Webinar | School Wellness Policies | April 25
Moving
Policy into Practice: Building School Wellness Policies to Expand Reach and
Impact
Time: 1 p.m.
Date:
April 25
This webinar, co-hosted by the National
Association of Chronic Disease Directors and Alliance for a Healthier
Generation (the Alliance), highlights the importance of building local school
wellness policies that can lead to promising, sustainable changes in practice
for school nutrition and physical activity. It will describe how state
agencies, particularly state health departments, can capitalize on opportunities
offered by the final regulations of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
and play a role in providing professional development and technical assistance
to school districts and schools. Panelists will provide insight into developing
partnerships at state and local levels to support wellness and inclusion of a
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach. This includes
innovative strategies in adopting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating
strengthened school wellness policies. In addition, the webinar will highlight
how the Alliance is helping to build capacity within select states, along with
examples, resources and tools for state health departments and partner agencies
to consider as they advance the reach and impact of school wellness policies.
Speakers:
Shannon Vogler, BS CHE, MBA, Healthy Schools and Communities National Advisor,
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Jennifer Woolard, BS, School Chronic Disease Prevention Specialist, Vermont
Department of Health
Heather Blume, MS, RD, LD, Coordinator, Child Nutrition Programs, Idaho State
Department of Education
Learning Objectives:
• List at least two new state and/or local organizations to explore for
partnerships that can help to build stronger school wellness policies and expand
reach and impact.
• Explain at least two ways states have strengthened the implementation and
oversight of school wellness policies once adopted/revised by school districts.
• Identify at least two actions you can take that apply strategies and resources
from the webinar to improve local school wellness policies.
Register here.
Bike to School Day Poster Contest | Entry Deadline
April 26
For the second year, students in grades K-8 are invited to enter
the Minnesota Safe Routes to Schools Bike to School poster contest.
Bike to School activities can include bike rides with parent
chaperones, bike rodeos, raffle prizes, drop-off zones for kids to bike to
school, bike maintenance clinics and a bike swap.
Complete contest information, including classroom lesson plans
for classroom teachers, is at www.mndot.gov/mnsaferoutes/programs/poster_contest.html.
Winners will receive their choice of several bicycle products, including a bike
rack and public bike pump, for placement at their school.
Winners will be announced prior to the national Bike to School
Day on May 10. Prizes will be provided as part of a partnership with MnDOT,
Minnesota SRTS, Quality Bicycle Products and Dero Bike Racks.
Schools can register to participate in Bike to School Day by
going to www.walkbiketoschool.org.
Registered schools will receive kits that include promotional posters,
educational bookmarks and “I Bike to School” stickers. A limited number of kits
are available.
Entry deadline is April 26. For more event
ideas, visit www.mnsaferoutestoschool.org.
SHIP Statewide Meeting
Date: July 26-27
Location: Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan
Call
for Presentations
Conference Objectives:
1. Showcase local community
accomplishments
2. Expand understanding, skills and
confidence to advance health equity work
3. Provide opportunities for networking
4. Build links between local, regional and
statewide work
5. Generate ideas for working with partners
to assure sustainability
Presentation
Guidance:
Breakout sessions will be 75 minutes.
There are 30 breakout sessions available; half are reserved for
SHIP grantees and half for MDH staff and technical assistance providers.
Presentations that partner grantees with each other, with MDH
staff and/or technical assistance providers are encouraged.
Consider ways to bring skill-building, experiential or active
learning to your presentation. Some suggestions might be to incorporate small
group activities, brainstorming, role-playing, panels, voting, fishbowl
conversations or asking questions of the group.
When sharing a project, explain the steps to take, so others
might more easily replicate your approach.
