Ask the Experts Virtual Session | Feb. 17
Health at Home: Adult Smoking and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Multi-Unit Housing
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Date: Feb. 17
Description:
Eliminating indoor smoking is the only way to protect nonsmokers from
the harmful effects of tobacco smoke. For residents of multi-unit
housing, secondhand smoke can be a major concern, as it can migrate from
other units and common areas and travel through doorways, cracks in
walls, electrical lines, plumbing, and ventilation systems. Secondhand
smoke exposure is especially concerning for children, who are in a
critical stage of development. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
overall also pose a serious threat on health across the life course. How
does adult smoking in multi-unit housing and ACEs intersect and where
are the opportunities for public health to collaborate across sectors?
The perspectives across maternal and child health, tobacco prevention
and control, health equity, and injury prevention will be explored
through ASTHO’s Ask the Experts Virtual Session.
ASTHO has invited Dr. Camara Jones (Past APHA President), Darlene Huang
(Tobacco Control Legal Consortium), Dr. Joan Gillece (National
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors), Thomas Carr
(American Lung Association), and Ana Novais (Rhode Island Department of
Health) to participate on a panel moderated by Dr. Rahul Gupta (State
Health Officer of West Virginia). These subject-matter experts will
highlight and explore the intersection of adult smoking and ACEs with
multi-unit housing, introduce the public health implications of this
crossroads, and answer questions from you related to their area of
expertise.
When you register, submit up to two questions that will be addressed by the speakers during the panel.
The session will offer an engaging discussion among the panelists and
will allow them to apply their different expertise areas to the
intersections of tobacco control work with other disciplines.
Participants will gain insight on how to engage stakeholders across
these public health areas, implement their work with new framing, and
prevent unintended consequences for disparate populations as a result of
policy and program interventions.
Register at http://astho.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ApfM0uJNiObkot
Webinar | Resources for Research and Outreach on Structural Racism in the U.S. Food System | Feb. 17
Resources for research
and outreach on structural racism in the U.S. food system: Insights from the
4th edition of MSU Center for Regional Food Systems' Annotated Bibliography
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Date: Feb. 17
Description:
The fourth edition of the Annotated
Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System will be
available in mid-February; this document provides an up-to-date list of
publications and resources on structural racism present in the US the food
supply chain. Join bibliography co-authors, Rich Pirog (MSU Center for Regional
Food Systems) and Jane Henderson (University of San Diego), for a discussion of
this unique resource and the importance of using a racial equity lens for food
system students, educators, researchers, and practitioners.
Please register here
and be sure to include any questions you have about the Annotated Bibliography
or how to apply it to your work.
https://extension.zoom.us/meeting/register/685000a49ffd9433d746f627e8486654
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the meeting.
Media Relations | Active Living
Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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.
- Learn some basic rules for working and interacting with
the news media.
- 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
- Understand the role of public health in comprehensive
planning process.
- Learn about technical assistance resources available
for public health professionals to integrate into the comprehensive
planning process.
MN Walks
Understand how Minnesota
Walks can be used as a tool to increase local action for SHIP active living
strategies.
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Thank you for attending the Making it Better
Regional Learning Meeting. Please complete the following evaluation to
help MDH better plan for upcoming trainings and technical assistance
opportunities.
Your feedback is
appreciated.
Begin the evaluation 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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Every other
month, MDH hosts a call to support SHIP grantees to build strong leadership for
health through Community Leadership Teams.
A recording
and materials from the February Community Leadership Team Call are posted on
Basecamp. The call focused on a review and interpretation of data collected
about CLTs through December 2016 REDCap reporting, and on orientation of
new CLT members. Please share additional materials that are used to orient
new CLT members on Basecamp.
See below
the dates for the remaining 2017 CLT calls. Each call will be held from 3-4
p.m.
