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Webinar | Engaging Stakeholders in Healthy
Food Retail Assessment and Policy Development | Oct. 25
Minnesota Healthy Food Retail Collaborative Learning Call/Webinar
Engaging Stakeholders in Healthy Food Retail Assessment and Policy
Development: Lessons Learned from Minneapolis
Time:
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Date: Oct. 25
Description:
Healthy
retail strategies can range from programs (e.g. Healthy Corner Store Program)
to policies (e.g. Staple Foods Ordinance). Many communities on the call are
working on Healthy Corner Store Programs, but are also interested in pursuing
policy strategies to help expand reach, impact and sustainability of their
retail efforts. The purpose of this webinar is for MHD staff to share lessons
learned from healthy retail efforts in Minneapolis – specifically around the
Staple Foods Ordinance - and offer guidance to other communities that want to
explore policy changes. The last 10 minutes of the call will include time to
connect with Counter Tools regarding retail assessments for those utilizing the
Store Audit Center.
Presenters:
Kristen Klinger, Minneapolis Health Department;
Vish Vasani, Minneapolis Health
Department; and Charla Hodges, Counter Tools
Moderator: Teresa Ambroz, Minnesota Department of Health
Register
here.
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Accelerate School Wellness Symposium | Oct. 26 &
Nov. 1
Accelerate! Strategies to Enhance Your School Nutrition
Programs
Training dates and locations:
Time: 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Date: Oct. 26
Location: National Joint Powers Alliance, 202 12th Street NE,
Staples
Time: 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Date: Nov. 1
Location: South Central Service Cooperative, 2075 Lookout Drive,
North Mankato
The Minnesota Department of Education – Nutrition, Health, and Youth
Development Division is excited to offer three symposium opportunities as
part of the Minnesota Team Nutrition grant. The registration links are below.
The agenda is jam-packed with a variety of topics that will assist you in
going ABOVE and BEYOND in your school nutrition programs. New resources will
be available in print and electronic format. The event is free – lunch will
be on your own.
A variety of speakers will be at each of the symposiums covering the
following topics:
• Smarter
Lunchrooms – tips for engaging students
• Smart Snacks – tips for success
• Partnerships – Food and Consumer Science programs, Fuel
Up to Play 60, Action
For Healthy Kids, and Statewide Health Improvement
Program
• Wellness Policy updates with a highlight on Minnesota research
• HealthierUS School Challenge
Who should attend: school food service directors, school foodservice
managers, and nutrition educators (i.e. Statewide Health Improvement Plan
(SHIP) staff who work with school nutrition programs).
To request a reasonable accommodation to participate in any of these
sessions, contact Liane Jensen at 651-582-8526 , 1-800-366-8922 (MN
Toll-free) or liane.jensen@state.mn.us.
- Webinar | Best Practices for Cognitive Screening & Dementia Care Planning | Oct. 27
Best Practices for Cognitive Screening & Dementia Care Planning
Time: 11
a.m.-1 p.m.
Date: Oct. 27
Cost: Free
Over
89,000 Minnesotans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease today
and that number is expected to more than double in the next 20 years.
This
session will provide care coordinators, social workers, nurses and other
professionals with the most important strategies and recommendations to use
when working with clients with dementia to optimize their function, support
health and promote better outcomes.
Registration
link: www.mngero.org
New Smoke-Free Policy Protects
Thousands of Minnesotans
Avoiding secondhand smoke in apartments can be difficult. It can travel
within complexes and common areas through doorways, cracks in walls, electrical
lines, ventilation systems and plumbing.
D.W. Jones, one of the largest property management
companies in northern Minnesota, with more than 110 rental properties, over
3,000 rental units and thousands of residents, knows that eliminating
secondhand smoke benefits its residents and buildings.
Secondhand smoke poses a serious health risk and contains more than 70
known cancer-causing agents. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand
smoke.
"We intend to make all properties safe with clean air and smoke
free," said Jericho Worth, who coordinates management at nine D.W. Jones
properties in Roseau, Baudette and Warroad.
The American Lung Association worked with Healthy
Northland, the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) grantee
for Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties, to
develop the new companywide smoke-free policy. Residents at D.W. Jones
properties must sign a lease addendum that states that they and their guests
will not smoke in the building. They can only smoke outdoors at marked areas.
