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September 10, 2024
Spotlight: St. Louis County Public Health wins national award for Heart-to-Heart
The Heart-to-Heart program in Duluth recently won a Model Practices award from the National Association of County and City Health Officials. This award recognizes outstanding local public health approaches and shares promising practices with a broader audience. Heart-to-Heart aims to improve birth outcomes related to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy including preeclampsia. Now in grant year two, the program will incorporate a community health worker into the staffing model to support health system navigation and referrals to community resources. Heart-to-Heart is funded by a Promising Practices grant from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
From left to right: Emily Lian, Kristen Tharaldson, Lisa Konicek, Hannah Osborne, Juliana Olson.
Evaluation
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) office hours scheduled on Wednesday, Sept. 11
The monthly CQI office hours for family home visiting will take place Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. Join us this month to learn about and discuss run charts. The meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams:
- Meeting ID: 291 599 506 372
- Passcode: 7KLT87
Save the date for the next monthly CQI office hours:
- Oct. 9: Brainstorming session on topic to be determined
- Nov. 13: Managing resistance to change
- Dec. 11: Celebration of CQI efforts throughout 2024!
For questions, contact health.fhvcqi@state.mn.us.
Strong Foundations Mid-year Report available soon!
The 2024 Strong Foundations Mid-year Grantee Feedback Report will be sent later this week! The report includes data on advancing health equity, prenatal recruitment, target caseload, data quality, staff professional development and trainings, and staff recruitment and retention. It will be sent to the main Strong Foundations grant contact. Questions? Please email the evaluation team: health.FHVdata@state.mn.us.
No updates for this week.
Conference opportunity: Partners in public health
The Local Public Health Association and MDH are again offering an opportunity for learning and connection: . This conference will be held Nov. 13-15 in Breezy Point and will explore new approaches for transforming Minnesota’s public health system.
To learn more about the conference, including objectives, speakers, and lodging, as well as to register, visit the Partners in Public Health Conference webpage. Registration is now open through Nov. 1. Register by Sept. 30 for early bird pricing.
 Child and family health is hiring!
There is an open position in MDH's child and family health division:
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Family home visiting evaluation student worker (Job #: 80002)
To learn more and apply, visit the Minnesota careers page and type in the job number on the search page.
Infant Mortality Awareness Week is next week!
Mark your calendar and get the word out! Sept. 15-21 is Infant Mortality Awareness Week in Minnesota. MDH will post educational messages related to infant mortality on social media throughout the week. Contact the infant and child health unit with questions at health.infantmortality@state.mn.us.
Maternal and Child Health Task Force – family home visiting subcommittee members selected
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Task Force, along with MDH family home visiting leadership, selected six additional members to be a part of the MCH Task Force family home visiting subcommittee. The purpose of the family home visiting subcommittee will be to use a professional home visiting and community-based lens to advise the MDH family home visiting program. This subcommittee will serve as an independent, impartial sounding board, and will assist staff in determining important activities and priorities related to family home visiting. The group may also assist in evaluating the overall performance of MDH family home visiting.
There was a vast amount of interest across the state for the additional spots for the external advisory group. Additional members were selected on the following minimum criteria:
- Is currently working in a home visiting role (as a home visitor, manager, or supervisor).
- Is enrolled in or has graduated from a home visiting program.
- Is a family member of or is close to someone who is enrolled in or graduated from a home visiting program.
- Is a community partner of a home visiting program.
Below are the names of the individuals selected to be a part of the MCH Task Force subcommittee.
Family home visiting subcommittee members:
- Brittany Becker
- Elizabeth Pihlaja
- Sadie Swenson
- Rachel Gilbertson
Family home visiting subcommittee ad hoc members:
- Kelly Ball, central region
- Amy Morris, northwest region
- Anna Mueller, metro region
- Kaying Vang-Lor, metro region
- Cristi Crego, northeast region
- Austere Apolo, southeast region
Thank you to those who submitted a nomination form, and congratulations to the new members!
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