Sponsored by MPHA through a mini-grant from APHA.

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Providers in the fast-paced world of primary care are overwhelmed by the epidemic of preventable chronic disease. Linking community-based resources with primary care clinics is one solution that helps people with or at risk of chronic disease access resources and support to prevent, delay or manage these conditions.  

As part of Minnesota’s Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), a legislative health reform initiative, local public health grantees compiled community resources for local clinics to encourage patient referrals. In addition, local public health conducted key informant interviews about how clinics’ screen, counsel and refer to community resources for increasing access to nutritious foods, prospects for physical activity, and tobacco cessation.

The Minnesota Department of Health’s Community Transformation Grant (CTG) took these findings, aligned them with the National Prevention Strategy, and contracted with Stratis Health. This contract focuses on creating and strengthening community-clinic connections that increase referrals to community-based prevention resources.

The webinar highlights include:

•  Cherylee Sherry, MPH, CHES, Minnesota Public Health Association Leadership Committee Co-Chair and  Community Health Systems Coordinator for MDH’s Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives
  
  Brief  Overview of the MDH’s SHIP Program and CTG Health Care Strategy
  
• Kristen Godfrey Walters, MPH, Minnesota Public Health Association President-Elect
  
  In her former role with SHIP, Kristen championed the use of a statewide obesity and chronic disease resource database for use by primary care clinics
  
• Amy Heikkinen, BA, CPHQ, Stratis Health
  
  Description of the Implementation of the MDH Community-Clinic Connections Intervention
  
• Katherine Mackedanz, MPH, Manager at Todd County for SHIP/CTG Health4Life
  
  Local Perspective of Community-Clinic Connections Intervention Progress  

To register:  https://cc.readytalk.com/r/mv2obmkeo2ww&eom