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Innovative Approach Targeting At-Risk Youth PartnerSHIP 4 Health Began in 2008 through Minnesota Department of Health Statewide Health Improvement Program funding Work focused on schools, worksites, health care facilities and communities

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Innovative Approach Targeting At-Risk Youth

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PartnerSHIP 4 Health

  • Began in 2008 through Minnesota

Department of Health Statewide Health Improvement Program funding

  • Work focused on schools, worksites,

health care facilities and communities

  • Health inequities was always a focus
  • Identified a focus on human service
  • rganizations
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What Does Health Equity Mean?

Health Equity means achieving the conditions in which all people have the opportunity to realize their health potential – the highest level of health possible for that person – without limits imposed by structural inequities. Health Inequity is a health disparity based on inequitable, socially-determined circumstances. Because health inequities are socially determined, change is possible.

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Health Equity Populations

  • Individuals with low-socio economic status
  • Individuals diagnosed with mental illness
  • Individuals diagnosed with physical disabilities
  • Elderly
  • Youth
  • Homeless
  • Minority population
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Team Process

  • Dietician
  • Health Educator
  • Tobacco Coordinator
  • Nurse
  • Social Worker
  • City/Urban Planner
  • Lactation/Breastfeeding

Consultant

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Recruitment

  • Identified organizations that serve disparate

populations and prioritized

  • Mailed out interest letters to 48 organizations
  • Follow up phone call were made to
  • rganizations
  • 22 organizations agreed to meet to discuss

partnership possibilities

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Current Partners

  • A Place For Friends in

Breckenridge

  • A Place to Belong in Fergus Falls
  • A Place to Belong in Detroit

Lakes

  • Access of the Red River Valley
  • Boys and Girls Club of Detroit

Lakes

  • Boys and Girls Club of Perham
  • Churches United for the

Homeless

  • Clay County Social Services
  • Compassion House
  • CCRI
  • Dorothy Day House
  • Lakes and Prairies Head Start
  • Lakeland Mental Health Center,

Detroit Lakes

  • Lakeland Mental Health Center,

Fergus Falls

  • Lakeland Mental Health Center,

Moorhead

  • Mahube-Otwa Community Action

Partnership

  • Moorhead Public Housing
  • REACH
  • Social Connextions in Moorhead
  • West Central Regional Juvenile

Center

  • The Welcome Place
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Process

  • Assessment

– Organizations current programming – Major health issues of their clientele – Current work in key areas

  • Strategizing

– Action plan completion – Planning towards policy, system and environmental changes

  • Implementation

– Provide action plan

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Healthy Eating

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Churches United for the Homeless planted gardens to increase healthy food options for their clients

Healthy Eating: Successes

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REACH

  • Changed Food Pantry model to client choice and use plates for portion control

and balanced meal to start conversation about healthy meals

Healthy Eating: Successes

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West Central Regional Juvenile Center, Moorhead

  • Gardening project for youth

Healthy Eating: Successes

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West Central Regional Juvenile Center, Moorhead

  • Gardening project for youth

Healthy Eating: Successes

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Boys and Girls Club of Detroit Lakes created a garden with the help of a Master

  • Gardener. Youth are able to learn, plant, tend and reap the benefits from the

garden fresh vegetables.

Healthy Eating: Successes

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Boys and Girls Club of Detroit Lakes make smoothies with youth for a healthy snack and a way to introduce new fruits and vegetables.

Healthy Eating: Successes

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School Districts in our area have implemented:

  • Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School District: Healthy Snack program
  • Breckenridge and Perham School Districts: Orchards and Gardens
  • DGF greenhouse gardens in classrooms

Healthy Eating: Successes

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Tobacco Prevention

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Tobacco Use & Exposure: Success Stories

  • Update and Strengthen Policies

– Worksites, Schools and HE partners – City/County policy and ordinances around electronic cigarettes and youth access

  • Update Forms/Assessments:
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IS TOBACCO USE AND EXPOSURE STILL A PROBLEM??

Let’s Play Jeopardy and Find Out!

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What percent of adult smokers smoked their first cigarette by the age of 18??

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88%!!

Nearly 90% of smokers start before the age of 18; and 99% start before the age of 26

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In 2008, how much did tobacco companies spend on marketing smokeless tobacco?

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$550 million!!

They spend $9.94 billion on the marketing of cigarettes

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MY TH = HANDS IN T HE AIR FACT= HANDS ON Y OUR SHOUL DE RS NOT SURE = HANDS ON T HE TABL E

MYTH OR FACT OR NOT SURE

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BIG TOBACCO COMPANIE S ARE TRY ING TO STOP COMPANIE S F ROM SE LLING E LE CTRONIC SMOK ING DE V ICE S?

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DURING A WATE RPIPE SMOKING SE SSION, HOOKAH SMOKE RS MAY INHALE AS MUCH SMOKE AS A CIG ARE TTE SMOKE R WOULD INHALE BY SMOKING 10 CIG ARE TTE S?

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How groups are involved?

  • Complete activities/projects to earn

fundraising dollars

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Boys and Girls Club of DL and Perham

Summer Tobacco-Free 4 Health Youth Leadership Camp

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Boys and Girls Club of DL and Perham

  • Video Debut
  • Monthly school year programming
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Physical Activity

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Physical Activity: Successes

SchoolsAlive!

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Physical Activity: Successes

SchoolsAlive!

“I see more engagement and fewer behavior issues now that they (youth) are included during all movement activities. Subtle changes have had a great impact. “

  • Cori Brown, Program Director

Boys and Girls Club of Perham Area

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Physical Activity: Successes

Boys and Girls Club of Perham and Detroit Lakes received active recess equipment and training to incorporate more movement for youth.

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Physical Activity: Successes

Boys and Girls Club of Detroit lakes are engaging more youth through incorporating different physical activity

  • ptions.
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Physical Activity: Successes

West Central Regional Juvenile Center

– Active Recess Consultants “This has led to an increase in self-esteem and

  • pportunities for learning

skills that they can take away from their program.” Stephen Larson, WCRJC Director

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Physical Activity: Successes

Boys and Girls Club of Perham host a bike rodeo each spring

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Physical Activity: Successes

Bike Fleets

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Evaluation

  • Meet on quarterly basis with partners
  • What kind of policy, system and

environmental change is being made

  • What is the result of the policy, system and

environmental change

  • Next steps
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Contact Information

Corey Ernst corey.ernst@co.clay.mn.us (218) 299-5063 Keely Ihry keely.ihry@co.clay.mn.us (218) 299-7180 Whitney Klindworth Whitney.klindworth@co.clay.mn.us (218) 299-7206