Making it Better: Minnesota's Health Improvement Log | December 29, 2016

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December 29, 2016

Current and archived issues available at www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/log

 

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In This Week's Issue

 
 

Don't forget!

  • 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


Gems

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:

 
 

Community Health Worker Toolkit

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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.

 
 

Active Living | New MN HIA Action Guide

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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.


Keys to Success for the Child and Adult Care Food Program

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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


2017 Healthy School Conference | Feb. 23

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.

 
 

Inspiring Bold Action: The Minnesota Tobacco Control Conference | Jan. 24-26

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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.


State Tobacco Conference Scholarships | SHIP Grantees

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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:

  1. More than 60 miles from their permanent work station to St. Paul River Centre.
  2. A SHIP Tier 1 grantee.
  3. 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

  • 1st call for applications open Wednesday, Nov. 23; due no later than Monday, Dec. 12.
  • 2nd call for applications open Tuesday, Dec. 13; due no later than Friday, Dec. 30.
  • 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


Webinar | Tobacco & Trade | Jan. 18

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.


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Webinar Wednesdays | Kick Butts Day

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.

 
 

Request for Applications | Osteoarthritis Action Alliance to Award Mini Grant to Expand Delivery of Walk with Ease Program

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.

 
 
SHIP GRANTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Evaluation Updates and Upcoming Events

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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.


Save the Dates | Making it Better Regional Learning Meetings

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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.


2017 Mileage Reimbursement Rate

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.

 
 
tribal grantee announcements

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