Public Health: Everyone,
Every Day, Everywhere
2015 COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 7-9, 2015
CRAGUN’S CONFERENCE CENTER, BRAINERD
www.health.state.mn.us/chc
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WELCOME TO THE 2015 COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
PURPOSE
The Community Health Conference is a long standing, annual event for Minnesota’s public
health community. First held in 1978, its purpose is to strengthen the unique state-local
governmental public health partnership created by the Community Health Services Act
(now the Local Public Health Act, 2014). Over the years, the conference has expanded its
mission to welcome all partners in Minnesota’s public health system including community
organizations, tribal health, academia and others.
Designed to build knowledge, skill and capacity in Minnesota's public health system, the
conference provides an opportunity to share and celebrate the innovative work occurring
in communities throughout the state. Networking is a key component; conference
participants are encouraged to connect with new faces and organizations (see
Participants List and Minnesota map included in your conference packet).
CONFERENCE THEME
Public Health: Everyone, Every Day, Everywhere
Everyone – Decisions made in every sector shape the opportunities people have to live
longer, healthier lives. Improving health for those who have the worst health outcomes
generates better health for all. Everyone does better together.
Every Day – Public Health does important work to protect, maintain, and improve the
health of all people in Minnesota. Public health departments, however, cannot create
health by acting alone; working with and alongside the community makes it happen!
Everywhere – Public Health is all around us. Our world is interconnected and so is our
health. We can work together to build environments that create health. Health is a
resource that multiplies the more it is shared.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
 Link emerging global, national, tribal and state public health issues and opportunities to
public health at the community level
 Discover proven, innovative and creative ways colleagues are approaching public
health practices
 Improve knowledge of ways to create health and advance health equity for all people
in Minnesota through meaningful public health relationships
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE IS SPONSORED BY
STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MDH HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION
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STATE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The State Community Health Services Advisory Committee, known as SCHSAC (pronounced
“shack”), was created by the 1976 Community Health Services Act to advise the health
commissioner. The committee provides guidance on development, maintenance, financing, and
evaluation of community health services in Minnesota. SCHSAC supports the state-local public health
partnership through communication and coordination between MDH and local public health
agencies. SCHSAC members, who represent the 48 community health boards (CHB), are local
elected officials, local public health directors, community health services administrators, and
community members appointed by their CHB. Learn more: www.health.state.mn/schsac
KAREN AHMANN, 2015 SCHSAC CHAIR
A Mahnomen County Commissioner for over 17 years, Karen Ahmann
represents the Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Board. Ahmann
serves as the current Chair of the State Community Health Services Advisory
Committee (SCHSAC). Ahmann has been actively engaged in SCHSAC since
2009, chairing and participating in many groups, including the SCHSAC
Executive Committee, SCHSAC Strategic Planning Workgroup, the Local
Public Health Act Workgroup, and the Conference Planning Workgroup in
addition to representing SCHSAC on the Healthy Minnesota Partnership.
Ahmann is involved in her community as a business owner and hospital board
member. Ahmann describes herself as a public health advocate who wants
to help public health “blow its own horn” more to let others know of its value.
ED EHLINGER, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Ed Ehlinger, MD, MSPH, was appointed Minnesota Commissioner of Health by
Governor Mark Dayton in 2011. In addition to being a physician and public
health advocate, Ehlinger is also an avid fan of the traditional American
game of horseshoes. He has traveled across the state inviting local officials,
community members and others to “Pitch the Commissioner” to create
conversations about how to advance health in their communities. In 2013,
Ehlinger established the Center for Health Equity to make advancing health
equity an essential goal for a healthy Minnesota and the work of MDH.
Ehlinger is the current president of the Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials (ASTHO), the national nonprofit organization representing
state public health agencies in the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the
District of Columbia, and more than 100,000 public health professionals these
agencies employ.
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HELPFUL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION DESK HOURS
PRESENTATION SLIDES AND HANDOUTS
You can find help and assistance at the
conference registration desk in the Main
Lobby:
Concurrent
session
handouts
and
presentation slides are online as session
presenters have made them available. They
will remain on the conference website after
the event.
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Friday: 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM (after 8:30, desk
moves to the Centre)
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Concurrent breakout sessions are arranged
by theme as a guide to help you select the
best sessions for you. Please see session
descriptions for details. You may attend any
or all sessions in a theme. See page 8.
ACCESSIBILITY ASSISTANCE
Please stop by or contact the Cragun’s Front
Desk (ext. 8700) for assistance with shuttle
service, disability parking, elevator access,
and other concerns.