Several other SHIP grantees supported the effort. They are: PartnerSHIP for
Health (Becker, Clay, Otter Tail and Wilkin counties); North Country Community
Health Board (Beltrami, Hubbard, Clearwater and Lake of the Woods counties);
Cass County Public Health; Crow Wing Energized; and Health4Life (Morrison, Todd
and Wadena counties).
"Many people don’t realize that up to 65 percent of the air at
multi-housing apartments and townhomes is shared," said Liz Johnson, a
tobacco control manager at the American Lung Association. "People with
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and children with asthma are
especially vulnerable."
Read more here.
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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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Proposal Grant Writing Seminar
Time: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Date: Nov. 16-17
Location: University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Understand the process of successful grant proposal writing. You will learn
all important facets of the process including researching the right funding
sources to creating a budget and developing other crucial components of a
winning proposal.
Register here
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The Schoolyard Garden Conference Planning Committee would like
your help in finding potential speakers for the next conference, which
will take place on March 3, 2017, at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
Deadline for proposals is Nov. 1.
The committee is also looking for nominations for the first annual
Innovative Problem Solving Showcase. The committee is looking for
nominations or recommendations for schools, teachers, volunteers, Master
Gardeners, administrators and students who have something to share that would
help other garden programs.
*New to the Conference* Innovative Problem Solving Showcase:
Schoolyard gardens often present unlimited learning and healthy opportunities,
however, barriers and problems are always a part of the gardening equation. As
most long time gardeners will admit, you often learn the most when something
goes wrong in the garden. You figure out a solution. Later, you see the same
issue in another garden and you know what to do. This year, we are introducing
new exhibitor showcase which highlights a collection of selected programs that
have solved a problem by creating an innovative solution.
With over 190 Minnesota school gardens, there are certainly some
garden experts out there who have solved problems or overcome barriers in great
ways. This year’s Innovative Garden Problem Solving Showcase looks to celebrate
those learning moments in the garden.
Think back and remember planning your garden site. What did you have to
overcome to make it happen? Missing a water source? Low community support?
Lacked funding? Lacked space? Think back and remember the early years of your
garden, what went wrong? A major pest problem? Plant spacing? Garden layout?
How did you fix it?
We want to showcase your expertise and make gardening less daunting for new
gardeners. Participants will share their findings and resources in the
Showcase, and be eligible to win the first annual "Minnesota Innovator
Award." They are also allowed to bring one student to present their
exciting work. Let’s show them how we learned to garden!
Potential Categories:
- Irrigation
- Summer garden management
- Rabbits issues
- Pests
- Funding obstacles
- Space obstacles
- Garden classroom management
- Community support
- Garden facilities (hand washing…)
- Extending the garden season
- Expanding use of the garden
- Portable gardens
For more information https://goo.gl/forms/K1GzSCSxLFJCBH2R2
$7.5 million in grants available for local
community projects that enhance transportation goals.
Communities, schools and their partners are invited to apply for
approximately $7.5 million in funding for local projects that enhance
transportation goals through the Transportation Alternatives solicitation.
The funding is for Greater Minnesota communities, schools and
regional agencies to fund pedestrian and bicycle facilities, historic
preservation, Scenic Byways and Safe Routes to School programs.
The Metropolitan Council conducts a biennial solicitation for the
seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area applications.
To apply, applicants must submit a letter of intent describing
the key components of their project by Oct. 31. A regional representative will
contact applicants to help review the project proposal, determine eligibility
and outline the steps necessary for delivering a federally funded project. The
full application is due Jan. 13, 2017. Grant recipients will be announced April
17, 2017.
Last year, 21 local communities received Transportation
Alternatives grants totaling more than $7.6 million.
For grant details see the
Transportation Alternatives website at www.mndot.gov/ta.
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National Walk Summit Call for Proposals
Date: Sept.13-15, 2017
Location: St. Paul
America Walks and the
Every Body Walk! Collaborative are calling for proposals for its 2017 National
Walking Summit.
The theme of the 2017 summit is "Vital and Vibrant
Communities: The Power of Walkability." The conference will explore how walking and walkability create
engaged, thriving and inclusive communities for all members. Walkability is at
the cornerstone of creating neighborhoods that are vital and vibrant, allowing
all members of a community to enjoy health, social and economic benefits in a
variety of forms.
We want to highlight
the great projects, programs and resources that are being developed in St. Paul
and throughout Minnesota. Sessions will focus on local examples of walkability.
To learn more and submit a proposal, click
here.
Submissions are due Dec. 15.
