CALPHO e-News December 2018

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e-news     December 2018   Public Health Transformation invisible text Focus Groups Progressing, Draft Definitions Coming Soon CALPHO and CDPHE-OPPI have so far held 10 focus groups in which participants compared the national Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) model with Colorado’s current core services and the foundational definitions adopted by Oregon and Washington. We’re using these sessions to create draft definitions for each capability and service, and we will be sharing those first with focus group participants, and then with all of you. Each set of draft definitions will be in a shared google document with space for anyone to comment. If you missed the focus groups, you can still provide valuable input during this draft review process. Keep a lookout for the links to these draft definitions. Please email Tracy with any questions. Upcoming focus groups: Communicable Disease Prevention, Investigation and Control: January 3, 1:30pm – 3:30pm, Zoom (Meeting ID: 7597113228) Organizational Competency, Legal Services and Analysis: January 7, 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Zoom (Meeting ID: 7597113228) Community Partnership Development: January 9, 10:00am to 11:30pm, Zoom (Meeting ID: 7597113228) Health Equity and SDOH: January 17, 9:00am to 10:30, Zoom (Meeting ID: 7597113228)   invisible text PH Transformation Steering Committee Members Chosen, Start Work January 16 Many thanks to the 39 excellent applicants and the selection committee, and congratulations to the selected members! The steering committee will be the final reviewers for what will become Colorado’s foundational public health services and capabilities and will strategize next steps for the following phases of transformation. Kudos & Accolades invisible text Changes at Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment Sylvia Proud, public health director at Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, is retiring from her position in January. Lynn Procell, currently director of community health services, will serve as interim director starting February 1. Many thanks to Sylvia for her service to Pueblo and CALPHO. We wish you well! Health Equity invisible text Potential Policies on Affordable Housing and Homelessness in 2019 In this month’s CALPHO blog, Shannon discusses some potential 2019 legislation from our health equity partners on housing affordability and homelesness Read it here. News & Current Events invisible text Updates from Frontline Public Affairs Click here to read the latest on cabinet appointments, budget hearings, and more from CALPHO’s lobbyists at Frontline Public Affairs. invisible text Update on the Recent ACA Ruling from HCPF HCPF’s CALPHO liaison, Joshua Montoya, summarized the expected impacts of the recent ACA ruling out of Texas. Read it here. invisible text State Campuses Banning all Tobacco, Vaping Included Responding to Governor Hickenlooper’s November 2 executive order on tobacco and public facilities, Colorado’s state schools are banning all tobacco products from their campuses. The move especially targets vaping, which has been increasing at alarming rates among Colorado’s youth. Read more here. Public Health Works invisible text Celebrating Successes: Thousands of Cavities Prevented in Garfield Fewer Colorado children have cavities now than they did 10 years ago. This positive trend is attributable to programs like the Garfield County Smiles for Students, a school-based oral health program that aims to prevent cavities by providing dental sealants to children in need. Sealants on permanent molars reduce the risk of cavities by 80 percent with a net savings per child estimated at $632. Oral health is an important part of overall health and wellness. Toothaches lead to pain when eating, missed school days, costly complications and physical and emotional stress. Since the program began nearly a decade ago, it has provided dental appointments to 11,668 children (2009-2018). Many students who participated in the program would not have received care otherwise due to costs, inability for families to take off work or get to dental appointments and other barriers. These and other public health success stories are featured in CALPHO’s this transition brief for newly elected or appointed government leaders. Communicating the value of public health through such stories will be a key component of the outreach and advocacy efforts supporting public health system transformation. If your LPHA has such stories, please share! News from NACCHO invisible text NACCHO Collecting Case Studies of LPHA-CHC Collaboration on TB NACCHO is interested in learning about examples of where LPHAs and community health centers (CHC) have partnered to do TB prevention and control (including screening, testing, and treatment). They are interested in developing case studies from these examples and identifying resources that would further support LPHA-CHC services sharing for TB through both informal and formal arrangements. If you are interested in sharing its experiences, please email Erin Laird at NACCHO invisible text NACCHO Released 2018 Forces of Change Report Focused on financing and infrastructure challenges, the Forces of Change survey has been tracking the health of the public health system since 2008. This year’s survey found that while finances are generally improving for LPHAs, major workforce issues persist. Read about these trends and download the report here. Highlights from our Partners invisible text Caring For Colorado Foundation Needs Your Input Caring for Colorado is working on aligning their strategic direction to address the changing health needs across Colorado and they need your help before the end of the year. Their survey closes on December 31. You can take it here. They need your input in answering these general questions: What are the most pressing health needs across Colorado that we should prioritize for funding? What services, practices and policies do we need to make Colorado the best place for children, youth and families? How can we work more effectively to promote health equity?   