RESOURCE AND POSTER DISPLAYS
MOTHERS’ ROOM
A room is available for use as a lactation
room; please pick up and return the key at
the Cragun’s Front Desk.
Informational displays can be found in the
Centre throughout the conference. You will
have an opportunity to visit with staff during
conference refreshment breaks.
PRAYER ROOM
FREE TIME ACTIVITIES
Conference workgroup members and MDH
Health Partnerships Division staff will host an
array of fun, stress-reducing activities on
Thursday and Friday. Please check the flyer in
your conference packet for information and
locations.
The Dutch Room is available for private
prayer. Please inquire at the Cragun’s Front
Desk for more information.
COMMUNITY HEALTH AWARDS AND
RECEPTION
CEUS & CONFERENCE EVALUATION
Recognition of the accomplishments of local
and state public health staff, elected officials,
and community partners have long been a
highlight of the annual conference. Commissioner Ed Ehlinger will present these awards
Wednesday evening, and a reception will
immediately follow with dinner-worthy hot
and cold appetizers.
Continuing education hours will be available
for dieticians, health educators, nurses,
sanitarians, and general attendees. To
receive a certificate of attendance, please
complete the online conference evaluation
and download the appropriate certificate
afterward. You will receive the evaluation link
via email after the conference.
MEAL TICKETS
PHOTOGRAPHS
You must show your meal ticket to enter the
dining room. Individual meal tickets are
available at the Front Desk for conference
attendees or guests of attendees who have
not purchased a Cragun’s lodging/meals
package.
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MDH will take photographs throughout the
conference
to
use
for
conference
promotional materials. If you do not want
MDH to use your photograph, please sign an
opt-out form, available at the conference
registration desk.
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Conference Schedule
WEDNESDAY
9:30 AM
The Centre
Local Public Health Association General Membership Meeting
12:00 PM
Pioneer Room
SCHSAC Executive Committee Meeting
12:30 PM
Dining Room
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative Grantee Meeting
1:00 PM
Lakeshore Rooms
SCHSAC Meeting
6:15 PM
The Centre
Community Health Awards Ceremony
7:15 PM
The Centre
Community Health Awards Reception
THURSDAY
6:30 AM
AM Walking (optional)
See activity flyer
Meal ticket required
6:45 AM
Dining Room
Breakfast (to 8:00 AM)
8:00 AM
The Centre
Conference Opening: Karen Ahmann, 2015 SCHSAC Chair
8:15 AM
The Centre
General Session: Kao Kalia Yang, “Health Between Cultures,” with
Ed Ehlinger, Commissioner of Health
9:40 AM
The Centre
Refreshment Break / Resource and Poster Display Viewing
10:10 AM
Breakout Sessions: Series A
See following pages
11:35 AM
Breakout Sessions: Series B
See following pages
Buffet Lunch
Meal ticket required
Breakout Sessions: Series C
See following pages
12:45 PM
Dining Room
1:55 PM
3:05 PM
The Centre
Refreshment Break / Resource and Poster Display Viewing
3:30 PM
The Centre
General Session: Sandy Spieler, “All the Water We Have”
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Adjourn for Day
TBA
5:00 PM
Works Progress Studio, “Water Bar” (to 7:00 PM)
See folder insert
Free Time Activities (optional)
See activity flyer
6:00 PM
Dining Room
Buffet Dinner (to 7:30 PM)
6:00 PM
Pioneer Room
Tribal Health and American Indian EHDI Grantee Dinner Meeting
7:15 PM
Meal ticket required
Free Time Activities (optional)
See activity flyer
AM Walking (optional)
See activity flyer
Breakfast (to 8:30 AM)
Meal ticket required
Breakout Sessions: Series D
See following pages
FRIDAY
6:30 AM
6:45 AM
Dining Room
8:30 AM
9:40 AM
The Centre
Refreshment Break / Resource and Poster Display Viewing
10:00 AM
The Centre
Welcome: Doug Huebsch, 2015 Conference Chair
10:10 AM
The Centre
General Session: Roundtable Discussion moderated by Kerri Miller, MPR, with
MayKao Y. Hang, Penny Wheeler, Robert L. Kane
11:15 AM
The Centre
Closing Remarks: Ed Ehlinger, Commissioner of Health
12:00 PM
The Centre
Adjourn and Lunch with To-Go Option
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General Sessions
THURSDAY 8:15 AM
KAO KALIA YANG, “HEALTH BETWEEN CULTURES”
The granddaughter of a Hmong shaman, a medicine woman, and a healer,
author Kao Kalia Yang will share from her experiences growing up at the
intersections of the American health system and the traditional beliefs,
practices, and knowledge systems that have guided a community for
hundreds of years. A child of poverty, Yang grew up in the government housing
projects of Minnesota and the mold-infested houses of St. Paul's East Side. Yang
will speak to the intimate balance of growing up healthy in a home influenced
by a multitude of forces – professionals from outside of the home, and the very
people whose hearts and hands grant her a place, far from geography, to
belong.