Your session proposal should include at least one of the
following:
- Community engagement:
involving the population whose health you are striving to improve in the
design, decision-making and implementation of your work
- Sustainability of SHIP work
- Strengthening the capacity
of communities
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Barriers to implementing
SHIP with communities experiencing health inequities
Implementing multiple strategies in a single setting
- Skill-building content, such
as how to use data to determine your work, using social media well and
focus groups 101
Submitting
your presentation proposal
All proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 28.
Use this link to go to the submission page: https://survey.vovici.com/se/56206EE32DD62549
Once all of the proposals are received, they will be organized
by topic and by presenter affiliation - grantee, MDH or TA provider and other -
then reviewed and ranked by a group of SHIP grantees and MDH staff recruited by
the SHIP Planning Unit. Proposals will be ranked based on inclusion of the
criteria above.
You will learn if your proposal has been accepted by May 12.
Feel free to ask the SHIP Planning Unit staff for assistance in
drafting your proposal, recruiting co-presenters for your session and/or
designing your presentation.
Contact: health.makingitbetter@state.mn.us
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Tobacco-Free Grounds
The East African
Smoke-Free Program worked with Quickstart Early Learning Center to adopt a
tobacco-free grounds policy for their business, which includes prohibiting the
use of electronic cigarettes. Quickstart Early Learning Center provides
child care and educational services. Making their grounds tobacco free serves
to protect the health, safety and welfare of all employees, members, and
visitors.
Grand Opening of Mother’s Rooms at Kenyon-Wanamingo
School District
The Kenyon-Wanamingo Public Schools is
pleased to announce the grand opening of their dedicated Mothers Rooms. The room in Kenyon is located
next to the community education office and the Wanamingo space is adjacent to
the district office. This announcement coincides with the March 27 School Board
approval of a new policy supporting break times for nursing mothers. This is also
exceptionally good timing as the K-W instructional staff is preparing for a
baby boom.
The private rooms will be available to all employees
and to the public upon request. The K-W schools would like to acknowledge the
support of a Live Well Goodhue County mini-grant, and SHIP, which helped
equip the mothers rooms.
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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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Media Advocacy
101
Berkeley Media Studies Group
This webpage provides an overview of media advocacy, examples of case studies,
and additional resources. The focus is on how to use media advocacy to improve
news coverage of health issues.
http://www.bmsg.org/resources/media-advocacy-101
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.
- 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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Vital
and Vibrant Communities: The Power of Walkability
Date: Sept. 13-15
Location: Intercontinental Saint Paul Riverfront, 11 E. Kellogg
Boulevard, Saint Paul
America Walks and the Every Body Walk! Collaborative are excited
to announce the 2017 National Walking Summit, “Vital and Vibrant Communities: The Power of
Walkability.” The National Walking Summit explores the benefits
walking and walkability can provide to an individual and community. For the
2017 National Walking Summit, the conference will expand what is meant by the
term “healthy” to include not only physical health, but also social, economic
and civic health. Walkability is at the cornerstone of creating neighborhoods that
are vital and vibrant, allowing all members of a community to enjoy health,
social and economic benefits in a variety of forms. The conference agenda can
be viewed here: http://walkingsummit.org/2017-program-agenda.
Early bird registration is available until July 14 at a rate of
$375. Get registration information here.
- America Walks is offering
100 scholarships to the conference. Learn more and apply for the
scholarship here.
- The National Physical
Activity Society also offers scholarships to the Walk Summit. Learn more here.
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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
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 at www.mnbreastfeedingcoalition.org
Questions? mnbfcevents@gmail.com
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May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American
Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast.
Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase
the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to give biking a
try.
Bike Month is a way for coalitions, CLTs and partners
to encourage people to take advantage of how SHIP work has made
biking easier in communitie4s across Minnesota.
National Bike to Work Week 2017 will be held on May 15-19. Bike
to Work Day is May 19.
A Bike Month guide, promotional materials and fact sheets can be found here
to help you and your partners plan a strategic event during Bike Month.
Statewide registration is now open for the four remaining Walk!
