- Coffee Talks | Planning for Population Health | Feb. 1
Planning for Population Health Coffee Talks
Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Date: Feb. 1
Communicating with Public Health Data
For our February call we will talk about how Public Health
partners with their Planners work on improving health and across multiple
jurisdictions. We have invited Mary Montagne, Health Promotion Supervisor
Dakota County Public Health Department, to join the call and speak about her
experience working with the Dakota County planning department. We'll learn how
the two departments prepared planning documents to support city and county
planners for the purpose of including health and equity in comprehensive
plans. (See Mary’s Basecamp post from Dec. 1 for the documents.)
The goal of these calls is to provide a platform for
grantees to share information, advice and best practices with each other and
professionals in the planning field around comprehensive plans, master plans,
community planning and land use across Minnesota.
This call is organized by the MDH Healthy Eating and Active Living
Team. Grab a cup of coffee and join us Feb. 1!
Call-in Details:
Toll-free
number:1-888-742-5095
Conference Code: 9821141691
- Minnesota Winter Walk and Bike to School Day | Feb. 1
This is Minnesota, the
land of snowmobiling, ice fishing, hockey, cross-country skiing and fat biking
– why wouldn’t we throw a Walk and Bike to School Day party in the middle of
the winter? The 10th anniversary of Winter Walk Day is Feb. 1, and this
year Minnesota is in for the celebration.
The idea is simple: go
for a walk for at least 15 minutes, and don’t let the cold scare you off.
Celebrations can start small or include the entire school – just do something!
Winter Walk Day in 2016, Minneapolis Public Schools partnered with the Winter
Cycling Congress to celebrate a group ride with community members and international
guests. What opportunities for winter celebrations can you think of in your
community?
Click here to get registered for Minnesota’s Winter Walk
and Bike to School Day and we’ll support your efforts with materials
and incentives to get your school moving.
Thank you
to those who attended the Communications Pre-Training webinar.
Please take time to complete the short evaluation to assist
MDH in planning for future
trainings and technical assistance opportunities.
Click here to begin the
evaluation.
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The Communications Pre-Training webinar and presentation
have been posted on Basecamp. You can
find them under “Foundational Skills for All”.
To view this webinar go here.
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Media Relations | Active Living
Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Feb. 1 - Northeast | Grand Rapids
Itasca County Family YMCA, 400 River Road, Grand
Rapids, MN 55744
Feb. 3 - Metro
Northern Service Center (Rooms 110A and 110B), One Mendota Rd. W., West St. Paul, MN 55118
**** NOTE **** Feb. 9 - Northwest | Bemidji
Bemidji
State University, Upper Hobson Memorial Union, East Ballroom, 1500
Birchmont Drive NE, Bemidji, MN 56601
Feb. 16 - Southwest | Redwood Falls
Redwood Falls Public Library, 509 S Lincoln St.,
Redwood Falls, MN 56283
Mar. 2 - Southeast | Rochester
Southeast Service Cooperative, 210 Wood Lake Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
AGENDA
8 – 8:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions
8:15 –
11:45 a.m.
Session Description
During the media relations/media advocacy training, you will
be separated into groups and explore public health communications challenges.
Our trainer will walk you through several exercises that will help you build
effective communications strategies around those challenges. Groups will
report out throughout the training session, sharing components of their
communications campaigns. You and your community partner will leave with
tools you can use for your local communications efforts.
Media Relations
- Gain
knowledge effective communications outreach and types of media.
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Learn
some basic rules for working and interacting with the news media.
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Develop
skills for creating successful communications campaigns.
- Learn
how to use effective storytelling to enhance messages.
- Acquire
a working understanding of effective and ineffective messengers.
- Review
news releases, news advisories, letters to the editor and op-eds.
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Lunch off-site
12:45 – 1:15 p.m. | CS and EL Updates
1:15 – 4 p.m.
Session Description
The active living portion of the workshop will be highly
interactive and relevant to SHIP work at any stage of implementation, whether
you are a new or seasoned staff. This portion of the meeting will cover
implementation strategies for comprehensive planning and the technical
assistance resources available. We will also provide additional clarification
of public health’s role in the planning process of master plans. MnDOT staff
will provide updates on local work that may intersect active living efforts
and how you can leverage MnDOT efforts to advance your work. We will review the
new Minnesota Walks: Framework for Action tool and discuss implementation
steps. In addition, you will have a chance to give feedback on additional
resources you need to advance local comprehensive planning or Minnesota Walks
implementation.
Comprehensive Planning
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Understand
the role of public health in comprehensive planning process.
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Learn
about technical assistance resources available for public health
professionals to integrate into the comprehensive planning process.
MN Walks
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Understand
how Minnesota Walks can be used as a tool to increase local action for SHIP active
living strategies.
If you haven't registered please do so.
Register here.
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- Hennepin County Earn-a-Bike Class
For people with low-incomes, transportation expenses can be
a burden, adding up to 16 percent of a household budget. To ease that burden,
Hennepin County SHIP staff teamed up with the county’s human services
department for a pilot project to offer earn-a-bike classes for clients
receiving county services. Community partner Cycles for Change conducted
classes on traffic laws and proper bicycling technique. Class members worked on donated bicycles to
learn basic bike maintenance, keeping their bikes upon successful completion of
the classes.
Eighteen people completed the classes and gained a little
more independence with a bicycle that they can use for transportation and
recreation. One client has returned to Cycles for Change’s shop multiple times
for other activities and to join them on group rides. Another client, who was
quite shy and did not speak much during class, proudly announced when he
received his bike that it was “the best day of his life.”
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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