Kao Kalia Yang is a writer, public speaker, and teacher. She is a graduate of Carleton College and
Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Yang is the author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family
Memoir (Coffee House Press, 2008) and The Song Poet (Metropolitan Books, Forthcoming 2016).
Learn more: http://kaokaliayang.com
THURSDAY 3:30 PM
SANDY SPIELER, “ALL THE WATER WE HAVE”
Sandy Spieler, an artist and advocate, will share her personal story of coming to
recognize the importance of water and how she views the world through the
lens of drinking water. Her visual presentation demonstrates how art can
educate and move people to an understanding of water stewardship and
water as a public good for the health of all.
Sandy Spieler has been the Artistic Director of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet
and Mask Theatre (HOBT) since 1976, and is one of the company’s
founders. Spieler helps spearhead the company’s popular MayDay Parade and
Festival and was recognized with the 2014 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award. Recently, HOBT
collaborated with the Minnesota Department of Health to create a touring performance, “Are You
Thirsty?,” bringing water issues vibrantly to life.
Learn more: http://hobt.org
EXPERIENTAL ACTIVITY
THURSDAY 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Water Bar is a collaborative public art project developed to share knowledge
of water and water issues. Stop by during free time activities. See insert for more details.
Learn more: http://www.water-bar.org
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FRIDAY 10:10 AM
KERRI MILLER, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO
Kerri Miller is host of MPR News with Kerri Miller, Talking Volumes, and the popular
Friday Roundtables. She was the political reporter for KARE 11 television in
Minneapolis-St. Paul before coming to MPR in 2004. Miller will be moderating a
panel of public health partners to delve into priority issues raised during the
Community Health Conference.
Learn more: www.mprnews.org/topic/kerri-miller
ROUNDTABLE: PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS
MAYKAO HANG, AMHERST H. WILDER FOUNDATION
MayKao Hang, Ph.D., is the President and CEO of the Amherst H. Wilder
Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving lives in the greater
St. Paul community and beyond through direct services, research, and
community building. She is Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, Trustee and Chair of the Grants & Community Initiatives Committee
of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, Co-Chair of the Itasca Project’s Socioeconomic Disparities Work Group, and is on the Advisory Committee for John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation. She is a founding member of the Coalition of
Asian American Leaders in Minnesota.
Learn more: www.wilder.org/AboutUs/Our-People/Pages/Staff.aspx
ROBERT KANE, CENTER ON AGING, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Robert Kane, MD, directs the Center on Aging, housed in the School of Public
Health. The Center serves as a statewide resource center on the health and
welfare of older Minnesotans by providing information to students, professionals,
and the community. Kane’s research deals with the health and long-term care
of older persons; the relationship between acute and chronic care; and quality
of care. His recent books deal with health care outcomes, geriatrics, chronic
care provision, and the failure of the health care system. Kane teaches courses
on health policy and quality of care.
Learn more: www.coa.umn.edu
PENNY WHEELER, ALLINA HEALTH
Penny Wheeler, MD, is the president and chief executive officer of Allina Health,
a not-for-profit health care system with 90+ clinics, 13 hospitals, and 16
pharmacies, plus specialty medical services. Prior to her appointment as CEO,
she served as the chief clinical officer of Allina Health, responsible for leading
the organization's quality and value agenda through alignment of the clinical
and operational leadership to optimally benefit those served by Allina Health.
Dr. Wheeler is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist.
