to
support breastfeeding mothers.
Please provide this link to your child care partners who have
been implementing best practices and policies that support breastfeeding in
their programs: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/bf/bf-childcare.html. This link provides steps for homes and
centers, and guidance that will help satisfy the steps and applications needed
for recognition.
SHIP partners have exclusive access to this site now. Child care
providers will be able to use the site later this month.
For more information about
the recognition program or the application process, go to: health.bfcc@state.mn.us.
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Applications
for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) workshops of your choice, which must be held
in YOUR community this winter or spring, are due by Sept. 16. Workshops, whichare
free, will be presented by representatives from MDH, MnDOT and the Blue Cross
Center for Prevention. Lunch will be provided. Grantees, who are required
to find a host location, are also required to recruit workshop participants.
Additional
information and application can be found: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnsaferoutes/contact/training_request.html
Questions can be directed to Kelly.corbin@state.mn.us
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The
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has updated the Lawsuits
Challenging the FDA’s Deeming Rule. This resource gives a brief overview
of recent lawsuits filed challenging the FDA’s deeming rule as of August 8.
Since
the end of the 20th century, the U.S. has seen a large increase in smoke-free
and tobacco-free environments, including public places, workplaces, multi-unit
apartment buildings and affordable housing. State and local tobacco control
laws often exempt residential care settings, including assisted living, adult
foster care, nursing homes and similar environments, where many of the most
vulnerable members of society live and where a disproportionate number of
residents (and staff) either use tobacco products or are exposed to secondhand
smoke.
This collection of resources presents the legal landscape of state regulations and
provides the public health rationale for reducing tobacco use and secondhand
smoke exposure in assisted living and similar residential care
settings. These materials were prepared as part of a research grant
(RC-2014-0017), funded by ClearWay Minnesota.
Clearing the Clouds: Demystifying the Vape Shop
Time: 2
p.m.
Date:
Sept. 13
Central Vape
shops, or retail stores that specialize in e-cigarettes and related products,
seem to be popping up everywhere. Although the total number of vape shops
in the United States is unknown due to a current lack of regulatory and
licensing policies, estimates range anywhere from 3,500 to 35,000 and this
number is growing. In this Consortium webinar, presenters will provide a
summary of the most recent literature published on vape shops, discuss policy
options for regulating them in light of the FDA’s new deeming rule, describe a
new tool for conducting observational store assessments, and share a local case
study.
Presenters are Kurt Ribisl, professor, University of North Carolina’s Gillings
School of Global Public Health; and Desmond Jenson, staff attorney,
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. The moderator is Mean Meany, staff attorney,
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.
Register here.
The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has posted the recording and slides
from the webinar, News from
the Front: State and Local Regulation of E-Cigarettes – Legislation and
Advocacy (July 26, 2016).
Overview of “Stop Sales to Minors” Online Vendor Training
Time: 2–3 p.m.
Date: Sept. 21
Description: Association
for Nonsmokers – MN (ANSR) -- the program will provide an overview of the newly
released “Stop Sales to Minors” online tobacco vendor training. We will cover
how the training works and how grantees can promote it. We will talk about our
plans for dissemination and brainstorm dissemination strategies together.
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For assistance
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You can contact Lorraine Swenson at:
lorraine.swenson@state.mn.us
1-651-201-5438
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Opportunity: Advancing LGBTQ Health Conference
Date: Feb. 27-28, 2017
Location: University of MN Continuing Education Event Center, St.
Paul
A Conference for Policy
Makers and Practitioners
Online registration will begin in early fall 2016.
Conference website: http://opportunityconference.org/
For questions, email LGBTQconference@rainbowhealth.org
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Your feedback is very important to
us. Please take time to complete an evaluation of the Annual SHIP Meeting,
which can be found here.
Thank you again!
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PSE+ Forms are now available on REDCap.
Grantees
should plan to submit PSE+ by Sept. 23. Data quality checks are also due Sept.
23.
New intake partners are due on Aug. 19, which will be your last chance
to list your partners for SHIP 4, Year 1.
If you have questions, please contact
your MDH Evaluation Liaison.
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