ATTENTION MPHA & APHA MEMBERS!

Fireside Chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

About this Event

As the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been on the leading edge of the fight against COVID-19 since the crisis began. Now serving as the Chief Medical Advisor for the Biden-Harris Administration, Dr. Fauci joins us for this special event about the state of the pandemic and what's to come as the new administration gets to work.

This event is open to any employee or affiliate of the COVID Collaborative's member organizations.

Date And Time

Tue, February 9, 2021

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

REGISTER HERE

Training on COVID Messaging, Vaccines, and Faith Communities

Attention MPHA Community:

Are you working to provide information about the benefits of vaccination against COVID in partnership with faith communities? You may be interested in this online training, “Rooted in Faith & Community: Messaging for Leaders to Advance Health Equity” next Wednesday, January 27 from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST.

Presenters include Gary Gunderson of Wake Forest Baptist Health, a national thought leader on faith-based health, and Gene Matthews and Dawn Hunter, attorneys from the Network for Public Health Law.Participants will learn to become better advocates by understanding which foundational moral values resonate with us and how to recognize, appreciate, and learn to speak to other people's values.

The training is sponsored by Eastside Health and Well-Being Collaborative (St Paul, Minnesota), MHealth Fairview, and the Network for Public Health Law.

Registration link

More info on Becoming Better Messengers

Jill Krueger

Region Director

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The Network for Public Health Law – Northern Region

Networkforphl.org

jkrueger@networkforphl.org

Online Abstract Submission

"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness"

The American Public Health Association is now accepting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations for the APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the meeting theme — "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Strengthening Social Connectedness" — and current and emerging public health issues.

With the uncertainty around COVID-19, APHA is hoping to have a hybrid meeting and is still determining what that might look like. As you submit your abstract, keep in mind that APHA 2021 may be a virtual event. Updates will be posted to our website.

Submission Deadline — Abstracts are due March 21.

Abstract Notification — Presenters will be notified via email of abstract status on July 1.

Young adults: apply to the 2021 Truth Initiative Ambassador Program!

We are currently looking for ten young adults who are passionate about tobacco control to be our 2021 truth Ambassadors. truth Ambassadors will participate in a year-long virtual program, where they will develop a sustainable project that helps eliminate tobacco in their community (local, state or national), and learn how to better engage and mobilize other youth and young adults around tobacco issues. Participants will receive a stipend and financial support for their project. 

We’re looking for candidates with the following qualifications –

• Previous experience with tobacco control advocacy, and/or have been involved in at least one tobacco-related project that he/she would like to expand 
• Committed to virtual participation 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, age or disability

Applications are now live at https://www.thetruth.com/take-action/form/truth-ambassador-application and the deadline to apply is January 31st, 2021 11:59 PM EST

Please feel free to share this leadership opportunity within your network, all outreach is greatly appreciated! Questions? Please contact Diamond Miller, Youth Leadership Development Specialist at Truth Initiative, 202-454-5790, or Jasmine Hicks, Director of Youth Leadership Development, jhicks@truthinitiative.org.

Network for PH Law: "Declarations of Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Utilizing Declarations to Address Health Inequities"

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. CST | January 21, 2021

INFO & REGISTRATION

States, cities, and counties have increasingly declared racism to be a public health crisis or emergency.  These declarations are driven by a recognition that systemic, institutional, and other forms of racism drive disparities across employment, housing, education, the justice system, healthcare, and other determinants of health. The declarations also reflect a growing acknowledgment that state and local governments must anchor efforts to eradicate the impacts of racism in order to truly achieve the conditions that create optimal health for all. Attend this webinar to: learn where such declarations or statements have been issued, hear specific examples of actions that jurisdictions are taking at state and local levels, and obtain practical steps for using racial equity tools to help ensure meaningful implementation that will have concrete real-world impacts. 

This webinar will provide you with:

• A brief overview of declarations of racism as a public health crisis and their potential impact.
• A discussion of specific examples of actions committed to or already implemented that can set a community on a path for meaningful change.
• An analysis of legal and policy opportunities for implementing these declarations and associated efforts to dismantle structural racism and achieve health equity.  

Moderator:

• Betsy Lawton, JD, Senior Staff Attorney, Network for Public Health Law—Northern Region Office

Presenters:

• Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH, Professor of Law and Executive Director, Institute for Healing Justice and Equity, Saint Louis University
• Tia Taylor Williams, MPH, CNS, Director, APHA Center for Public Health Policy and Center for School Health and Education
• Dawn Hunter, JD, MPH, Deputy Director, Network for Public Health Law—Southeastern Region Office

CLE credits will not be offered for this webinar.

Feb 4, 2021 01:00 PM 

Webinar Registration: REGISTER HERE

"Anticipating COVID-19 Vaccination Challenges through Flu Vaccination Patterns

Description"

Across the country, states have begun the first stages of their campaigns to vaccinate people against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). However, early troubles have highlighted the challenges to such a massive endeavor.

Once the first tiers of recipients have been vaccinated, states will need to begin subsequent efforts to inoculate their broader resident populations—efforts that may be hampered by another, more-familiar set of hurdles, including vaccine skepticism and a U.S. health care system that typically leaves large segments of the population underserved.

Looking to the nation’s experiences with other vaccine campaigns such as influenza, can provide insights to the challenges faced by states in attaining their targets for coronavirus immunization.

In an upcoming SHADAC webinar, Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp, MPA, will present data published in a recent brief, funded by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). The analysis uses flu vaccination rates for U.S. adults across the 50 states and the District of Columbia as a proxy to identify population subgroups that may be harder to reach with a COVID-19 vaccine. An analysis of several demographic categories, such as age, race/ethnicity, chronic health conditions, and health insurance coverage status will also be included in the webinar discussion.

Mr. Planalp will also be joined by SHADAC Research Fellow Robert Hest, MPP, for a question and answer session following the webinar presentation.

Time:

Feb 4, 2021 01:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)

Register: REGISTER HERE

Minnesota COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group - public feedback accepted until 5 pm Jan. 7, 2021

Please see: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/vaccine/advisory.html

Public feedback

Members of the public can submit written feedback to the Vaccine Allocation Advisory Group and the Minnesota Department of Health for their review. Please submit feedback in the form (linked) by 5 p.m. (CST) on Jan. 7, 2021, for consideration at the next advisory group meeting. Feedback submitted before this form was available is being provided to the advisory group and does not need to be resubmitted.