Bike! Fun! trainings for spring 2017! Please pass along the following
registration information to teachers and community educators. We welcome
physical education and health teachers, classroom teachers, law enforcement,
park and red, community ed, healthcare, youth organizations, after-school care
programs - it's wide open.
https://wbf-migrantschools-sartell.eventbrite.com
https://wbf-eagan.eventbrite.com
https://wbf-grandrapids.eventbrite.com
https://wbf-crookston.eventbrite.com
Safe
Routes to School Network Calls
Time: 10-11 a.m.
Date: Third Thursday of every month
Calls are for all partners working on Safe Routes activities.
Future agendas and webinar information are found on the website:
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/mnsaferoutes/news/network_calls.html
Archived calls can also be found on the website.
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New Infographic from ChangeLab Solutions and
CounterTobacco.org: How to Reduce Tobacco Retailer Density
Reducing the density and number of tobacco retailers is a
promising strategy for decreasing tobacco use, curbing exposure to tobacco
marketing and promoting health equity. ChangeLab Solutions and
CounterTobacco.org have developed an easy-to-use infographic, "How to
Reduce Tobacco Retailer Density and Why," to illustrate five ways
communities can reduce the number and density of local tobacco stores.
This user-friendly resource provides talking points and key
information to get people started on retailer density reduction. Residents,
advocates and decision makers can use this infographic and ChangeLab Solutions’
related resource, the Tobacco Retailer Licensing Playbook, to learn why
addressing tobacco retailer density is important and to help them pick the best
strategies for their community.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, in partnership with the CVS
Health Foundation, launched a free, comprehensive advocacy training program
titled "Taking Down Tobacco.” It is geared toward middle and high
school students and adults who work with youth. The program offers a range of online
and in-person courses, from introductory to advanced, that can lead to becoming
a certified "Taking Down Tobacco Trainer.”
View the website for more information.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Date: April 26
Warner Series: It’s Not a Coincidence, It’s Profiling: Perspectives on
Tobacco as a Social Justice Issue
Tobacco
is not an equal opportunity killer. For decades, millions of Americans have
been disproportionately affected by tobacco use, and it's not a
coincidence. Join us for a live panel discussion where you'll learn what
can be done to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities for all
populations.
*No registration required
WATCH LIVE ►
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Health:
A Team Sport
Date: May 8-10
Host: The Minnesota Public Health Association
Location: Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, 7025 Northland Drive, Brooklyn
Park
This conference will be beneficial for anyone interested in
transforming health care and improving health in the community.
Check out the complete line-up of breakout sessions, keynoters
and other program features in the detailed program. CME accreditation,
objectives and intended audience information can be found here.
To register click here.
Any SHIP rural health heroes out there?
Nominations are being accepted
for 2017
Minnesota Rural Health Awards (PDF).
Nominate someone for one of three
award categories: Rural Health Hero, Team and Lifetime Achievement and Emerging
Rural Health Leader Award (PDF).
Awards will be announced at the 2017 Minnesota Rural Health
Conference June 19 and 20.
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Julie Bartkey joined the OSHII communications team on March
9.
As communications associate, she will be the new point of
contact for communications product reviews, effective immediately. Julie is on
the current round of bi-monthly calls with SHIP grantees.
Julie was in broadcast journalism for more than 15 years,
writing and reporting on a variety of topics. Her background includes eight
years covering the Minnesota Legislature. Most recently, she focused on agency
work and specialized in media and public relations, working with a wide range
of clients from political leaders to Fortune 500 businesses.
Reminder: Please CC your Community Specialist on your
requests and include a deadline for approval.
Pete Raeker will serve as back up for communications product
reviews. Please note: if your product is for any tobacco communications work,
please send your requests to Parker Smith and CC Cassandra Stepan.
