- Webinar | Safe Routes to School in Small Rural Communities: Challenges and Strategies to Accessing Funding | Sept. 20
Safe Routes to School in
Small Rural Communities: Challenges and Strategies to Accessing Funding
Time: Noon–1
p.m.
Date: Sept. 20
Many children grow up walking and bicycling to school in rural communities
across the country and Safe Routes to School initiatives are making it safer
and easier for them to do so. However, small rural communities often have
particular considerations when it comes to accessing funding and implementing
Safe Routes to School and active transportation projects.
This webinar provides an overview of the needs for and benefits of Safe Routes
to School in rural areas; explores the challenges that may arise; and describes
ways state departments of transportation support these communities in their
efforts to use key Federal funding for active transportation projects. Speakers
will highlight small rural communities where federal funding has been
successfully used to improve safety and accessibility for walking and
bicycling.
Presenters:
Sara
Zimmerman, Policy and Program Director, Safe Routes to
School National Partnership
Taylor
Lonsdale, Research Engineer, Small Urban and Rural
Livability Center, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University
Dave
Cowan, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Minnesota
Department of Transportation
Chris
Berrens, Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)
Coordinator/Principal Planner, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Register now
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Webinar | Stop Sales to Minors Online Vendor Training
| Sept. 21
Overview of “Stop Sales to
Minors” Online Vendor Training
Time:
2–3 p.m.
Date: Sept. 21
The Association for Nonsmokers – MN (ANSR) 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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To register for this training session
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Go to: https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t05408239585209b9305ce811da680e02
and register.
Once you are approved by the host, you will receive a confirmation email with
instructions for joining the session.
To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link
https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t047c5f05550970e2774ab16c6030f72b
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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
 Partnership Helps Rochester School Score Big Healthy Eating and Active Living Victories
In football terms, it's first down and goal for Longfellow Choice Elementary School in Rochester.
The school has its health objectives within reach thanks to a partnership with the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) and Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60). FUTP60 is a joint venture between the National Football League, the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Dairy Council. The effort encourages youth to eat healthier foods and achieve at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day.
To read more, go to the SHIP success story.
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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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Grantees have been selected by the Center for
Health Equity (CHE) to help the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in its
goal to advance health equity for all Minnesotans.
Two grant Requests for Proposals (RFP) have been issued by CHE: advancing health equity and eliminating health disparities. The RFP process, from inception to grantee selection,
was a team effort supported by numerous community partners and throughout MDH,
particularly by Will Wilson, supervisor of the Primary Care Financial and
Technical Assistance Unit, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care; Jeannette
L. Raymond, Community Engagement Unit supervisor, Public Health Practice
Section, Health Partnerships Division; and Megan Waltz, Prenatal to Three
Policy and Systems advisor.
Grant dollars to advance health equity are for addressing
measurable health inequities and identifying the social and economic conditions
that contribute to the inequities, and for developing plans to address and
improve these conditions. Two organizations have been selected for these
grants: How many applicants were there, and how much grant money has been
awarded?
- Neighborhood Hub will center on health inequities
related to housing, employment and community health support in three North
Minneapolis neighborhoods.
- Voices for Racial Justice will focus on the
intersection of incarceration and health in three greater Minnesota
prisons.
Grant dollars to eliminate health disparities are for funding
community initiatives that support improving the health status of people of
color and American Indians in eight priority health areas. CHE has named 32 grantees to share a pot of
$5.142 million that was received from the legislature and from federal
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds. Information about the 32
grantees will be posted soon to the Center for Health Equity website. CHE received 111 applications asking for more
than $17.5 million.
Please direct questions to
Bridget Roby, EHDI grant manager, at bridget.roby@state.mn.us.
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Get ready for National Farm to School Month in
October – it’s a great time to celebrate the connections that are happening all
over the country between schools and local food! Plan a new Farm to School
activity, organize a special celebration of your current efforts or initiate a
new partnership.
