Healthy Generations eNewsletter

#UMNMCH student Julieta Barbiero (she/her) wrote this reflection on her path to public health and her work with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).

Kiela Moreno from the HRSA-funded Center of Excellence in MCH at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the newest author for the Health Equity Edition of MCH Leads, the national student-led MCH trainee blog. In her blog post, Kiela applies MCH competencies 4 (Critical Thinking) and 6 (Negotiation and Conflict Resolution) to her practicum experience as an intern with CityMatCH, where she assisted with planning logistics for the 2022 national conference and supported the work of the Perinatal HIV Task Force.

“From this experience, I learned how potential conflicts could arise in terminology and concepts in the interdisciplinary setting, and how these situations present a unique opportunity for us to understand different perspectives. As we embark on this journey to center the experiences of the population we hope to serve, we must prioritize their experiences and feedback.” Continue reading more about Kiela’s health equity efforts.

The Center is proud to co-sponsor the following events:

February 23, 2023 | 1:30 PM - 5:45 PM CDT | McNamara Alumni Center or Zoom

This half-day event features plenary panel presentations, panel discussions, and a poster session on women’s health research. It draws interdisciplinary women’s health researchers, healthcare providers, students, and community public health professionals for a day of learning, networking, and research dissemination. Participants come from all over the Twin Cities metro, rural Minnesota, and neighboring states. Speakers for the keynote "Reproductive Autonomy and Coercion: A Holistic, Multilevel Perspective" include MCH Program alumni Asha Hassan.

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March 17, 2023 | 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT | Virtual & In-Person

This year’s event will focus on public health solutions for mental health. Experts, including this year’s speaker Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, Jeremy Hanson Willis, Antony Stately, and Sue Abderholden, will discuss effective and sustainable policies, practices, and programs to achieve mental health equity among intersectional identities. Hosted by the SPH's Health Equity Work Group.

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April 27, 2023 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT

Personal narratives are powerful tools for researchers and practitioners alike. They can be used to educate, influence, train, advocate, and reflect in the public health field. Harnessing the power of these narratives is an important skill. This session on digital storytelling from the StoryCenter will be a brief introduction to the process of gathering and presenting personal narratives for public health use. As a leader in the global storytelling movement, the StoryCenter has decades of experience helping organizations and individuals bolster their storytelling skills and we are excited to feature them at the Mini-Lab.

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Reducing teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. has been a federal program priority for several decades; since peaking in the early 1990s, birth rates among adolescents ages 15 to 19 have declined substantially. While numerous studies of early childbearing have identified lower socioeconomic attainment for parents and poorer developmental outcomes for children, the long-term health and socioeconomic effects of early childbearing for parents are also a concern and have not been assessed. This brief from Child Trends shares the long-term positive effects on education, physical and mental health, earnings, poverty, and lifetime income when births by teens are prevented.

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February 15, 2023 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

The U.S. has made significant progress in research, practice, and policy to address disparities in pediatric mental health. The Bureau of Primary Health Care Behavioral Health Technical Assistance (BPHC-BH TA) is hosting this 30-minute webinar that summarizes a framework that may be used by health centers to build on this progress.

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February 16, 2023 | 2:30 PM CDT

High-quality and comprehensive family planning services promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health. However, youth often face challenges with accessing services. Providing sexual health services in school settings can be a promising strategy for improving access to these services. The webinar will highlight four unique strategies for providing sexual health education and family planning services to young people in schools, including how the strategies work, why they were developed, challenges or barriers to their implementation, and tips for sustainability.

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February 22, 2023 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT

Participants have the opportunity to join this gathering where regional networks join together to discuss how they can advance health equity in Minnesota, as well as a short training on how to practice cultural humility. Hosted by MDH.

Click on 'events and training opportunities' to find the registration link for this event.

February 23, 2023 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT

The Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) is hosting this webinar to provide an overview of the scope of basic infertility services within Title X programs and strategies to strengthen the provision of infertility services to support clients in their reproductive goals. Participants will also learn about the role of Title X programs in providing quality, accessible, and equitable basic infertility services as an important component of the broader system of care for fertility assistance and infertility services. Speakers will share selected resources from the RHNTC and the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning (NCTCFP) that can help family planning agencies and staff strengthen their provision of infertility services.

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March 7-10, 2023 | Chicago, Illinois

The SAHM will be hosting its annual meeting with the theme of “Collaborations in Adolescent Health: Improving Clinical Care Through Translational Science.” The meeting will focus on bridging the gap between “bench and bedside” which requires collaborations across healthcare sectors through translational science. Translational science is the effort to translate research into pragmatic clinical practice and public health efforts. This allows a clinical practice to draw from and inform that which is researched. The bidirectional relationship between research and practice encompasses SAHM’s mission statement of advancing clinical practice, delivery of care, research, advocacy, and professional development.

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June 26 – 30, 2023 | New Orleans, LA

This is an intensive program, combining lectures, discussion, hands-on exercises, and opportunities for individualized technical assistance. Several post-training webinars will serve to build upon and extend the content of the in-person training. All of it is put together by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CityMatCH. Applications are due on March 2, 2023.

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The Family Home Visiting section at MDH is seeking community participants (reviewers, facilitators, and note-takers) to participate in the Promising Practices grant review process in February-March 2023. The Promising Practices community review process is an opportunity to provide input on programs to address Minnesota’s greatest disparities related to family home visiting access. Community reviewers will receive a $300 stipend for completing the full review process. Please apply by February 17, 2023, using the Promising Practices Grant Review Process Participant Application.

This resource recognizes that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to learning, so it offers a growing selection of learning programs to match participants' educational needs and time requirements. Participants have access to both (1) focused and fast micro-learning (and micro-reflection) programs for when they need to gain knowledge while on the go (synchronous and asynchronous programs offered) and (2) intensive and immersive macro-learning for diving deeply into the MCH Leadership Competencies through the MCHsmart learning curriculum.

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Sex trafficking is of growing concern to professionals who support young people who experience the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work. Sex trafficking survivors (i.e., those who are currently being trafficked or who were trafficked in the past) may suffer a variety of short- and long-term physical and psychological consequences including sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, malnutrition, and suicidality. This resource provides answers to common questions that youth-supporting professionals may have about sex trafficking.

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