Different Kinds of Conversations About Health

1. Different Kinds of Conversations About Health Healthy Minnesota 2020

2. Jackie Edison&Heidi Hamilton MN Department of Human ServicesJeannette RaymondMinnesota Department of Health 2013 Minnesota Age and Disabilities Odyssey June 18, 2013

3. Objectives Participants will: • Learn about the Healthy Minnesota Partnership, its statewide health improvement framework and strategic approach • Learn about similar approaches from the disabilities and aging communities to support policy changes that impact health • Identify opportunities to change the conversation about health

4. Healthy Minnesota Partnership Member Organizations American Heart Association Association of MN Emergency Managers (AMEM) Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of MN Boynton Health Services Chicano Latino Affairs Council Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans Council on Black Minnesotans Governor's Office Hennepin County Medical Center Indian Affairs Council ISAIAH Itasca Project Local Public Health Association MN Association of Community Health Centers MN Board on Aging MN Chapter, March of Dimes MN Council of Health Plans MN Department of Education MN Department of Health MN Department of Transportation MN Hospital Association MN Housing Finance Agency MN Medical Association MN Public Health Association National Rural Health Resource Center Sanford Health - Bemidji StairStep Foundation State Community Health Services Advisory Committee TakeAction MN University of MN School of Public Health Water Resources Center Xcel Energy

5. 2011-2012 • Statewide Health Assessment • Emphasis on assessing factors that create health • Over 100 indicators • Basis for local health assessments

6. “Upstream” factors People and Place Opportunity Healthy Living Disease and Injury

7. Healthy Minnesota 2020 Vision All people in Minnesota enjoy healthy lives and healthy communities.

8. 2012-2013 • Statewide health improvement framework • Three key themes • Nine core indicators • Invitation to action

9. Healthy Minnesota 2020Themes

10. Healthy Minnesota 2020Strategic Approach To change the nature of public conversations about health

11. Discussion Question What do you need to be healthy or to have a sense of well-being?

12. Definition of Health A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. World Health Organization

13. Health Behaviors 30% Social and Economic Factors 40% Clinical Care 20% Physical Environment 10% Factors Influencing Health County Health Rankings, University of Wisconsin http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/our-approach

14. Healthy Minnesota 2020Strategic Approach Narratives Strategy Team: Support and direct the development of public narratives to shift public thinking towards creating health.

15. Healthy Minnesota 2020Strategic Approach Policy Strategy Team: Assure that the opportunity for health for all people in Minnesota is considered, incorporated and promoted in public and private policies.

17. Strengthening Communities to Create Their Own Healthy Futures • Strong Communities • People involved in community activities • Shared decision making • Shared responsibility for taking action • Invested in the community

18. Example - Aging Evolve – leadership development program for 50+

19. Steps Into Action • Learn to be a better leader • Plan and implement a civic leadership project • Connect with high-energy, enthusiastic people • Become a part of a community for exchange of ideas, resources, and support

20. Example - Aging Caregiver Support Services – Waseca, MN

21. Example - Deinstitutionalization • Deinstitutionalization of people with developmental disabilities • Efforts began in 1946 when parent activists found an ally in Governor Luther Youngdahl • The Arc formed in Minneapolis in December 1946 by parents wanting to tackle the treatment of children with developmental disabilities Information taken from the Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities - http://mn.gov/mnddc/past/index.html

22. Example – Deinstitutionalization • August 30, 1972, Richard Welsch filed complaint with federal courts on treatment and training in regional treatment centers • Welsch consent decree was signed in September 1980, which led to deinstitutionalization

23. Example – Self Advocacy • Advocating Change Together – statewide self-advocacy network • Called for public apology to those who lived in the state’s regional treatment centers • Received in the 2010 legislative session • Remembering with Dignity • Working to add grave markers with name, date of birth and date of death • Have completed 7800 since 1994, and still working on the other 5200

24. Starting new conversations about health

25. Starting new conversations • What do you need to be healthy or to have a sense of well-being? • What makes your community* healthy contributes to the well-being of your community? • How would you like the health or well-being of your community to be different? *Before asking questions about community, discuss : What/who is/are your community/communities?

26. Starting new conversations • What do you think your role is in creating health or contributing to the well-being of your community? • What are the kinds of opportunities that create health and well-being? • Is there a community responsibility for making sure people have the opportunity to be healthy and to have a sense of well-being? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

27. Healthy Minnesota 2020 Healthy MN Web Pages include: • Links to the Assessment and Framework • Information on the Partnership and its meetings • An opportunity to join the HM Partnership listserv http://www.health.state.mn.us/healthymnpartnership/

28. Healthy Minnesota 2020 Minnesota Department of Health contacts: Dorothy Bliss, 651-201-3871 dorothy.bliss@state.mn.us Jane Korn, 651-201-3605 jane.korn@state.mn.us Jodi Nelson, 651-201-4972 jodi.nelson@state.mn.us Jeannette Raymond, 651-201-3885 jeannette.raymond@state.mn.us

29. Acknowledgement of funding source: This presentation was supported by funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, under CD10-1011. Disclaimer: The content of this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of or endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Acknowledgements