Webinar | Tobacco 101 Lesson Plan | Feb. 23
Time:
1:30 p.m.
Date:
Feb. 23
The
Association for Nonsmokers Minnesota (ANSR) will be conducting this webinar to
provide more details about the Tobacco 101 Lesson Plan and to answer questions
you may have.
Please register for the webinar if
you are interested in learning more about the Tobacco 101 Lesson Plan: https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t25c18493860ec69e182c9115744551a8.
If you have any questions about the Lesson Plan
or webinar, please
email Esha Seth at esha@ansrmn.org.
2017 Healthy School Conference | Feb. 23
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.
Planning for Population Health Coffee and Call | March 1
Time: 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Date:
March 1 (First Wed. of every month)
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. This month’s call will focus on strategies to include
healthy food access into planning activities.
The webinar is organized by the MDH Healthy Eating and Active Living
Team. Grab a cup of coffee and join us March 1!
Call-in Details:
Toll-free number: 1-888-742-5095 Conference Code: 9821141691
Webinar | Impacts of
Secondhand Smoke in Vehicles | March 2
Time: 11 a.m. – Noon
Date:
March 2
Where: Live webinar - REGISTER NOW
Who is this webinar for?
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Tobacco
control advocates
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Public
health experts
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State and
federal policymakers
Presenters:
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Emily
Anderson, Program Director, ANSR
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Dave
Bohac, Director of Research, CEE
Join the Association for Nonsmokers-MN (ANSR) and the Center for
Energy and the Environment (CEE) for a live webinar about the impacts of
secondhand smoke in vehicles. Participants will learn about recent research
that shows the levels of secondhand smoke in vehicles can be extremely high. In
fact, if vehicle windows are closed, a person's exposure with just one
cigarette smoked in a car is similar to spending three hours in a smoky bar.
Given the significant health risks associated with secondhand
smoke exposure, tobacco control advocates should consider statewide policy
solutions to protect kids. While a handful of states have laws that prohibit
smoking in cars when kids are present, most, including Minnesota, do not. Join
us to discuss ways we can work together to eliminate secondhand smoke exposure
in vehicles when kids are present.
Sign up today!
Media Relations | Active Living
Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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.
- April 3
- June 5
- Aug. 14
- Oct. 9
- 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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The
University of Minnesota Extension is pleased to announce the rollout of a
new web page: Food
Networks in Minnesota.
Food
networks play an important role in advancing food systems change across
Minnesota. The new web page provides instructions about how to sign up for the
email list and quarterly meetings for food network members and supporters. You
can also explore the map and directory of food networks in Minnesota to connect
with and learn from food network leaders and others working on food systems
change in Minnesota communities and across the state.
These
online resources are one of several ways University of Minnesota Extension
supports food networks in Minnesota. Health and Nutrition staff also conduct research, host
educational events like the Convening
of Food Network Leaders (including the summary
report), and lead the engagement
function of the Minnesota Food Charter Network.
Thank
you for taking the time to explore and share these new resources!
School grant applications for the 2017-2018 school year are now open. Game
On grants are being provided to support physical activity and nutrition
initiatives and School Breakfast grants to pilot or expand school breakfast
programs. Learn more and apply before the April 7
deadline. Please contact Ann Kisch, MN state coordinator with any
questions. Join us for upcoming webinars to learn more about each grant, get
project ideas and discover strategies for writing a successful grant:
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.
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 online
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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Breastfeeding Management & Counseling for
the Health Care Team: A Deep Dive
Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Date: May 25
Place: Holiday Inn, 200 W 1st St., Duluth, MN
Cost: $80/person
This continuing education event
provides lactation training for health care providers to address breastfeeding
management needs in hospitals, clinics, community and tribal settings. We'll provide great
information for SHIP grantees and their health care partners.
Additional
information about the event and registration will be posted to the MBC website
events page www.mnbreastfeedingcoalition.org
Questions? mnbfcevents@gmail.com
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Time: 1 p.m.
Date:
March 9
From
sugary drink ads on vending machines to fast food logos on stadium scoreboards,
promotions for unhealthy foods are common in U.S. schools. They encourage
students and staff to make unhealthy choices and compromise the educational
mission of schools.
In
July 2016, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its final rule
strengthening requirements for local school wellness policies. For the first
time, the USDA now limits unhealthy food and beverage marketing in schools,
allowing in-school promotions only for foods and beverages that meet the USDA’s
Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards.
Join
the webinar
to learn how the USDA's final rule affects food and beverage marketing in
schools. Presenters will provide practical tips for school districts on how to
remove unhealthy marketing and handle challenges that arise as they work to
comply with the new requirements.
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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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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.
Remembering When
Time:
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Date:
April 10 (just prior to the State Fire Marshal Conference)
Location: Brooklyn Center
Fire Department, 6250 Brooklyn Blvd., Minneapolis, MN
Cost: Free
Host: The Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division
Around the year 2020, Minnesota’s 65+ population is expected to eclipse
the K-12 population for the first time in history. In the fire service we
already see the 65+ population has a higher risk of dying in a residential fire
and fall injuries are disproportionately high in Minnesota compared to many of
our neighboring states.
The Remembering When program, from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA),
is a complete fire and fall education program that fire department, health care
providers and other safety professionals can use in their own communities to
help reduce death and injuries due to fires and falls. Meredith Hawes along
with Kelly Ransdell, Regional Educators with NFPA, present the program.
Registration for Remembering When will be on the State Fire Marshal
website.
If you would like more information on the Remembering When program
visit the
NFPA 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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The SHIP financial guide has been updated and is now posted
on the MDH website.
Major changes have been highlighted in yellow in the updated
guide.
The guide is posted here.
Contact your Community Specialist with questions.
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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
Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan, MN 55121
More information coming
soon!
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Time: 10 - 11 a.m.
Date: March 23
Please save the date for a webinar training on
the updated Reach and PSE forms. This training is strongly encouraged for all
people submitting SHIP data into REDCap in year 2. An agenda and instructions
on how to join the webinar will be emailed to evaluation points of contact
closer to the webinar training date.
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Date: March 14
The SHIP Schools webinar is canceled.
SHIP staff look forward to connecting with grantees during their grantee
calls in March and April, plus at the regional meetings in April and May.
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Time: 9 -10 a.m.
Date: March 9
The Evaluation Team would like your input on potential changes to PSE
and Reach forms in REDCap. If you are interested in joining this
discussion, please contact your evaluation liaison or Health.SHIP.eval@state.mn.us and
we will send you information to review and instructions for how to join the
webinar.
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Date: Sept. 18-20
Location: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake
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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