Learn more: www.allinahealth.org/About-Us/Leadership-team
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Breakout Series & Themes
THEME 1
COMMUNITIES HAVING
THE POWER TO
IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH
THEME 2
AMERICAN INDIANS
CREATING HEALTHY
FUTURES
THEME 3
DECISION MAKERS
TACKLING HEALTH AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
THEME 4
MINNESOTA YOUTH
DEALING WITH
TRAUMA AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE
THEME 5
PARTNERS IDENTIFYING
COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES AND
TAKING ACTION
THEME 6
ALL OF US
INFLUENCING HEALTH
IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
THEME 7
PUBLIC HEALTH
PROTECTING
MINNESOTANS
EVERY DAY
SERIES A
THURSDAY 10:10 AM
SERIES B
THURSDAY 11:35 AM
SERIES C
THURSDAY 1:55 PM
SERIES D
FRIDAY 8:30 AM
A1 – Lakeshore 4
B1 – Paul Bunyan 3
C1 – Lakeshore 4
D1 – Paul Bunyan 3
Building on Cultural
Health Assets to
Promote Health
among Somali and
Oromo Refugees
Community Voices
in Advance Care
Planning
Community
Engagement and
Health Equity
“Yoo-Hoo – We’re
Out Here Too” –
Building Community
Health Worker
Capacity in Greater
Minnesota
A2 – Paul Bunyan 1
B2 – Lakeshore 1
C2 – Lakeshore 3
D2 – Lakeshore 3
Minnesota Indian
Nations:
Government-toGovernment
Relations
Strategies for
Integrating Healthy
Native Food
Practices in Policies
Our Wisdom is Our
Strength: Sexuality
Education in
American Indian
Communities
Spirituality and
Patient-Centered
Research: Informing
for Spirituality as a
Construct
A3 – Lakeshore 3
B3 – Lakeshore 2
C3 – Paul Bunyan 1
D3 – Lakeshore 4
The Beginning of
Great Change:
Environmental
Health Continuous
Improvement Board
Integrating Health
into Local Planning
The Intersection of
Public Health and
Environment: A Case
for Groundwater
Planning
What’s the Value of
Water?
A4 – Lakeshore 1
B4 – Paul Bunyan 1
C4 – Lakeshore 2
D4 – Paul Bunyan 2
The Health of
Minnesota Youth
with Incarcerated
Parents
Domestic Violence
Impacts the Health
of the Hmong
American
Community
Safe Harbor:
Minnesota’s
Response to Sexually
Exploited Youth
Sexual Violence
Data at the County
Level
A5 – Paul Bunyan 3
B5 – Lakeshore 3
C5 – Paul Bunyan 3
D5 – Lakeshore 1
Community Health
Needs Assessments:
A Regional
Collaborative
Approach
ReThink Mental
Health Initiative:
Working Together on
a Community Priority
Effective Community
Storytelling –
Integrating Survey
Data into
Compelling Stories
Connecting the Dots
to Promote Healthy
Aging: Living Well at
Home
A6 – Paul Bunyan 2
B6 – Lakeshore 4
C6 – Paul Bunyan 2
D6 – Lakeshore 2
A Good Foundation
for a Healthy Life
Impacting Health
Equity Through Early
Education and Child
Care
Maternal Wellbeing
Innovation Lab:
Community Creating
Solutions
Let’s Talk about
Resilience!
A7 – Lakeshore 2
B7 – Paul Bunyan 2
C7 – Lakeshore 1
D7 – Paul Bunyan 1
Poo Fighters 2015
Tour – Norovirus
A Public Health
Response to Legal
Drugs
Improving Team
Performance as
Public Health
Leaders
The Tale of Two
Cities: Regulating
Cheap and Flavored
Cigars
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Breakout Sessions: Series A 10:10 AM
A1
LAKESHORE 4
A3
LAKESHORE 3
BUILDING ON CULTURAL HEALTH ASSETS TO
PROMOTE HEALTH AMONG SOMALI AND
OROMO REFUGEES
THE BEGINNING OF GREAT CHANGE:
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT BOARD
Amano Dube, Brian Coyle Center;
Elizabeth Lightfoot, University of Minnesota
Karen Swenson, Brown-Nicollet CHB;
Steven Diaz and Tom Hogan, MDH; Allie
Freidrichs, Meeker-McLeod-Sibley CHB
The Brian Coyle Center, in partnership with
the University of Minnesota’s School of
Social Work, will share how the cultural
health assets approach was used to first
identify cultural health assets within the
Somali and Oromo refugee communities,
and then to develop culturally relevant
health interventions that build on these
assets. See health promotion tools developed for East African refugees. Get a full
overview of the mapping process to use in
your own work.
A2
THURSDAY
Local elected officials and others interested in new perspectives are the primary
audience for this collaborative discussion
about opportunities to improve policies,
practices, and partnerships around
environmental health issues. Together,
state and local environmental public
health leaders will explain the goals and
vision for the Environmental Health
Continuous Improvement Board (EHCIB)
and the work they have done, and hope
to do in the near future.