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April 3
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June 5
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Aug. 14
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Oct. 9
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Dec. 4
If you would
like meeting invitations forwarded to you, please contact Jeannette.raymond@state.mn.us
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The Minnesota Bicycling Handbook is meant to help bicyclists use
Minnesota's roads and trails safely and enjoyably. There are
portions for all types of transportation users to better understand bicycling
laws and also many tips for people who bike as well. SHIP staff and
partners can use this to advance their Active Living efforts, request your FREE
copies today!
http://www.bikemn.org/education/minnesota-bicycling-handbook
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Check out the new funding opportunity
from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN Foundation. Please share with those
who may be interested. If you have questions, please contact the BCBSMN
Foundation at foundation@bluecrossmn.com or (651) 662-3950.
Healthy Communities 2017. Today the Foundation announced the
Health Communities 2017 funding opportunity. Qualified nonprofits can apply for
up to $100,000 each to support projects that advance health equity and promote
systems change related to the social and economic factors that drive health:
education, income, employment, community safety and family and social support.
This is the foundation’s largest grant opportunity for 2017; a total of
$1,000,000 will be under consideration at our June meeting. Details and a link
to our on-line application are here.
We are hosting meetings in St. Paul, Mankato, Bemidji and Duluth to share
information and meet in-person with nonprofits.
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Care about healthy food access and food
safety? The University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Department of
Health are pleased to share the newest Minnesota Food Charter companion
resource, the “Healthy Food, Safe Food Action Guide.”
The guide offers
resources and tools to help food safety professionals and healthy food
advocates with information, proven strategies and contacts to support
partnerships that seek to ensure access to safe, healthy food for all in
settings such as farmers markets to schools to food shelves.
The guide is available
at the University of Minnesota Extension website.
Want a toolkit to help
support you and your partners as you implement strategies from the Guide? Go to
the Minnesota
Food Charter website to sign up for the Healthy Food, Safe Food
Action Guide toolkit. You’ll receive an email with a set of tools to use with
your partners to implement strategies to ensure healthy, safe food in places
where people work, live, learn and play.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation
(MNDOT) SRTS planning assistance application solicitation open for
communities and schools wanting to develop safe routes to school plans.
Application deadline
is March 3.
For more
information, go to mndot.gov/saferoutes/planning-grants.html
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Date: March 7-8
Location: American Lung Association (ALA), 490 Concordia Ave, St. Paul
Cost: Free
Audience: The primary audience for this training are
Statewide Health Improvement Partnership and Community Wellness Grant grantees who have done, or
plan to do work to improve healthy food availability, accessibility, and
affordability in corner stores, grocery stores and restaurants.
Note: There are a limited number of spaces. If we do not have space for
all interested grantees, preference will be given to those who have
integrated this work into their 2017 work plans.
Purpose: Join your colleagues to listen, learn,
share and collaborate to improve the retail food environment in your
communities. Tools and tips will be shared to help you: assess the food
environment, engage customers and retailers, and increase the availability
and sales of healthy foods and beverages, in small stores, grocery stores and
restaurants.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion,
participants will:
- Be prepared to conduct assessments of the retail food
environment and/or train others to conduct simple assessments; and
summarize and share results to effectively drive improvements
- Develop a better understanding of the business
landscape to effectively engage, support and collaborate with small
store, grocery store and restaurant owners to offer and promote more
healthy food and beverage options
- Be able to utilize knowledge and tools to help
retailers source and merchandize fresh produce
- Understand how regulations, incentives and policies
can be leveraged to increase access to healthy foods in retail settings
Technology
Requirements: It is important
that each grantee brings a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop. It would be ideal
if everyone could bring a laptop, but only one per grantee is required. This
will allow for hands-on practice with the software tools.
Also, we have
requested your non-government email account in the registration process, as
we sometimes have difficulties when sending emails to these types of email
accounts. To ensure you are able to practice with the Store Audit Center
software tool during the training, please plan to bring a mobile device or
tablet that is linked with your non-government email address.
