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Webinar |
Roll Out of SHIP Identity Efforts | Dec. 2
Time: 11 a.m. Date: Dec. 2
SHIP coordinators
are invited to a webinar at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, to get an orientation to
the new SHIP identity strategy,
the new statewide logo and communications acknowledgement guidelines.
The webinar is part
of the roll out of efforts to strengthen SHIP’s communications approach and
materials that OSHII conducted in late 2015/early 2016. The webinar will be recorded.
Input was provided
by SHIP coordinators, local public health directors, Community Leadership Team
members, County Commissioners and government relations staff.
Tribal SHIP
grantees will go through a separate process in 2017.
Click here to register:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1989783273004328706
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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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Minnesota COPD facts and figures on rates of hospitalizations and deaths have
been updated on the MN Data portal.
Here are five facts
you need to know:
1. COPD is the
5th-leading cause of death in Minnesota. Death rates for COPD have declined for
men but remain unchanged for women.
2. Most people are not
diagnosed until later in the disease when they are hospitalized or have a flair
up. COPD is a major cause of death. Know the symptoms.
3. COPD is sometimes
referred to as emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
4. Smoking is the
leading cause of COPD. Among adults with COPD, 40 percent are former smokers
and 36 percent still smoke. If you still smoke, you can get help to quit. See Tobacco Prevention and Control: Quit Tobacco.
5. It’s important to manage
COPD and to know how to talk with your doctor. American Lung Association of MN
has the top five questions to
ask your doctor and other information and resources.
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The new School Wellness Works! toolkit is NOW AVAILABLE in
hard copy.
If you would like copies to share with your partner school sites, please email
Terri Swartout at Terri.Swartout@state.mn.us with the requested
quantity.
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BikeMN, in partnership with the Minnesota
Departments of Health and Transportation, will offer Bikeable Community
Workshops in 2017 between mid-May to mid-July.
If you feel your community is a great candidate for the workshop, please fill
out the application online.This is a competitive process, and a limited
number of communities will be selected.
Communities are eligible if they have not had a Bikeable Community Workshop
in the past. Any questions can be directed to Kelly.Corbin@state.mn.us.
Applications are due
Jan. 9, 2017.
Application pdf and
planning guide are available here, as well as submission application: http://www.bikemn.org/collaboration/bikeable-community-workshops
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Planning for Population Health Coffee and Call
Save the Date:
Time: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Date: First Wednesday of every month starting Dec. 7
Get ready for more fun
in the world of PSE and cross-disciplinary collaboration!
Building on the
success of the popular Farmers Market Coffee and Call, we are responding to the
fantastic energy for learning about and getting more involved with
comprehensive plans, master plans, community planning and land use across
Minnesota.
This monthly
opportunity is a forum to share information, advice and best practices with
each other and professionals in the planning field. Topics for discussion
come from you and the other participants on the call so bring your best ideas,
most pressing questions and enthusiasm for contributing to a strong community
of practice around planning healthy, vibrant communities. Our first call
will highlight some lessons from the field.
This initiative is
being organized by the MDH Healthy Eating and Active Living Team. Grab a
cup of coffee and join us Dec. 7!
Call-in Details:
Toll-free number:1-888-742-5095 Conference Code:9821141691
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Bike Alliance of Minnesota is looking for five
new schools to host the Walk! Bike! Fun! Curriculum training in April or May of
2017.
If you would like to host a
Walk! Bike! Fun! Curriculum training during spring of the 2016-2017 school
year, complete the application here. Deadline to apply is midnight on Feb. 3,
2017.
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Date: Feb. 23, 2017
Join Minnesota
Action for Healthy Kids 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 on how to develop and implement effective policies and practices
for improved student outcomes. Be inspired on how you can create a school
environment that supports healthy, active students.
Register here.
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Tobacco technical assistance and training (TA)
has three components – PSE consultation, legal TA and retail environment
assessment. For efficiency and to address distinct regional needs, PSE
consultation is now divided between two organizations: ANSR and ALA. All
grantees will continue working with the Public Health Law Center in
coordination with either ANSR or ALA on policy development, as well as Counter
Tools regarding retail assessment.
Policy,
Systems and Environmental Change (PSE) TA
PSE TA providers will
serve as tobacco prevention and control policy experts and provide
individualized consultation to MDH grantees on PSE change phases including
strategy development, policy adoption, implementation and enforcement. PSE TA
providers demonstrate deep expertise in tobacco control PSE processes, best
practices, and implementation and enforcement strategies and can accommodate
specific community needs and strengths when assisting grantees.