Date: Feb. 23
Join
MN AFHK for the 2017 Healthy Schools Conference to explore how health equity at
school relates to nutrition, physical activity and the whole child at our
biannual conference.
This conference is designed to inform and empower schools
and community partners to take action to support the health and success of all
students. Join us to learn practical strategies to develop, implement and
ensure effective policies and practices for improved student outcomes. Be
inspired and get ideas about how you can create a school environment that
supports healthy, active students.
We are currently looking for submissions for speakers and sessions. If you are
interested, please contact Ann Kisch for more information. The deadline for
speaker submissions is Nov. 7, 2016.
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 2016 Healthy Foods Summit: Food, Microbes & Human Health
Time: 8-5:30 p.m.
Date: Oct. 27-28
ABOUT THIS SUMMIT
Let's take, "You are what you eat" a step further . . ."Your world is what you eat."
Microbes are everywhere in our food system, inhabiting biomes from soil to human- for better or worse. In recent years, research has shed much light on how these tiny organisms can be better understood and controlled to ensure healthy, safe food for everyone. This year's two-day Healthy Foods Summit is co-hosted by the University of Minnesota's Healthy Foods/Healthy Lives Institute, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
The agenda for the first, on-campus day will include cutting-edge research and policy perspectives. The second day will focus on practical applications and will be held at the Arboretum. Both days are designed for community leaders, policymakers, citizens, and stakeholders to connect with one another and today's foremost scholars, authors, and experts.
The Healthy Food Summit is an annual event, and will be of interest to food science and production researchers • healthcare professionals • public health professionals • environmental and natural resource professionals • dietitians • food producers and processors • grocery and farm co-op members • agribusiness professionals • community farm participants • school administrators • students • concerned citizens.
Register here
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Healthy Food Retail: Building Retail Certification Programs
Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Date: Nov. 8
Description: Healthy retail strategies
can range from programs (e.g. Healthy Corner Store Program) to policies (e.g.
Staple Foods Ordinance). This webinar provides an overview of a healthy retail
certification program. It describes the core elements of a successful program,
suggests in-store changes and storeowner incentives and highlights best
practices. The webinar will feature guest speakers who are currently building
state-level retail certification programs. The guest speakers are Jessie Gouck,
California Department of Public Health, and Vanessa Wielenga, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
Presenters:
Juell Steward, MCP, Planner and Greta Aschbacher, MPH, Policy Analyst,
both from ChangeLab Solutions
Registration Information will be shared
soon.
Minnesota Thursdays and Farm to School
Time: 2 p.m.
Date: Nov.
1
Description:
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 sourcing an entirely locally-sourced meal on the first
Thursday of every month.
Key Area: Nutrition Learning
Code: 1130
Registration:
Registration is required, and you can register right before the webinar starts.
The registration will ask for your school district’s name, but you can enter
the agency you work for instead of a school district.
Register here.
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Safe Routes to School Network Call
Time: 10-11 a.m.
Date: Oct. 27
Due to MEA, the monthly call has been moved.
The focus of the call:
- Recapping Walk to School Day
- Sustaining SRTS efforts through the Winter
Join WebEx meeting
Meeting number: 257 029 502
Host key: 723627
Meeting password: SRTS
Join by phone
Conference dial-in number: 1-8005048071 (US)
Within the US and Canada: 1-3032480281 (US)
Show global numbers
Chairperson Passcode: 7320
Access Code: 662 219 2
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Inspiring Bold Action: The Minnesota Tobacco
Control Conference
Date: Jan. 24-26, 2017
Location: RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul
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.
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Rally Around Health Systems Change for Treating Tobacco
Dependence
Time: 10
a.m.–Noon
Date: Nov. 15
Location: Maple Grove Community Center, 12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove
This is a multi-stakeholder, action-oriented event. Participants
will learn from national expert Dr. Michael Fiore from the University of
Wisconsin and a panel of providers. Participants will also hear how a variety
of health systems have implemented changes to improve how they have addressed
tobacco use with their patients.
Register here.
ClearWay Minnesota is excited to release a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for local policy grants to create a smoke-free generation. The RFP is posted at: http://www.clearwaymn.org/local-policy-grant-rfp
This funding opportunity is aimed at organizations and agencies
that have:
- A strong track record of tobacco control work,
including passing policies;
- An interest in passing bold policies;
- Knowledge about their community and a sense of its
readiness for policy change;
- An ability to participate in lobbying activities at the
local and state levels; and
- An interest in being part of a dynamic cohort of
organizations that support and encourage each other to pass the most
impactful policies possible.