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MINNESOTA INDIAN NATIONS:
GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT
RELATIONSHIPS
THE HEALTH OF MINNESOTA YOUTH
WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
Rebecca Shlafer and Laurel Davis, University
of Minnesota; Tyler Reedy, Youth Link
Jackie Dionne, MDH
Local elected officials and others are
invited to join this session to gain a
fundamental understanding of tribal
history, sovereignty, and demographics
among the eleven Minnesota Indians
Nations and American Indians in urban
areas in our state. The MDH Director of
American Indian Health will discuss MDH
efforts to partner with Minnesota tribes and
urban American Indians on their priority
health issues, including health disparities
and other sector public policies that
impact the health of tribes.
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Nearly one in six youth in the state of
Minnesota have a parent who is or has
been incarcerated. Findings from the
Minnesota Student Survey show disparities
in the mental, chemical, and physical
health of these young people dealing with
this Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE).
Incarceration is a health equity and social
justice issue. People of color and those
from impoverished backgrounds are disproportionately involved in the criminal
justice system, thereby exacerbating
existing health disparities. Consider the
numerous systems in which children of incarcerated parents are embedded, and
how those systems impact health
disparities for this vulnerable population.
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A good foundation for a healthy life begins
with healthy child development. Participants will learn that good physical health
along with positive early childhood
experiences are important building blocks
for improving infant brain development.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
negatively impact healthy child development. The panelists will share and discuss
ways that policy makers can support a
foundation for a healthy, productive
society by focusing on what happens early
in life.
COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS:
A REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Lowell Johnson, Washington County;
Tony Buttacavoli, Isanti County;
Deanna Varner, Health Partners;
Ann Norgaard, Chisago County
Local public health, hospitals and health
plans must complete community needs
assessments and health improvement
plans on continuous cycles. Often, these
overlap, surveying similar populations and
identifying similar health needs. In order to
better align these efforts, the partners
have come together to develop a
framework for data collection and
collective action. Hear from two regional
collaboratives, the Center for Community
Health from the Metro Region, and the
Community Health Alliance in the East
Central Region.
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A7
LAKESHORE 2
POO FIGHTERS 2015 TOUR: NOROVIRUS
Lisa Marshall, Ramsey County
Foodborne illness with a rock-n-roll theme!
Norovirus causes more than half of all
foodborne illness outbreaks in Minnesota
and the United States each year. Listen to
“classic hits” and “new releases” of real-life
examples that bring scientific facts and
regulatory requirements to life. Develop
elements of an employee illness policy to
help establishments meet Minnesota food
code regulations for foodborne illness.
Leave the session with “autographs” and
a set of ready-to-use presentation slides,
lesson plans and other tools.
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A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY
LIFE
Marilyn Deling and Margene Gunderson,
Olmsted County; Sheila Kiscaden, Olmsted
Board of County Commissioners
Breakout Sessions: Series B
B1
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THURSDAY
Choices’ three new “Voices of Advance
Care Planning” videos and a new short
form health care directive are leading the
nation in reducing powerful healthcare
disparities that impact all Americans.
Attendees will identify how unique multicultural messages can impact individual
and family decisions to approach
Advance Care Planning and end-of-life
care in diverse populations such as
Minnesota’s
Hmong,
Somali,
and
Latino/Hispanic communities.
COMMUNITY VOICES IN ADVANCE
CARE PLANNING
Barbara Greene, Honoring Choices
Minnesota, Twin Cities Medical Society
Advance care planning conversations are
difficult for everyone. When adding issues
of
culture,
language
and
intergenerational challenges, beginning this
conversation can be daunting. Many
populations believe this subject may invite
bad things to happen or consider it a sign
of “giving up” on loved ones. Honoring
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LAKESHORE 1
B4
STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATING HEALTHY
NATIVE FOOD PRACTICES INTO POLICIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IMPACTS THE
HEALTH OF HMONG AMERICAN
COMMUNITY
Anne Walaszek, American Indian Cancer
Foundation; Stacy Hammer, Lower Sioux
Indian Community
MayTong Chang and Pheng Thao,
Building Our Future
The Healthy Native Foods Initiative
promotes the importance of healthy and
traditional foods in American Indian
communities. Learn about the different
stages of readiness in implementing a
Healthy Foods Policy. Discuss effective
strategies to help programs align with
policy efforts to increase the synergy
across the state. The project’s toolkit has
strategies to promote healthier eating
practices at work; healthy menu options
for community events; cost effective
strategies for families and engaging kids to
eat healthy.
B3
Although forms of domestic violence may
not be so different in homes across
America,
the
cultural
context
of
communities matters if we want to more
effectively address and understand the
health of the community. In the Hmong
American community there is an
increasing
number
of
international
marriages and relationships that is having
a detrimental health impact on families
and community. In this workshop, we will
dive deeper into the intersections of
health, gender, culture, and globalization
to improve services and policies for
families.
