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Since 1907, MPHA has been dedicated to creating a healthier Minnesota through effective public health practice and engaged citizens. 

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  • August 12, 2021 8:29 AM | Anonymous

    This continuing education program focuses on the improvement of maternal and infant health through the delivery of risk-appropriate high-quality nutrition services. This self-paced online program will be offered at a flat rate of $25.00 per person. It includes program sessions and a continuing education certificate for up to 6.5 contact hours of professional continuing education or Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This activity has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration and the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.


    This self-paced online program begins on September 1, 2021. Participants have until December 31, 2021, to complete the program.

    Registration is open until November 30, 2021. For group registration, please email cpheo@umn.edu


    For more information about featured presentations and program details, please visit our website: z.umn.edu/MNICrecorded


    Presentations include:

    • Addressing Food Insecurity Before and During the Pandemic: The Role and Impact of Federal Nutrition Assistance

    • Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthy Foods Through the SNAP EBT Online Program: Perceptions and Behaviors From Low-income Families in Maryland

    • A Systems Approach to Food Waste Reduction

    • Dietary Guidelines for Americans: An Overview

    • Dietary Intake and Microbiome

    • Parenting Practices and Child Obesity Risk: A Positive Deviance Approach

  • August 11, 2021 8:36 AM | Anonymous

    Join the MN Department of Health for a monthly Mental Well-Being and Resilience Learning Community!

     

    AUGUST 31, 2021

    Register to participate in August

     

    Culture is the Cure: Supporting Traditional Healers and Healing Centered Engagement

     

    Saint Paul - Ramsey County Public Health (SPRCPH) formed an authentic community engaged Mental Health and Wellness Action Team in July 2016 that informs the work of the department in responding to the integrated health care needs of Saint Paul - Ramsey County residents and greater communities. Learn how Mental Health and Wellness Action Team members became the primary vehicle that brought residents, healers, and organizations together to improve and promote mental wellness by ensuring access to appropriate culturally responsive healing services for all people in Ramsey County. Through this work we have engaged hundreds of community members and support the work of over 25 traditional healers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Learn about how you can expand healing-centered engagement and awareness of culturally responsive resources to strengthen mental well-being and healing in your community.  Additional experiential healing opportunities featuring several of the traditional healing partners will be announced at this session for September 2021. 

  • August 09, 2021 10:23 AM | Anonymous

    The MDH Minnesota Climate & Health Program and MCAP are jointly hosting a Minnesota Climate Data Community of Practice (CoP) meeting on Thursday, Aug. 12 from 1–2:30 p.m. CT.


    The meeting will include a tutorial on how to use the Minnesota Climatology Office's Climate Explorer Tool and an overview of recently acquired funding for even higher resolution climate projections.


    Register for the August webinar


    Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting to learn more! MDH encourages those working in public health, natural resources, transportation, emergency management, pollution control, commerce, planning, and design, as well as any other data-users working in state or local government, to join the Minnesota Climate Data CoP.

  • July 26, 2021 9:09 AM | Anonymous

    NNLM has five new funding awards, and two opportunities for public health people to get more involved with NNLM: the new Minnesota State Advisory Group and the Partner Outreach Program.


    Deadlines for awards is August 2, 2021 


    The Health Information Outreach Award supports building capacity with diverse communities for accessing and using credible health information to improve personal health literacy and to advance health information equity. 

    Amount: Up to $20,000 

    Expected Number of Awards Available: 1 

    Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 


    The Public Library Collaboration Award supports partnerships between public libraries and other community organizations to build capacity for access and use of credible health information to advance health literacy and digital health literacy with meaningful engagement of diverse populations. 

    Amount: Up to $25,000 

    Expected Number of Awards Available: 2 

    Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 


    The Data Award supports implementation of data science or data management projects that advance the goals and objectives of the NLM Strategic Plan for building a data-driven workforce and enhancing data services and open science. 

    Amount: Up to $15,000 

    Expected Number of Awards Available: 1 

    Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 


    The Digital Access Award supports projects that address broadening online health information access and developing digital literacy skills to advance health information equity with meaningful engagement of diverse communities or populations. 

    Amount: Up to $25,000 

    Expected Number of Awards Available: 2 

    Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 


    The Expert Speaker Award supports an expert speaker to train staff or present at a conference to increase use of NLM resources, keep current on topics related to NLM priorities, and build health information capacity for our network members. 

    Amount: Up to $1,834 

    Expected Number of Awards Available: 2 

    Period of Performance: October 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022 


    New Partner Outreach Program (POP) - Applications Now Open 

    NNLM Region 6 is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the new Partner Outreach Program (POP) for 2021-2026 from members in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  


    The purpose of the NNLM Region 6 Partner Outreach Program is to support health equity by providing health information access throughout Region 6. Ambassador organizations will receive remuneration, training, and direction from the Region 6. Learn more and apply here! 


