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Webinar | SHIP Child Care Evaluation Results | Jan. 4
Results
of SHIP child care evaluation discussed at webinar
SHIP
grantees and other interested partners are invited to a webinar at 11:30 a.m.
on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, to learn about the results from an evaluation
study of SHIP child care training and technical assistance.
Creating
child care environments that support healthy habits is a critical strategy
for preventing obesity among young children. The purpose of this evaluation
was to assess the impact of SHIP’s child care training and technical
assistance strategy on the adoption and implementation of nationally
recommended practices and written policies that promote healthy eating,
physical activity and breastfeeding in child care settings.
During
the webinar, participants will learn more about the study, its findings and
communications tools (including a press release that can be used locally)
that will be available. MDH plans to issue a press release about the study
the day after the webinar.
Making
a Difference: SHIP Child Care Training and TA
Time:
11:30 a.m. Date: Jan. 4, 2017 Session number: 635 936 786 Session password: Winter2017*
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To
join the webinar:
1.
Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t290e2e93251010c4b50ec9842f58012c 2. Enter your name and email address. 3. Enter the session password: Winter2017* 4. Click "Join Now". 5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
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To
join the teleconference:
Call-in
toll-free number:1-888-742-5095 (US) Conference Code: 885 604 3562
- Coffee Talks |
Physical Activity and Healthy Eating | Jan. 4
Planning for Population Health Coffee Talks
Working Effectively across Multiple Jurisdictions
Time: 8:30-9:30
a.m. Date: Jan. 4
On the first coffee talk of 2017 we will dig into a topic brought
up during last month’s call on ways to be effective in working across
multiple jurisdictions e.g. city, county, regions. Adam Altenburg, Community
and Transportation Planner from Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of
Governments, will join us to offer his perceptive to our discussion. The talk
is organized by the MDH Healthy Eating and Active Living Team.
Call-in Details:
Toll-free: 1-888-742-5095 Conference Code: 9821141691
- Bikeable Community Workshops
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
New TA/Training Coordinator | Linda Feltes
Linda
Feltes joins OSHII as the new TA/Training Coordinator.
Linda comes with extensive experience in planning and
delivering TA & Training across the state and in building partnerships and
collaborations.
Some of you may know Linda from her previous role at
MDH as the Worksite Wellness Program Coordinator, and from her role as the
Project Manager for Worksite Wellness at Minnesota Management & Budget. She
has led and provided technical assistance and training for our state agency
worksite wellness programs and has been successful in weaving PSE throughout
the programs.
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 Minnesota Department of Health has published a Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit for
prospective employers.
The purpose of the toolkit is to assist employers and
organizations in planning for the hiring of CHWs. The CHW role provides
culturally-specific education, system navigation, advocacy and outreach
services to diverse communities. CHWs can improve health outcomes for communities
and individuals, reduce overall health care costs by helping patients avoid
more acute care and improve patient experience. CHWs can also enhance
relationships between communities and health systems, public health agencies,
hospitals, clinics and community-based programs.
The toolkit is now available at http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/orhpc/toolkit.html.
Funding for the creation of the toolkit was provided by the Center for
Medicaid and Medicare Improvement, via the State Innovation Model (SIM) grant.
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The Minnesota HIA Coalition released the Minnesota HIA Action Guide to advance HIA
capacity and understanding in Minnesota. This guide covers the basics of HIAs
in Minnesota, including talking points, information on HIAs completed in
Minnesota, and resources.
Check it out. HIA’s can be a tool to use when new policies or built environment
projects are proposed.
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Attend a symposium offered by the Minnesota
Department of Education – Nutrition, Health, and Youth Development Division.
Learn about the upcoming CACFP meal pattern
regulations and how to help child care programs implement them.
- New CACFP Meal Pattern
Regulations
- The Changes are
Coming: How to Communicate, Market, and Frame Your Message
- Highlight on the
Minnesota Breastfeeding Recognition Program
- Menu Planning
Strategies
- Improving Mealtime
Environment with "Smarter Mealtimes"
- New print and
electronic resources
- Free (lunch on your
own), half or full day registration
Training dates and locations:
Time:
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Date: Jan. 18, 2017 Location: National Joint Powers Alliance, 202 12th Street NE, Staples
Registration: Jan. 18 – Staples
Time: 8:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Date: Jan. 24, 2017 Location: Regional Extension Office – Mankato, 1961 Premier
Drive, Suite 110, Mankato
Registration: Jan. 24 – Mankato
Time: 8:30
a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Date: Jan. 31, 2017 Location: Minnesota Department of Education, 1500 Highway 36 W,
Roseville
Registration: Jan. 31 – Roseville
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Turning Knowledge into Action
Time: 7:45 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Date: Feb. 23, 2017 Venue: Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Dr., Brooklyn
Center Cost: $95
Please join MN Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) for the
2017 Healthy School Conference, featuring evidence-based policies and practices
that allow students and staff to learn and work in a healthy school environment
with a focus on health equity. Presentations will cover a variety of healthy
school topics including a panel discussion with schools on successful student
health initiatives and breakout sessions on core issues for healthy schools. We
are excited to welcome Dr. Sharroky Hollie, Director of the Center for
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning to present the keynote address.