PSE TA providers offer
the following technical support for all tobacco control PSE strategies:
- One-on-one consultation around PSE change to grantees.
- Strategy-specific resources such as toolkits,
templates, fact sheets, talking points, sample policies and enforcement
guides that can be adapted for communities.
- Co-creation and development of needed materials and
resources.
The Association for
Nonsmokers – Minnesota (ANSR) Esha Seth, MDH TA Lead esha@ansrmn.org (651) 646-3005
The following SHIP
grantees should contact ANSR for PSE TA consultation:
- Anoka County
- Minneapolis
- Benton County
- Scott County
- Bloomington-Edina-Richfield
- Sherburne County
- Carver County
- St. Paul-Ramsey
- Chisago County
- Stearns County
- Dakota County
- Washington County
- Hennepin County
- Wright County
- Isanti-Mille Lacs-Kanabec- Pine
American Lung
Association in Minnesota (ALA) Erin Simmons, MDH TA
Lead erin.simmons@lung.org (507) 382-7421
The following SHIP
grantees should contact ALA for PSE TA consultation:
- Blue Earth
- Horizon
- Brown-Nicollet- Le Sueur-Waseca
- Kandiyohi-Renville
- Cass
- Meeker-McLeod-Sibley
- Countryside
- Morrison-Todd-Wadena
- Crow Wing
- Mower
- Des Moines Valley with Nobles County
- North Country
- Dodge-Steele
- Olmsted
- Faribault-Martin- Watonwan
- Polk-Norman-Mahnomen
- Fillmore-Houston
- Quin
- Freeborn
- Rice
- Goodhue
- Southwest Health and Human Services
- Healthy Northland
- Wabasha
- Health 4 Life
- Winona
Legal
TA and Training
The Public Health Law
Center (PHLC) provides statewide legal technical assistance and training. PHLC,
working alongside the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, has an extensive set of
helpful guides, fact sheets, tips and tools, toolkits, reports, sample policies
and webinars.
Public Health Law
Center Scott Kelly, MDH TA
Lead scott.kelly@mitchellhamline.edu (651) 695-7611
Assessing
Retail Environment
Counter Tools provides
online interactive store mapping and store-auditing tool to assist with POS
work. To gain access to these tools, contact your grant manager. Associated is
Counter Tobacco.org, a CDC-funded website with information and resources for
organizations working to counteract tobacco product sales and marketing at the
point-of-sale.
Counter Tools Jennifer Grant, MDH TA
Lead jennifer.grant@countertools.org (919) 694-3066 x212
For
additional questions, contact:
Cassandra Stepan cassandra.stepan@state.mn.us (651) 201-3665
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Time: 11 a.m.-Noon Date: Dec. 12
The MDH Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program is pleased to announce changes to our Technical
Assistance (TA) and Training team and newly organized roles. The TA team serves
grantees working on tobacco prevention initiatives in both the Statewide Health
Improvement Program (SHIP) and Tobacco-Free Communities (TFC) grant programs.
Please join us for a short webinar to hear about these changes, briefly meet
the TA team and learn how to access their services. Please contact your
community specialist for any questions you might have about this webinar.
Registration: Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t6e6373d4a372ecbea4237e508b179f02 and register. Once the
host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with
instructions for joining the session.
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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
THEME
Preparing for Action: The Next Horizon for Minnesota Tobacco Control
FOCUS AREAS
1. Eliminating Tobacco Inequities* 2. Working Together to Take Bold Steps for Policy Change in Tobacco Control 3. Sustainability of Tobacco Control in Minnesota
OBJECTIVES
Conference participants will leave with:
1. An understanding
of key tobacco prevention and control issues and a roadmap for collaborative
change work that sustains our long-term efforts. 2. An understanding of the important role they play in creating a state where
everyone is free from the harms of commercial tobacco. 3. An understanding of the disparities faced by commercial tobacco users and
why these inequities exist in Minnesota. 4. Confidence and a sense of urgency to use newly acquired knowledge and
skills to reduce tobacco inequities.
*Includes but is not
limited to communities of color; indigenous communities; LGBT; urban and
rural populations; those with mental illness or substance use disorders; the
homeless; those of lower socioeconomic status, as well as other groups with
persistently high tobacco use rates.
