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May 2, 2019
Registration still available for two remaining regional meetings
There are two regional meetings left! Join OSHII and other regional SHIP staff in a discussion about our collective vision for the next round of SHIP. This will be an important starting point to our SHIP planning process. Please encourage your public health leadership to attend as well.
Metro, Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr., Minnetonka - May 15
Southwest, The Plaid Moose, 2630 Broadway Ave., Slayton - May 21
Register today.
Survey for those unable to attend SHIP regional meetings
OSHII is offering structured conversations at the SHIP Regional Meetings as the first of several formal opportunities for local public health to have input into a participatory planning process for the next funding cycle of SHIP.
For those who are unable to attend the meetings, we created an opportunity to provide feedback for the next funding cycle of SHIP. Your answers will be summarized along with the input from the meetings, shared back through the Making it Better log and move us into the next phase of planning.
Provide feedback by completing a survey.
SHIP planning timeline
See the proposed SHIP planning timeline below.
  
Register for institute focused on marijuana, e-cigarettes and opioids
Information about how e-cigarettes, marijuana and opioids affect adolescent mental health, relationships, sexual health, brain development and overall health and safety is vital to consider in our efforts to support healthy decisions among youth.
During the 2019 Summer Institute, July 29 - 31, explore current research, legislation and prevention strategies regarding adolescents’ use of e-cigarettes, marijuana and opioids. Talk with health and social service providers, counselors and teachers and explore strategies for building partnerships and prevention efforts that best serve adolescents.
Anyone who works with parents and youth is encouraged to attend. The institute will take place at the Midpointe Event Center in St. Paul, MN.
Learn more and register.
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Keynote speaker is announced
Transportation habits are some of the hardest to change, but new research about behavior economics can help in learning more about how to create campaigns and programs that actually change habits. Jessica Roberts of Alta Planning + Design is a leader in the field of behavioral economics and active transportation with almost two decades of experience.
The Safe Routes meet-up will take place on May 21, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hutchinson Event Center in Hutchinson, MN.
Roberts' keynote presentation will help Minnesota Safe Routes practitioners learn how to develop smart, effective programs that inspire people to change their transportation habits and encourage more walking and bicycling to school or other destinations.
Join this daylong training and networking event to help advance your Safe Routes to School program!
Learn more and register.
The Evaluation and Surveillance Unit has a new staff member
Jacob Walker-Swaney, MPH (Piqua Shawnee, Potawatomi) is the new research scientist for the Evaluation and Surveillance Unit of OSHII. He is also a current doctoral student at North Dakota State University studying health and traditional Native American foods of the Great Lakes Region. He received his Master of Public Health with a focus on American Indian Health from NDSU in 2017 where he analyzed the public health role of wild rice for Anishinaabe communities in the Western Great Lakes Region.
Jacob will lead OSHII’s surveillance work, be the tribal evaluation liaison and be engaged in the evaluation of SHIP and other federal grants. We are excited to welcome his passion for advancing healthy eating, reducing health disparities and advancing health equity that stem from his roots in his native cultures.
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Survey with feedback from tobacco virtual regional meetings
If you participated in one of the tobacco virtual regional meetings, please share your feedback by taking a quick evaluation to help MDH better plan for upcoming trainings and technical assistance opportunities.
Complete the survey today.
SHIP Financial Guide questions answered
Q: What types of sporting equipment are allowable expenses within the community active living strategy?
A: The answer is none. Sporting equipment for activities like snowshoeing, canoeing and soccer do not support every day physical activity. The objective of the active living strategy is to support every day physical activity through the development and implementation of policies and practices that increase opportunities for walking and bicycling.
See page 30 of the Financial Guide (PDF) for more information.
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