    New State Advisory Groups – Applications Now Open 

    Want to play a role in advising Region 6’s outreach and engagement activities? Serving on a state advisory group presents a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration. Each SAG will include a balance of members from public health organizations, healthcare professions, nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, and libraries. Learn more and apply here!

  • July 21, 2021 5:15 PM | Anonymous

    Cardiomelon is an online fitness company that places emphasis on the important connection between physical exercise (body) and cognitive exercise (brain) to actively encourage and support brain health as well as healthy aging.


    Cardiomelon is seeking to fulfill the American Heart Association’s ‘Empowered To Serve’ Grant, which is where we need YOUR help! The ‘Empowered To Serve’ Grant is graciously providing FREE 1-year Cardiomelon memberships to individuals who fit the following criteria:

    1. Women of color
    2. Aged 40 and older
    3. Live in the Twin Cities

    The FREE 1-year Cardiomelon membership will allow these individuals to access an array of fun 20-30 minute long online brain and body workout videos for different mobility and ability levels. We would appreciate your kind assistance in finding members in the community who would be interested in this health-promoting opportunity.


    To apply: email cardiomelon@gmail.com or call (320) 433-0408 by September 1, 2021. 
  • July 21, 2021 5:11 PM | Anonymous

    The Minnesota Society for Public Health Education (MN SOPHE) is now accepting abstracts for a virtual poster session during the 2021 Virtual Health Education Summit. 


    Do you have any of the following projects to share?

    • Research (Quantitative, Qualitative, and Literature Reviews)
    • Program/Project/Policy Evaluation
    • Implementation/Process Evaluation
    • Tools for Public Health Education

    Please complete this form by 11:59pm, Friday, August 27, 2021. While all submissions will be reviewed, not all submissions will be accepted for presentation. If your presentation is accepted, you will be notified by Friday, September 17, 2021.

  • July 08, 2021 5:22 PM | Anonymous

    ISC-SC Opioids Topical Group Webinar: Twindemic of COVID-19 and Opioid Use

    Fostering Public Health and Personal Responses

    Thursday, July 22, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT 

    REGISTER HERE! 


    Join us for a presentation where speakers will discuss the added burdens to health and wellbeing associated with opioid use in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. They will focus on the value of peer support and public health practice.

  • June 24, 2021 3:04 PM | Anonymous

    Join the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on July 21 at 9 a.m. to learn how Men’s Sheds have taken rural and agricultural communities in Ireland by storm, and see if they’re something farmers and other rural men in Minnesota would enjoy. 


    Men’s Sheds are activity-based social organizations for senior men to get out and do things with other guys. Most members are retired or (in the case of farmers) semi-retired. Sheds are independent: members decide what they want to do together – which might be anything from woodworking, to gardening, carpentry, fishing, community service, music, photography, cooking, biking, or other activities.

     

    Sheds foster friendships, keep men active, reduce isolation and loneliness, and improve health and wellbeing. On top of that, they’re fun! Men’s Sheds first began in Australia in the 1980s and have been making their way across the world, creating spaces for camaraderie among men. Australia now has nearly 1,000 sheds, Ireland has 450, Canada is at 20 and growing. Minnesota already has five sheds: do you know a rural community where a shed might take off?

     

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
    Farm and commodity organization leaders, county staff and board members, township officials, social workers and human services professionals, library directors and librarians, farmers, Farm Business Management and Extension educators, clergy, civic and business leaders, and anybody else who might want to join, sponsor, or support a Men’s Shed in their own community. 


    For more information or to register for this webinar, click here!

  • June 10, 2021 9:46 AM | Anonymous



    What Is Arts in Public Health? Free Webinar, Thursday, June 10th, 12:30 - 1:00 pm EST. REGISTER HERE!


    Please join us for a discussion about the field of arts in public health and the arts in public health graduate certificate curriculum at the University of Florida.

    You'll hear from faculty member, Dr. David Fakunle, and current student, Taylor Seale, MPH about how they—and our courses—bring the arts and public health together in creating healthier communities.

    The presentation portion will be followed by a Q&A section to discuss your questions about the field, program, or application process
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  • June 08, 2021 7:41 PM | Anonymous

    SAVE THE DATE: June 10, 202, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

    "The National Landscape and Next Steps for Virginia"

    Register Here!


    The Institute for Public Health Innovation, Voices for Virginia’s Children, and the Virginia Public Health Association presents a webinar series to explore the background, context, and future of Virginia's recent resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis.


    Key Speakers: 


    - Alyssa Fritz, MPH, RD, CLC Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Policy, & Research at the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health 


    - Tia Taylor Williams, MPH, CNS Director for the Center for School, Health, and Education and the Center for Public Health Policy at the American Public Health

    Association


    - Corey Pleasants Assistant Secretary of Health & Human Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia 

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