“Tobacco use” refers
to manufactured commercial tobacco in all forms (cigarettes, cigars,
smokeless, hookah, etc.), as well as all forms of electronic nicotine
delivery systems (ENDS), and not the traditional, sacred, medicinal,
spiritual, or ceremonial use of tobacco by American Indians and other groups.
Registration
and Conference Website
www.mntobaccocontrolconference.com Register here.
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MDH and ALA are partnering to offer a limited
number of travel scholarships to SHIP grantees working on tobacco prevention
and control to attend the Statewide Tobacco Conference Jan. 24-16, 2017.
Scholarship applications, questions and communication should go directly to
Erin Simmons at erin.simmons@lung.org.
Conference
Website www.mntobaccocontrolconference.com
Scholarship
Eligibility
Because funds are
limited, there are a few eligibility requirements to be aware of. The
applicants applying must be:
- More than 60 miles from their permanent work station to
St. Paul River Centre.
- A SHIP Tier 1 grantee.
- Working on tobacco prevention in either point of sale
or smoke-free housing community setting.
We will first award
one scholarship to the eligible SHIP grantees. Please refer to the schedule
below. If funds remain, we will do a second call for eligible applications to
send additional SHIP staff or coalition member. This second round is on a first
come, first serve basis. ClearWay or TFC funded CHBs are not eligible to apply.
What
is included?
- $50 Registration Fee (registration code will come from
ALA if approved for scholarship)
- Round trip mileage (Federal rate is 54 cents/mile)
- Dinner Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings
(maximum of $16 per meal and can’t include alcohol)
- Up to two nights at the Intercontinental Hotel, which
is adjacent from the conference site. (arranged directly by ALA with the
hotel on applicant’s behalf)
Reimbursement basis
only, except for hotel cost which ALA will pre-arrange and paid directly.
Timeline
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1st call for applications open Wednesday, Nov. 23; due
no later than Monday, Dec. 12.
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2nd call for applications open Tuesday, Dec. 13; due no
later than Friday, Dec. 30.
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If approved, the final reimbursement form and receipts
are due to ALA by Monday, Feb. 6.
Application
Form
Please complete this
brief application and email it directly to Erin Simmons at erin.simmons@lung.org.
Date of Request:
Applicant Name:
Grant Name:
Email:
Phone:
Please use the
guidance on page one for the maximum allowable amounts per line item.
Reimbursement
Basis:
Conference
Registration Fee $ ________
Approximant Mileage Costs $ ________
Meals $ _______
Total
Approx. Requested Amount: $ ________
Pre-Arranged
by ALA:
Intercontinental
Hotel, St. Paul: Check one or both nights you need a hotel.
____ Tuesday, January
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Opportunity: Advancing LGBTQ Health A
Conference for Policy Makers and Practitioners
Date: Feb. 27-28, 2017 Venue: University of MN Continuing Education Event Center, St. Paul
Tracks Data/Research, clinical health, behavioral/mental health, policymaking
Objectives Participants will develop strategies to:
- Address health disparities based on emerging data
- Improve outcomes through promising practices
- Promote policy, system and environmental change
- Assess current health and human service systems and
environments
Register here.
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OSHII is
seeking SHIP grantees to volunteer on a team that will help evaluate and
improve the template used for SHIP grantee work plans.
This
initiative is in response to grantee feedback to make this resource simpler and
user-friendly. Between four to six volunteers are needed.
Time
commitment is about two to three hours per month, which includes meeting time.
The kickoff meeting will be in January 2017. The goal is to have a new work
plan template ready by July 2017.
Meetings
will take place by conference call.
Interested?
Please email Susan Michels at susan.michels@state.mn.us
by Dec. 8.
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No announcements this week.
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The Minnesota Department of Health seeks
proposals to provide and coordinate capacity building technical assistance and
training (TA) for its Tobacco-Free Communities Grant Program (TFC) and
Statewide Health Improvement Program grantees as they work to reduce the harms
of commercial tobacco in their communities.
In June 2016, MDH
sought proposals to implement TFC and award both community grants and technical
assistance and training grants. This RFP is a reissuance for the Capacity
Building TA Grant included in the June 2016 request and does not include
funding for any other grants.
Please feel free to
share this opportunity with your community partners and networks.
For details visit http://www.health.mn.gov/tfc.
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