invisible text New PH Staff Sharing Checklist from the Center for State & Local Govt Excellence The Center for State and Local Government Excellence, with support from the Center for Sharing Public Health Services, conducted an environmental scan and key informant interviews to identify and better understand the opportunities and challenges associated with staff sharing arrangements in LPHAs. The information gathered from these interviews was used to develop this checklist, a guide to help public health departments evaluate the appropriateness of sharing staff among two or more jurisdictions and communicate about staff sharing arrangements with elected and appointed officials so that these decision-makers can make sound policies about sharing staff. Access the tool here. invisible text January is Radon Action Month in Colorado Our state has notoriously high radon levels, with about half of all homes exhibiting unhealthy levels. It is the second leading cause of lung cancer deaths after smoking. LPHAs can advocate for radon-resistant construction and promote testing and mitigation, among other activities. Learn more in this email from PHR3 Project Manager Susan Martino. invisible text Eagle County Director Chris Lindley’s Interview with their RAE For a leadership profile in their Ascent newsletter, Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP), the Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) for western Colorado, interviewed Chris about their population health priorities and community engagement strategies. Read it here. Opportunities & Resources invisible text Click here for our curated list of funding opportunities! More resources of interest: Solicitation for Written Comments on Proposed Objectives for Healthy People 2030 (Deadline: January 11) 2019 NALBOH Annual Conference Call for Abstracts (Deadline: January 15) Environmental Justice Small Grants Program(Deadline: February 15) USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program(Deadline: Ongoing) Economic Impact Initiative Grants(Deadline: on-going through local Rural Development office) Books & More invisible text Drawdown By Paul Hawken & Tom Steyer This tome is a well-organized, practical guide to the 100 most promising initiatives to significantly reduce carbon emissions and address other emerging environmental catastrophes like effects of industrial-scale, fertilizer-dependent agriculture. Hawken and the other contributors skip the blame and recrimination typically found in climate change books, presenting a grounded and pragmatic path forward. They developed a rating system based on ROI calculations informed by extensive background research. Toping the list are some solutions you would expect, like adopting plant-rich diets and investing in more rooftop solar. With them are also social solutions, including educating girls and family planning (ranked #6 and #7 respectively), which – through multiple causal pathways – can both reduce atmospheric carbon and better mitigate the effects of climate change. Many of these solutions are also addressable through local policy and state policy, especially in the area of land management. Check out their website and learn more about the rating system here. EVENT CALENDAR   2019 Colorado Opioid Safety Summit January 24 Denver, CO Colorado Hospital Association (CHA), in partnership with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), is hosting this summit. Register   2019 NACCHO Preparedness Summit March 25-29, 2019 St. Louis, MO Registration is now open for the 2019 Preparedness Summit! Save $100 by registering before Feb. 8, 2019. The 2019 theme is This year’s theme is “Preparedness Summit 2019: The Evolving Threat Environment.” Register   2019 Open Forum for Quality Improvement March 28-29, 2019 Philadelphia, PA The Open Forum convenes public health department staff and leaders to explore and shape the meaning of quality improvement and innovation in public health practice as part of Community of Practice for Public Health Improvement and Innovation (COPPHII). Register   2019 Association of Public Health Nurses Conference April 23-26 Atlanta, GA The 2019 theme is Public Health Nursing 3.0. The call for abstracts for the 2019 APHN conference is now open. Register   2019 Culture of Data Conference May 3 Parker, CO Save the date for CPHAs 2019 Culture of Data at the University of Colorado Denver South Campus. Learn More   2019 NNPHI Annual Conference May 20-22, 2019 Washington, DC The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) Annual Conference will advance conversations on preventing opioid overdose, connecting behavioral health and public health, advancing healthy aging, and much more. Register   2019 Mental Health America Conference June 13-15, 2019 Washington, DC The 2019 MHA Annual Conference is themed Dueling Diagnoses: Mental Health and Chronic Conditions in Children and Adults. Learn More   2019 NALBOH Conference August 14-16 Denver, CO Save the date for the 2019 NALBOH conference. Abstracts accpeted until January 15 Learn More   Thank you for reading. If you have any comments or ideas for future CALPHO e-newsletters, please email us at info@calpho.org.    The purpose of this e-newsletter is to provide news updates, events and informational resources on hot topics in local public health and CALPHO. Any staff person of a CALPHO member agency is welcome to join our email list to receive this e-newsletter. If you have a colleague interested in receiving this e-newsletter, please forward this message to them. Copyright © Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials 2018, All rights reserved.   Our mailing address is: 1385 S. Colorado Blvd., Bldg. A, Suite 622 Denver, Colorado 80222

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