LAKESHORE 2
B5
INTEGRATING HEALTH INTO LOCAL
PLANNING
LAKESHORE 3
RETHINK MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE:
WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMMUNITY
PRIORITY
Mary Marrow, Public Health Law Center;
Karen Nikolai, Hennepin County Planning,
Policy and Land Management; Justin Otsea,
Arrowhead Regional Development
Commission
Gina Nolte, Clay County; Carrie McLeod,
Sanford Health; Brie Taralson, Essentia
Health
Learn how to utilize your local planning
process to improve your community’s
health. Local plans serve as an official
“expression of the community’s vision for
the future and a strategic map to reach
that vision” according to the League of
Minnesota Cities. In the metro area, local
governments will begin revising these
plans this fall with final updates due to the
Metropolitan Council in 2018. Many local
governments outside of the metro area
are also currently reviewing and updating
their local plans. This year is optimal to
engage health leaders to make local
planning decisions that impact health and
create vibrant communities with access to
healthy food, opportunities for active
living, safe and adequate water resources,
and health equity.
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When the Fargo-Moorhead area (Cass
County, North Dakota, and Clay County,
Minnesota) formed a Community Health
Needs Assessment Collaborative to conduct a community-wide assessment,
mental health was identified as a priority.
The counties have a mission to improve
mental health and behavioral health
needs through innovative, community
wide problem-solving processes that lead
to more effective, consumer centered,
equitable and sustainable solutions. The
“ReThink Mental Health” Initiative was
created in 2013 to use a policy, systems
and environmental change approach
with performance improvement techniques to address prevention, services,
recovery support and crisis.
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LAKESHORE 4
B7
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IMPACTING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH
EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE
A PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO LEGAL
DRUGS
Joan Bulfer and Maria Regan Gonzalez,
City of Bloomington
Jon Roesler, Dana Farley and Tom Arneson,
MDH
Learn about creative strategies that maintain a strong, authentic relationship
between Bloomington Public Health (BPH)
and the Latino community to address
health equity issues. In 2012, BPH contracted with the Church of the Assumption, Richfield, to serve as a Healthy Living
Hub for over 3,000 Spanish-speaking
community members. In 2013, a childcare
provider network was formed in response
to concerns from Latino community
members about school readiness and
obesity. Learn how the network is dealing
with issues of school readiness, obesity and
lack of understanding of the American
school system in the Latino community.
BPH is also beginning to work with the
Somali community on these issues.
Alcohol, medical cannabis for enrolled
patients, and prescription opioids are
legal, and a significant part of a changing
landscape of public health policy, and
regulatory changes. This session will
provide an update on data and local,
state, and federal policy, and include a
discussion of how communities can use
the essential functions of public health to
reduce harms and develop a healthy safe
community.
Breakout Sessions: SERIES C
C1
LAKESHORE 4
C2
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HEALTH
EQUITY
Abdullah Kiatamba, Minnesota African Task
Force Against Ebola; Danushka Wanduragala
and Jeannette Raymond, MDH
Public Health convenes and engages the
community to build the capacity and amplify the power of communities to create
their own healthy futures. So how does the
intention to advance health equity
change who we engage, how we
engage, and the focus of possible partnerships? This workshop will delve into MDH’s
approach to community engagement,
developed from the recommendations of
the 2014 Advancing Health Equity Report.
Presenters will share how the approach
was implemented during the 2014-2015
Ebola crisis to engage with the West
African community in Minnesota.
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THURSDAY
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OUR WISDOM IS OUR STRENGTH:
SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN AMERICAN
INDIAN COMMUNITIES
Anna Goldtooth and Dixie Dorman, Planned
Parenthood MN, ND and SD
Learn ways to address sexual health disparities from health educators with experience working with American Indian
communities in and around Bemidji and
Duluth. Staff will share experiences using a
strengths-based approach in developing
and implementing a broad range of
education and outreach services designed to support health while honoring
culture and history. Workshop attendees
will leave with a toolkit of ready-to-use
culturally relevant educational activities
and resources.
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THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE FOR
GROUNDWATER PLANNING
EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY STORYTELLING:
INTEGRATING SURVEY DATA INTO
COMPELLING STORIES
Jessica Collin-Pilarski and Stephanie
Souter, Washington County
Kirsten Fagerlund, Polk-NormanMahnomen SHIP; Michelle Trumpy,
Dakota SHIP; Laura Grunloh and Travis
Wojciehowski, MDH
In Washington County, 100% of residents
rely on groundwater for drinking water.