Here are some ways to get involved:
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Join schools across the state in kicking off Minnesota
Thursdays on Oct. 6 with a special Midwest Menu: serve a local chicken and
apple, along with a veggie and whole grain of your choice. Get details.
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Participate in the third annual Great Lakes Great
Apple Crunch at noon on Oct. 13. Sign up to receive free stickers and a
copy of the 2016 Crunch Guide to help you plan, carry out and share your
celebratory crunch. Learn more.
- Sign up for a webinar. Two webinars are scheduled:
Celebrate Farm to School in October, 2 p.m., Sept. 13: What is Farm to School
Month and why should your school be involved? This session will provide details
on all the cool happenings around Minnesota during the month of October. Register here.
Minnesota Thursdays and Farm to School, 2 p.m., Nov. 1: Serve fresh, local lunch for
great, local students! Minnesota Thursdays is a way to highlight your farm to
school program, support the local food economy and offer students fresh,
seasonal options. Learn how your school can implement Minnesota Thursdays by
locally sourcing a meal on the first Thursday of every month. Register here.
- Learn more about Minnesota’s Farm to School grant
program.
The AGRI Farm to School Grant Program supports Minnesota school
districts and child care providers in the processing of Minnesota agricultural
products. Grants are intended to create plans that identify specific equipment,
tools, training or policies needed by school districts and child care
providers; and purchase equipment to allow schools and child care
providers to purchase, prepare and serve more Minnesota grown and raised food.
Applications are due Nov. 2. Learn more.
For more information, visit
the University of Minnesota Extension’s Farm to School website.
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Supporting Healthy Eating in Greater Minnesota — Understanding
and Improving the Grocery and Small Store Landscape
Time: 11:30
a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Date: Oct. 14
Most of the foods and beverages people consume come from grocery
stores. If you’d like to learn what you can do to ensure your community
has access to healthier choices, this webinar can provide the
answers.
Presenters include: Karen Lanthier, Assistant Program Director, Sustainable
Agriculture and Food Systems, Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships;
and Julie Ralston Aoki, Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center.
Event Details
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Date:
Oct. 7
Location: Wells
Fargo, 550 S. 4th St., Minneapolis 55415
Join BikeMN and Wells Fargo for the final Corporate
Bike Forum of 2016.
The Corporate Bike Forum focuses on connecting bicycle advocates at businesses
with each other for information and best-practices sharing. The forum meets
twice a year and gives participants a chance to network, as well as learn from
other business bicycle advocates from across Minnesota.
If you are unable to attend in person, please join via teleconference. Dial-in
information will be available for anyone who cannot attend in person. Please
RSVP to ensure this information is sent to you.
More
info and registration: http://www.bikemn.org/events/event/339
Planning for Population Health Training
Time: 8 a.m. - Noon
Date: Sept. 28
Location: St. Cloud
The Healthy Eating and Active Living MDH staff, in collaboration
with GTS educational events, is offering this dynamic learning opportunity
that was created just for local public health professionals, community
partners and their colleagues in the planning profession. The session
will focus on land use, city planning and the potential for integrating
active living and healthy eating into the planning process for a larger
population health impact. Come learn from others about their work. Discounted
registration of $25 is available for public health professionals and partners.
We look forward to seeing you on Sept. 28 as part of a pre-session for the APA
MN State Planners Conference (http://www.plannersconference.com/).
Details/ Registration: http://www.mngts.org/LandUse/land-use-planning-for-population-health.php
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The 2016 TCN Policy Recommendations are available!
The Tobacco Control Network (TCN) recently
released the 2016 TCN Policy Recommendations document. The document
reflects the Network’s priorities – it declares a vision and direction for
policy and system changes, which TCN membership believe are most important to
reducing and eliminating health issues caused by tobacco use and secondhand
smoke exposure. The Tobacco Control Network is comprised of the tobacco control
program managers, staff from each U.S. state and territorial health agency, and
the District of Columbia.