Facilitators: Charla Hodges, Counter Tools, Teresa
Ambroz, Minnesota Department of Health, Emily Kilbourn-Shear, Minnesota
Department of Health
Pre-Work for
Participants Planning to Conduct Nutrition Environment Assessments in 2017:
When you register,
you will be asked to indicate the types of sites you plan to assess (corner
stores, grocery stores, or restaurants), the zip codes for the areas you plan
to assess, and when you plan to conduct assessments.
Register
here.
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Turning Knowledge into
Action
Time: 7:45 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Date: Feb. 23
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, who will 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 sessions.
Register here.
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MDH and the technical assistance providers are
excited to share a new resource to support your work with property managers and
residents of public housing during their transition to smoke free. The web
portal below includes new and updated smoke-free policy implementation
resources specifically for use with public housing managers and residents. We
encourage you to visit the site often as new materials will be added in
upcoming weeks. As always, if you have questions or need additional support,
feel free to reach out to your tobacco TA providers!
http://sfpublichousingmn.org/
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Webinar Wednesday
Monthly webinar 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:
March 8 —
Kicking Butts Online
Click
here to RSVP for webinar.
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The Public Health
National Center for Innovations (PHNCI) has issued a call for proposals to support public health
departments with innovations that are ready for development, testing, or
adaption and adoption. Brief proposals are due by March 1. Awards range from
$50,000 to $200,000. The proposals look to identify and support public health
at the local and state levels. The need for innovation in public health is more
important than ever. Emerging innovations and technologies are continuing to
change the public health landscape which are adapted and adopted by other
departments.
Moving Health Equity
Forward: Critical Conversations and Bold Action
Date: April 19-20
Host: The Minnesota Public Health Association
Location: The Commons Hotel, 615 University Ave SE, Minneapolis
Join the Minnesota
Public Health Association (MPHA) for an opportunity to:
- Further advance efforts to achieve health equity
- Lay the foundation for a culture of health in
communities
- Meet new colleagues and network with fellow
professionals
- Celebrate the 110th anniversary of MPHA
Watch for more
information on the MPHA
website.
MHK Day at the Capitol: Fight for Healthy Kids
and Communities...
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Date: April 6
Location: Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd. W,
Saint Paul
- Doors open 9 a.m.
- Training 9:30 a.m. - noon
- Legislator meetings in the afternoon
- Lunch will be provided
- No cost to attend but advance registration is require
- Networking and other activities in the Capitol Rotunda
between legislator visits
Minnesotans for
Healthy Kids Coalition partners will speak with Minnesota legislators in a
strong, unified voice about the importance of fighting childhood obesity and
promoting healthy communities.
Register here: http://www.mnhealthykids.org/events
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MDH wants to help boost coverage of SHIP grantee successes through the
agency’s Instagram account.
Instagram is a great way to highlight these successes, and all you need
is a photo and a caption – no link to a web page is required. Keep this channel
in mind as you plan your communications outreach.
Just remember that all identifiable individuals need to sign a photo
release form. Here’s a helpful article about what
makes great photos, and MDH’s
Instagram page is always a good resource for caption examples.
You can send these photos to Anne
Ehresmann, the MDH communications coordinator, and she will work with you
to get the photos posted.
If you already have great photos from past efforts they could make
great Throwback Thursday posts! (Just make sure you have a photo release form
for identifiable individuals.)
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SHIP Statewide Meeting
Date: July 26 & 27, 2017
Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN
55121
More information
coming soon!
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Date: Sept. 18-20
Location: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, MN
This annual conference brings together tribal
officials, researchers, practitioners, and others to discuss the current
state of Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge about Native nutrition
and food science, and identify new areas of work.
A reception will be held
in the evening of Sept. 17 for those who are traveling to the
conference. Registration begins in March.
Visit website or email to learn more.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and the University of Minnesota's Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives
Institute.
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