Unique challenges relate to both groundwater quality and quantity because of the
close connection between groundwater
and surface waters, including trout
streams and recreational lakes. As a result,
the county has exercised statutory
authority for groundwater planning for the
last thirteen years. Learn the history of
groundwater planning; highlights of the
newly adopted, second generation
Groundwater Plan; and examples utilizing
Results Based Accountability and Quality
Improvement techniques to demonstrate
success.
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Community health surveys are to public
health practitioners as a treasure chest is
to Disney’s Captain Hook - they’re filled
with riches if you have the right tools to
crack them open. SHIP’s recent initiative to
attain up-to-date statewide coverage of
community health survey data was
overwhelmingly successful and now
affords
Minnesota
the
tremendous
opportunity to describe chronic diseases in
distinct geographic detail. You’ll sail away
with a treasure map to guide you to
effectively utilizing and presenting data
after a hands-on experience in this data
storytelling session.
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SAFE HARBOR: MINNESOTA’S RESPONSE
TO SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH
MATERNAL WELLBEING INNOVATION
LAB: COMMUNITY CREATING
SOLUTIONS
Dave Pinto, Ramsey County Attorney’s
Office; Lauren Ryan, MDH;
Caroline Palmer, MN Coalition Against
Sexual Assault
Anne Gomez, Maternal Wellbeing
Innovation Lab Facilitator; Millicent
Simenson, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike
Wiigaming; Tessa Wetjen, MDH
The Safe Harbor law represents a
paradigm shift. Under this Minnesota law,
youth who have been involved in
prostitution, sex trafficking, or trading sex
are now directed to support and services,
instead of prosecution and arrest. The
Minnesota Department of Health has
created a comprehensive system of
support for sexually exploited youth,
including addressing Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACEs). Identify emerging
promising public health practices that can
be implanted in your community to
combat and prevent sex trafficking.
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The Maternal Wellbeing Innovation Lab is
a community problem-solving process in
practice in Bemidji and the Twin Cities. The
lab brings together mothers and
professionals working in maternal mental
health to support emotional wellbeing for
all moms and ensure a healthy start for
their children. Participate in a miniature
lab to practice the model, then learn how
to bring this process to your community to
identify new solutions to community issues.
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is magnified. Developing effective teams is
essential to accomplishing the everyday
work of public health in addition to
handling public health responses to floods,
outbreaks, and other disasters. This
interactive session will include video clips,
discussions and group activities to develop
an understanding of teamwork, practice
communication skills to improve team
performance, and recognize how you can
be an effective team leader.
IMPROVING TEAM PERFORMANCES AS
PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS
Deb Radi, Mickey Scullard and
Barbara Lundgren, MDH
It’s tough to be a leader. Everyone looks to
you for direction and decisions. Add in the
chaos of emergency response and a
need for confident, competent leadership
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Louise Anderson and Deborah Hernandez,
Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis Community
Health Board; Wendy Potratz, Northwest
Technical College
Public health, health care and community
organizations are looking for innovative ways
to include the Community Health Worker
(CHW) role in health promotion strategies with
priority populations. Lack of trained CHWs in
NE Minnesota isn't the only issue; forging new
partnerships and learning the "give and take"
of working together to address social
determinants of health is also a challenge. The
Healthy Northland Initiative is exploring new
models of wrap-around care and services,
which include CHWs, to bridge disparate
communities with services and support.
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SPIRITUALITY AND PATIENT-CENTERED
RESEARCH: INFORMING FOR SPIRITUALITY
AS A CONSTRUCT
Rebecca St. Germaine, Lac Courte Oreilles
Ojibwe Wisconsin, University of Minnesota
Patient assessment and spirituality for the first
time have become topics of patientcenteredness research. The usual diagnostic
tools often miss the key reason why many
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American Indian clients don’t follow
prescribed medication therapy. Public
health nurses and community health
providers can learn how to apply
appropriate
techniques
of
patient
dialogue to ask the "right question" in
assessment to better understand the
scope of patient-centeredness through
the lens of American Indian stakeholders.
“YOO-HOO, WE’RE OUT HERE TOO”
BUILDING COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER
CAPACITY IN GREATER MINNESOTA
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8:30 AM
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WHAT’S THE VALUE OF WATER?