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Health Equity Data Analysis (HEDA) | School Wellness Policy
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
April 27
Southwest | Redwood Falls
Redwood
Falls Public Library, 509 S Lincoln St., Redwood Falls
May 4
Metro
Northern Service Center (Rooms 110A and 110B),
One Mendota Rd. W., West St. Paul
May 11
Central | St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Government Center, 75 Callaway St. E, St. Joseph
Agenda
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions
Session Description
SHIP coordinators are encouraged to join this morning skill building workshop,
and include relevant local staff with data collection and analysis skills.
Grantees will learn from the experience of SHIP staff who completed the HEDA
pilot, and receive information on tools and resources to help them in getting
started with their health equity data analysis.
8:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Health
Equity Data Analysis (HEDA)
Participants will learn about the HEDA process, and increase
their understanding of the multiple strengths and skills needed to conduct a
HEDA
Participants will be introduced to an expanded idea of community
engagement and public narrative around health
Participants will learn about training plans and technical
assistance support in moving forward with their HEDA
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Lunch off-site
12:45 – 1 p.m. | CS Updates
Session Description
SHIP school coordinators are encouraged to join this afternoon skill building
workshop. This workshop will not only prepare SHIP school staff with the
knowledge and understanding of moving Local Wellness Policies forward within
the districts they partner with but it will also provide attendees the
opportunity to gear up for the 2017-2018 school year!
What to Bring:
Please bring a copy of a current local wellness policy for one
of the districts that you work with! This is public information and
usually can be found on the district’s website.
Also, bring your questions!
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Policy!
Policy! Policy! Workshop
Participants will be able to review a school wellness policy,
identifying both gaps and areas of improvement utilizing the final rule
requirements.
Participants will be able to discuss and problem solve current
school SHIP issues.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Optional Session on Utilizing the School Health Index
(If you are new to SHIP or have new school partners, this
session will provide a quick overview of the School Health Index and the link
to SHIP action planning)
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Thank
you for attending the Making it Better Spring Regional 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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Data collection for the Community Leadership Team
Participant Survey began on April 17. SHIP staff who oversee CLTs should have
received an email on Friday, April 14, with details. For more information, send
an email to Health.SHIP.Eval@state.mn.us.
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Webinar | HEDA 1 – Getting Started
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Date: May 15
Host: OSHII Evaluation &
Surveillance Unit
This webinar will provide support and information to
grantees getting started with their Health Equity Data Analysis including
choosing a population and a health outcome/behavior. This webinar will build
off content presented at the April/May Regional Meetings and continue to
discuss community engagement and health narratives.
To join the
training session:
1. Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t0f4f46422ac12fd448ed3ee1bd8cb3b6
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: rMMqyj3?
4. Click "Join Now"
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
Call-in toll-free number: 1-888-742-5095 (US)
Conference Code: 982 114 1691
Webinar | HEDA 2 – Expanding the understanding of health
and diverse populations
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Date: June 6
Host: OSHII Evaluation &
Surveillance Unit
This webinar builds on concepts from the first webinar,
especially health narratives. It will provide information and suggestions
regarding working with diverse populations.
To join the
training session:
1. Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t35569b8aac5f082b278bb03dcd8233e9
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: Hshxbh?4
4. Click "Join Now"
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
Call-in toll-free number: 1-888-742-5095 (US)
Conference Code: 982 114 1691
HEDA Webinar 3 – Conditions and Causes
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Date: June 28
Host: OSHII Evaluation &
Surveillance Unit
This webinar will introduce the participant to collecting
qualitative data, and will explore differences in living and working conditions
between populations, and the causes of those differences.
To join the webinar:
1. Go to https://health-state-mn-ustraining.webex.com/health-state-mn-ustraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t50e3cfd670a021d4566802ea759f67a8
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: XyYcrr*7
4. Click "Join Now"
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
Call-in toll-free number: 1-888-742-5095 (US)
Conference Code: 982 114 1691
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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 more 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.
Registration is expected to open this month.
Visit the conference website or send an 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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