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Mother
and Baby Program Study Opportunity
Northwestern
University is seeking home visiting collaborators to study the effectiveness of
home visitors providing a group implementation of the
Mothers and Babies Curriculum for prevention of maternal depression
or lessening of depressive symptoms. Details on this study opportunity can be viewed here.
For more information, contact research manager, Jessica Jensen, at jessica.jensen@northwestern.edu
or 312-503-6808.
Additional
details:
- Training
is 1 ½ days and will be offered in Minnesota.
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Home
visitors include PHNs, RNs, other professionals, or paraprofessionals who do
not have an advanced degree in mental health.
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Home
visitors with advanced mental health degrees may be part of the clinical arm of
the study.
- Sites
implementing a model will need to follow model requirements for participating
in research.
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New RFP: Diabetes Prevention Program –
Preconception Health for Women
The Diabetes Prevention Program’s Preconception Health for
Women grant will fund up to three grantees to provide the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Prevention Program for non-pregnant
Minnesota women, ages 18 to 44. Preventing diabetes can lead to healthier birth
outcomes, including lowering the risk of birth defects.
Applications are due by Monday, March 27, 2017. Find the
full request for proposals (RFP) at Preconception Health in
Minnesota Grant Projects.
If you have questions about this grant opportunity contact the MDH Birth
Defects Monitoring and Analysis Program at Health.birthdefects@state.mn.us.
$100,000 Funds for Change Grants to 24 Diaper
Bank Programs in 18 U.S. States
The National Diaper
Bank Network (NDBN) has announced its 2017 Funds
for Change grantees. Programs in 18 U.S. states will receive grants, and
Minnesota is among them. For more information, visit the websites for the NDBN and the Diaper Bank of
Minnesota.
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Registration Continues
for Healthy Families America Community of Practice
April 4, 2017 - Annandale, MN
The theme of this
year’s Healthy Families America (HFA) Community of Practice (CoP) event is,
“Making a Difference: Our HFA Family Working Together.” All staff (home
visitors, parent visitors, supervisors, and program managers) working in
affiliated, accredited or HFA-like programs in Minnesota are invited to attend.
To register for this CoP click here.
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The MDH Family Home Visiting program has openings in the following 2017 classes. Click the following links for more information and to register:
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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing for
Youth Workers
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 9:00 AM – Noon -
Duluth, MN
Motivational
Interviewing is a proven strategy that can help you guide a young person to
change their behaviors. Using active listening skills, it is a person-centered,
evidence-based conversation style that supports change in a manner that honors
an individual’s own values, preferences, and resources. Using this strategy
will help you to foster the intrinsic motivation of youth to address behaviors
that are interfering with their well-being and future success.
This
training, provided by the Youth Intervention Programs Association (YIPA), is
free for YIPA members to attend, and $60 for non-members. Learn more and register
form this YIPA site.
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A Public Health Response to Opioid Use in
Pregnancy
SW Patrick and DM Schiff, Pediatrics Volume
139, number 3, March 2017
The use
of opioids during pregnancy has grown rapidly in the past decade. As opioid use
during pregnancy increased, so did complications from their use, including
neonatal abstinence syndrome. Several state governments responded to this
increase by prosecuting and incarcerating pregnant women with substance use
disorders; however, this approach has no proven benefits for maternal or infant
health and may lead to avoidance of prenatal care and a decreased willingness
to engage in substance use disorder treatment programs. Read the full American Academy of Pediatrics article.
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07, 2017 FHV Tuesday Topics
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21, 2017 FHV Tuesday Topics
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