Tannie Eshenaur, MDH; Bonnie Keeler,
Institute on the Environment, University of
Minnesota
Minnesota is rich in water resources, but
growing and diversifying demands have
led to water stress and threats to water
quality. Just how valuable are our water
resources and what tradeoffs are we
willing to make? Using tools from ecology
and economics, Professor Keeler will
present on the connections between
water quality and wellbeing she has
discovered through her work on the
Natural Capital Project. This research,
shared in an easy-to-understand manner,
can better inform the design of policies or
incentives and more efficiently target
investment in water protection and
restoration.
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SEXUAL VIOLENCE DATA AT THE COUNTY
LEVEL
LET’S TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE
Anna Lynn and Lonna Hunter, MDH
Jon Roesler, Marissa Raguet and
Kathryn Supko, MDH
Sexual violence is notoriously stigmatized,
underreported, and very difficult to count.
Sexual violence can cause serious and longlasting harmful health outcomes in victims, as
shown by the Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs) study. The public health community
needs to be able to monitor and assess the
population’s exposure to sexual violence, and
detect ongoing trends. Participants will be
shown, in real time, how to query, run, and
obtain their local data from multiple data
sources using the new MDH online data query
system, **MIDAS – Violence**.
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Communities across Minnesota are
learning about the impact of Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACES), trauma
and toxic stress on physical and mental
health. ACES are not destiny. What about
resilience? Local public health and
communities play a critical role in creating
resiliency and are already actively
engaged in this work. Learn about the
resilience framework, hear stories about
communities’ efforts to build resilience,
and discover how this work is connected
to the social determinants of health and
health equity.
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THE TALE OF TWO CITIES: REGULATING
CHEAP AND FLAVORED CIGARS
CONNECTING THE DOTS TO PROMOTE
HEALTHY AGING: LIVING WELL AT HOME
Scott Kelly, Public Health Law Center;
Lara Pratt, SHIP Minneapolis;
Katie Engman, Ramsey Tobacco Coalition
at the Association for Nonsmokers-MN
Mary Hertel, Minnesota Board on Again;
Amy Michael, MDH
The health of older residents is a priority in
many communities. Join us for an interactive
hour of information and “connecting the
dots” on what your organization can to do
support older adults and healthy aging. Come
learn how the Minnesota Board on Aging, and
the Area Agencies on Aging have been
working to disseminate evidence-based
programs through state, local and community
partnerships. Learn about opportunities for
collaboration
within
communities
and
statewide to assist older adults to manage
their health issues, reduce the risk of falls and
increase their confidence to “live well at
home.”
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Across Minnesota, cigars are sold in a
variety of candy and fruit flavors and in
individual or small packs for as little as a
dollar. Cheap and flavored cigars are
calculated marketing strategies that
encourage early initiation to tobacco;
they are a launch pad for a lifetime of
addiction. This session focuses on public
health trends and policy approaches for
regulating cigars. We’ll discuss recent
successes in Maplewood and Minneapolis
and share a toolkit describing public
health trends, community engagement
tips, sample policy language, and a map
of local actions to date.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2015 SCHSAC Conference Planning Workgroup
Doug Huebsch, Chair, Partnership4Health CHB
Larry Kittelson, Horizon CHB
Karen Ahmann, Polk-Norman-Mahnomen CHB
Roxana Linares, Centro Tyrone Guzman
Louise Anderson, Carlton-Cook-Lake-St. Louis CHB
London Losey, Community and Family Health,
MDH
Ken Bence, MN Council of Health Plans
David Brummel, Washington CHB
Mark Campbell, YWCA, Minneapolis
Nora Moore, Infectious Disease and
Epidemiology, Prevention and Control, MDH
Jackie Dionne, American Indian Health, MDH
Julie Myhre, Office of Statewide Health
Improvement Initiatives, MDH
Erica Fishman, Center for Health Equity, MDH
Deb Purfeerst, Rice CHB
Melissa Gatten, St. Mary’s Clinics
Deb Radi, Health Partnerships, MDH
Craig Gilbertson, Environmental Health, MDH
Karen Swenson, Brown-Nicollet CHB
Bill Groskreutz, Faribault-Martin CHB
Becky Sechrist, Health Partnerships, MDH
Ellen Hill, Infectious Disease and Epidemiology,
Prevention and Control, MDH
Pa lee Yang, CAPI
Terri Janssen, Nobles CHB
Rose Jost, Richfield CHB
Amy Kenzie, Health Promotion Chronic
Disease, MDH
Ann Kinney, Center for Health Statistics, MDH
MDH Conference Staff
Liz Arita
Becky Buhler
Peggy Malinowski
Save the Date
2016 COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 28 – 30
BREEZY POINT CONFERENCE CENTER
BREEZY POINT, MN
www.health.state.mn.us/chc