Here are a few key dates to keep in mind:
- Letters of intent are due Oct. 21
- Full proposals are due Dec. 16
- Funding will begin for selected applicants on July 1,
2017
Questions about this RFP
can be submitted to Alexis Bylander, Senior Public Affairs Manager at abylander@clearwaymn.org / 952-767-1431.
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9th Annual Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition Statewide Meeting and
Workshop
Workshop
Time: Noon-5 p.m.
Date: Oct. 27
Cost: $55
Annual Meeting
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Date: Oct. 28
Cost: $95
Location: Keller Golf Course Clubhouse, 2166 Maplewood Dr., Maplewood
Register: https://mnbreastfeedingcoalition.org
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Are you interested in attending APHA’s Annual Meeting?
If unable to travel to the meeting each year. APHA is now
offering a great way to participate in APHA’s Annual Meeting, even if you can’t
be in Denver. APHA Live gives you:
- access to live-streamed and on-demand broadcasting of
the premiere sessions at this year’s Annual Meeting, including the Opening
General Session featuring Cecile Richards, president of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, and the Monday General Session featuring
four past and current CDC directors.
- 12 hours of live programming from Sunday, Oct. 30,
through Tuesday, Nov. 1, on such topics as health equity, Zika, the lead
crisis in Flint, Michigan, and more.
- on-demand access for one year, allowing you to watch
sessions at your leisure.
- the ability to earn 9 continuing education credits.
This year’s Annual Meeting theme “Creating the Healthiest
Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health” will carry through to APHA Live. View the schedule of events and session
descriptions.
It’s the perfect way to
hear from leaders in the field, learn best practices and become part of a
national conversation on public health’s biggest issues.
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The November SHIP School Webinar originally scheduled for Nov. 8 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. has been
cancelled.
Replacement Webinar
Training: Utilizing the Online Healthy
Schools Program Website
Time: 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Date:
Nov. 17
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation will be conducting
this national training. Please click on this link to register for the
training: HSP Website
Walkthrough . This topic was the most strongly identified TA need
that SHIP coordinators suggested during this past months webinar. Please
join if you are able.
Again, please cancel the date/time of Nov. 8 on your
calendars and replace with this learning opportunity. If this new
date/time doesn’t work, please visit the Alliance for a
Healthier Generation’s training center for other virtual on-demand courses
and workshops that can be taken.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Terri
Swartout, terri.swartout@state.mn.us
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Thank you for those who attended the October Making it
Better Regional Learning Meeting.
We would ask that you take time to complete the short
evaluation to help us with our planning for upcoming trainings and technical
assistance opportunities.
Please click here to begin the evaluation.
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Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Dates | Locations:
***Please note that the Oct. 25 | Northeast Regional Meeting in
Duluth has been canceled.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Use 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
Please make sure to
register for the Making it Better Regional Learning Meeting
Register here.
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MDH staff
and grantees have been piloting the health equity data analysis (HEDA) process
detailed in the Guide, “Using Data to Identify Health Inequities: A Guide for
Local Health Departments.” The goal of the pilot is to help us refine the Guide
and determine the type of training and technical assistance needed to conduct a
HEDA. The pilot started in early June and will be completed in December (not
November, as originally anticipated).
Initially,
we thought the revised Data Guide would be available in November. However, we
are pushing back the timeline for the publication of the refined guide to
ensure we capture all the lessons learned by the piloting group. The plan is
now to release the updated Guide and the roll out to non-piloting grantees in
early 2017. This may also lead to an extension of the Oct. 31, 2017, deadline
for completion of the HEDA process. We will have more details for you in the
next couple months.
If you are
interested in starting your HEDA now, please reach out to your Community Specialist,
Evaluation Liaison, or Ann Kinney in Center for Health Statistics.
Thanks for
your patience – we are trying to make the HEDA process as smooth and meaningful
as possible for future users of the Guide.
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For those communities that participated in bike and pedestrian counts in
Sept. please submit your raw data by scanning the count forms and emailing them
to health.activeliving@state.mn.us.
Please share data from communities whether SHIP lead the count initiative or if
your transportation partners managed the counts. This data will be used in
the upcoming legislative report. Thank you.
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Tribal Partners Fall Gathering
Date: Oct. 24– 26
Location: InterContinental Hotel, 11 Kellogg Blvd. E., Saint Paul,
55101
Register here.
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