SHAPING A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY 2020 Misson Shaping a

SHAPING A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY 2020 Misson: Shaping a healthier community for all

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Our goals for today are: 1. Bring people together who are positively impacting the priority areas of the Community Health Needs Assessment 2. Actively seek feedback and engagement from the community 3. Share update on Bridging Health Duluth’s activities 4. Provide a space for collaboration, sharing resources, communication, and coordination 5. Introduce healthy mindfulness practices to assist with management of stress and mental health

Introduction Keynote Speaker – Dr. Nanette Negri CONTENTS Bridging Health Duluth Overview Our Priority Area Progress Current initiatives and ways to get involved Breakout room discussions

Mindfulness and Meditation with Dr. Nanette Negri is a behavioral specialist and wellness coach whose work focuses on implementing mindfulness practices into interventions and support services for children and adults on the autism spectrum and their families. With over 45 years of experience, she has worked as a signed speech specialist, behavioral specialist, educator and program director in the field of autism research and education. Through mindfulness and yoga practices, Dr. Negri’s approach highlights a person first approach to her work. Dr. Negri’s work continues to empower persons with neurophysiological differences, autism and other movement and communication challenges

We want to hear from you! Please answer in the chat: What resonated with you from Dr. Negri’s presentation? How will you apply what you learned?

BRIDGING HEALTH DULUTH STEERING COMMITTEE Mission: Shaping a healthier community for all

WELCOMING NEW STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Kim Nordin National Rural Health Resource Cee Edwards St. Louis County Public Health – Americorps Cassandra Beardsley Wilderness Health Katie Peck Wilderness Health Elyse Carter. Vosen Duluth Branch NAACP

GUIDING PRINCIPLES Collaborate Build Prioritize Create Collaborate towards solutions with multiple stakeholders (e. g. schools, worksites, medical centers, public health) to improve community health Build trust through collaboration with community members experiencing health disparities Prioritize sustainable evidence-based efforts around the greatest community good Create clear, specific, realistic, and actionoriented goals to improve priority health indicators

2020 -2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT

COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH • Working together with our NEEDS ASSESSMENT community ACTION CYCLE • Shared vision and commitment • Leveraging community resources and responding to unique needs

PRIORITIZING EQUITY • Adopted Toolkit for Equity Accountability • All new Action Teams required to complete toolkit • National Leadership Academy • Personal/profession al development

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Mental Health care is Essential Health care Partners: ● KBJR 6 ● Recovery Alliance Duluth ● St. Louis County Public Health To get involved: www. northlandhealthyminds. org Click on the image above to watch a short video on mental health

Trauma Informed Community Team Partners: ● St. Louis County Public Health ● Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault ● Safe Haven ● UMN Extension ● Duluth Comm. Schools Coll. Traumatic life experiences can lead to poorer long-term health. This team is working to make Duluth more informed and responsive to trauma. To get involved: Gorham. J@stlouiscountymn. gov

Vaping Action Team Partners: ● Essentia Health ● American Lung Association ● Duluth East High School ● KBJR 6 ● St. Louis County Public Health Click the image above to watch a short video on vaping. To get involved: Medina. S@St. Louis. County. MN. gov

Breastfeeding Friendly Action Team Partners: ● St. Louis County Public Health ● Healthy Northland ● Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition Eating healthy food as a baby is so important. This team is working with organizations to adopt workplace policies that support breastfeeding mothers To get involved: Greensmith. L@St. Louis. County. MN. gov

Lincoln Park Middle School Healthy Foods Partners: ● Lincoln Park Middle School teachers, staff, and students ● Duluth Community School Collaborative This team is starting a school food pantry and supporting healthy eating. Plans have been adapted with COVID ● UMN Extension ● Boys and Girls Club ● Duluth Farm to School ● Ecolibrium 3 ● Salem Covenant Church ● First Covenant Church ● Engage Church To get involved: rachel. thapa@isd 709. org

Farm to School Funding Action Team Partners ● St. Louis County ● Duluth Farm to School ● Generations Health Care Initiatives ● Essentia Health The Duluth Farm to School program has sought out creative partnerships during COVID-19. Duluth School Gardens harvested and distributed 1950 pounds of produce to local families this summer and fall! Of this, 1600 pounds was distributed in the community and 350 pounds to school/after school activities. This action team is working to develop a sustainable funding plan to continue the work To get involved: sarah. nelson@GHCI. US

Summer Food Resource Action Team Partners ● Ecolibrium 3 ● Zeitgeist Center for the Arts ● Generations Health Care Initiatives ● Essentia Health ● Healthy Northland In the spring of 2020 Ecolibrium 3 developed an online Food Resource Guide to help community members with increasing food needs as the pandemic hit. During the summer several partners met to work with Eco 3 to update the food guide and print it to get the word out about the different food resources available to the community. Over 5, 000 flyers were given out to 31 community organizations. To view the Resource Guide: https: //www. ecolibrium 3. org/covid-19 -foodresources/

Social Determinants of Health Action Team Partners: ● Essentia Health ● Wilderness Health ● Generations Health Care Initiatives ● Stratis Health This team has been coordinating efforts to meet community member’s social needs with dignity and respect. The goals include developing a screening and referral process, identifying gaps in resource availability, and coordinating among service providers. This team just received funding to continue the work over the next 3 years To get involved: sarah. nelson@GHCI. US

National Leadership Academy for Public Health ● Participated in 2019 Cohort with 10 other coalitions across the United States ● Leadership lessons learned: ○ Working at the speed of trust ○ Working at the root cause - understanding nature, history, and drivers of the issues we are trying to influence ○ Adaptive leadership and resiliency ○ Network mapping and focusing on the big picture

Community Partner Highlights! COVID Outreach Collaborative Partners include: ● Duluth NAACP ● University of MN Duluth ● Wilderness Health/ St. Luke’s ● Generations Health Care Initiatives ● MDH and other local funders To learn more: healthyalliancesforall@gmail. com

Community Partner Highlights! Healthy Hillside Campaign Zeitgeist is looking for engaged members of the Hillside community to join a 6 -person their Healthy Hillside Steering Team dedicated to helping Hillside residents and stakeholders get through the COVID-19 pandemic as successfully as possible. To learn more, please contact: Andrea B. Crouse Community Development Manager andrea@zeitgeistarts. com 218 -590 -1139 This project is funded through Duluth’s CDBG and the CARES Act.

LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT Steering Committee Action Teams Network

To address complex challenges, we need a network !

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! SMALL GROUP BREAKOUT ROOM DISCUSSION

HOW TO GET INVOLVED: 1. Sign up for newsletter to stay up to date and visit our website 2. Connect with an action team leader to learn about joining the action team 3. Connect with co-chairs to learn about joining the steering committee 4. Incorporate mindfulness into your day 5. Bring information back to your co-workers

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THANK YOU! Emily Anderson Bridging Health Duluth Co-Chair Emily. anderson@essentiahealth. org Josh Gorham Bridging Health Duluth Co-Chair Gorham. J@St. Louis. County. MN. gov Please watch for a follow-up survey in your email!