Building on the previous policy document, the 2016 TCN Policy Recommendations
aim to prepare membership to meet the evolving demands of the tobacco control
landscape and to help shape effective tobacco control programs. State and
territorial tobacco control programs found the 2012 version helpful in
providing program direction, completing readiness assessments, developing their
five-year National State-Based Tobacco Control work plans, and educating their
state’s leadership about evidence-based tobacco control work.
Inspiring Bold Action: The Minnesota Tobacco
Control Conference
Date: Jan. 24-26, 2017
Location: RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd. W., Saint Paul, MN 55102
Cost: $100
The conference will focus on three primary areas:
- Eliminating tobacco inequities: Disparities
in commercial tobacco use are very clear and use remains persistently high in
groups such as communities of color; indigenous communities; LGBT; urban and
rural populations; certain occupations; those with mental health or substance
use disorders; the homeless; and those with lower levels of income or
educational attainment.
- Taking bold steps through policy change that can
help to eliminate these inequities.
- Fulfilling the need for sustainable resources to
support the elimination of inequities. This includes engaging community
members, building community capacity, and developing community leadership. It
also is designed to secure funding sources that are targeted toward the
implementation of community driven solutions.
Watch for more information and registration details this fall.
Rally Around Health Systems Change for Treating Tobacco
Dependence
Time: 10
a.m.–Noon
Date: Nov. 15
Location: Maple Grove Community Center
This is a multi-stakeholder, action-oriented event. Participants
will learn from national expert Dr. Michael Fiore from the University of
Wisconsin, a panel of providers, and hear about how a variety of health systems
have implemented changes to improve how they address tobacco use with their
patients.
Register here.
MDH and Counter Tools are having a Minnesota
tobacco point-of-sale photo contest!
Do you have a photo of
tobacco industry tactics at the point of sale? Are you planning to take photos
while conducting audits this summer? Send in the photos you capture of the
retail environment!
What kind of photos? Send us photos showcasing tobacco industry
marketing tactics and promotional strategies at the point of sale.
Who do I send them to? Jennifer@countertools.org
What is the deadline? Please send by Sept. 30 to be
considered for the 1st and 2nd place prizes.
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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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If you are working on the SHIP worksite strategy, we want your
opinion! We are looking at the collaborative model of working with
worksite partners, and want to compile a “best practices” guideline from your
experience, along with your thoughts about future worksite training topics.
Please take 10 minutes or so to respond to less than 40 questions about
your experience. Please submit your responses by Sept. 22. The link is https://survey.vovici.com/se.ashx?s=56206EE34CB72F75.
Thanks for your input to strengthen this strategy!
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Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Dates | Locations:
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Oct. 11 | Southwest | Southwest Service Cooperative (SWSC), 1420 E. College Dr., Marshall
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Oct. 13 | Southeast | MDH District Office, 18 Wood Lake Drive S.E., Rochester
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Oct. 20 | Northwest | Bemidji Public Library, 509 American Ave. N.W., Bemidji
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Oct. 25 | Northeast | Duluth Public Safety Building, 2030 N. Arlington Ave., Duluth
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Oct. 27 | Metro | Northern Service Center (Dakota County), One Mendota Road W., West St. Paul
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Using new tools, create a customized communications and
engagement plan.
- Identify ways to incorporate cessation promotion in
worksite wellness partner sites.
- Articulate local public health’s role in the statewide
implementation of HUD smoke-free rule.
- Describe new tobacco use and exposure data and learn
about new resources and tools.
Agenda
9 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:30 – 10 a.m. SHIP Community Specialist Updates
10 – 10:30 a.m. New Tobacco Tools and Resources
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 - 12:15 p.m. Communications Workshop
12:15 - 1 p.m. Lunch: Tobacco Updates and Networking
1 - 1:30 p.m. Office Hours and Coffee and Conversation
1:30 – 2 p.m. Tobacco Free Grounds Policy and Cessation Support – Tips and
Tools
2 – 2:15 p.m. Break: Photo Contest Voting
2:15 - 3 p.m. HUD Smoke-Free Rule Implementation Plan
Register here.
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