To establish the theme for the day, Dr. Hollie will talk about how
cultural responsiveness benefits all students, in particular those students who
have been traditionally underserved in schools. Given its importance to
empowering and inspiring educators to be responsive and for students to be
academically successful, how do you know if you are culturally and
linguistically responsive in your mind-set and skill set? Find out through a
motivating, inspiring, and thought-provoking keynote address, and additional
breakout session.
Register here.
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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 24
____ Wednesday, January 25
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Tobacco & Trade: An Update on Global Tobacco Trade
Litigation
Time: 11 a.m. Date: Jan. 18, 2017
The tobacco industry has a history of using international trade and investment
agreements to challenge tobacco control measures, such as plain packaging
requirements. This Tobacco Control Legal Consortium webinar will provide
an overview of the latest tobacco trade and investment litigation, including
this summer’s landmark decision by the World Bank dispute settlement body to
dismiss a case brought by Philip Morris International against the government of
Uruguay seeking compensation for economic damages caused by the nation’s
tobacco control measures. Our speaker will be Robert Eckford, Associate Legal Director
of the International Legal Consortium at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Register here.
Webinar Wednesdays
Monthly webinars will be held until Kick Butts Day!
The webinars will cover tips and tricks, mini-grants, additional resources that
are offered to support the Kick Butts Day events, and more.
Here's the schedule:
Jan. 11, 2017 — Training Up to Kick Butts
Feb. 8, 2017 — Kicking Butts Through the Media
March 8, 2017 — Kicking Butts Online
Click here to RSVP for webinars.
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The Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (OAAA) is pleased
to release a Request for Applications for the Walk with Ease Expansion Grants.
Funding support for this effort is provided by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Arthritis Project.
OAAA is conducting this mini-grant initiative to
support expanded dissemination and delivery of the evidence-based, cost
effective, and arthritis-appropriate Walk With Ease (WWE) programs. Over the next
five years, we will extend WWE by reaching a minimum of 25 states that will
embed the delivery of the programs and develop models for sustainability and
ongoing funding.
This year, OAAA anticipates awarding up to eight
grants for up to $7,000 each, with a project period of up to one year. Funds
may be used for instructor training fees, purchase of workbooks, printing of
marketing materials (e.g., brochures, posters) and for administrative costs
(staff support) in managing the mini-grant project.
Applications due: Jan. 20, 2017, at 10:59 p.m.
Learn more and apply here.
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The evaluation team is getting ready to launch of
REDCap 2.0. Below is more information about three important upcoming events.
Your Input Needed: How Partner Sites Defined
Time: 10-11 a.m. Date: Jan. 9, 2017
We would like your input on changes to how partner sites will be defined. If
you are interested in joining a discussion please contact your evaluation
liaison or Health.SHIP.eval@state.mn.us and we will send
you more information to review and instructions for how to join the call.
Training for all REDCap 2.0 Users
Time: 10-11 a.m. Date: Jan. 18, 2017
Join us for a training on the updated strategies
and activities form (which includes questions about partner site types).
This training is strongly encouraged for all people submitting SHIP data into
REDCap in year 2.
New Partner Site Data Due
Date: Feb. 9, 2017
To prepare the SHIP 4 Year 2 Semi Annual Partner Site report, you are required
to submit all new partner sites that you have worked with since Aug.19, 2016.
These data are to be submitted in REDCap no later than Feb. 9, 2017. Submit the
information via the same REDCap survey you have been using at this link https://apps.health.state.mn.us/redcap/surveys/?s=XL79WHY9NM.
No exceptions will be granted on this deadline. Partner sites submitted
after Feb. 9, will be included in the next deadline for partner sites later in
2017.
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Communications | Media Relations | Active Living
Time: 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Feb. 1, 2017
Northeast | Grand Rapids | Itasca County Family
YMCA, 400 River Road, Grand Rapids
Feb. 3, 2017
Metro | Northern Service Center, (Rooms 110A and
110B), One Mendota Rd. W., West St. Paul
Feb. 9. 2017
Northwest | Bemidji | MDH
District Office, 509 America Ave., Bemidji
Feb. 16, 2017
Southwest | Redwood Falls | Redwood
Falls Public Library, 509 S Lincoln St., Redwood Falls
Mar. 2, 2017
Southeast | Rochester | Southeast Service
Cooperative, 210 Wood Lake Drive SE Rochester
More information coming soon.
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The standard IRS mileage rate will decrease from 54
cents to 53.5 cents per mile starting Jan. 1, 2017. Please start using this new
rate for personal automobile mileage reimbursement starting in the new year.
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No announcements this week.
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No announcements this week.
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