Plenaries
Plenary 1 - Oh the places we can go: Path to improving health for all Oregonians
During this session, participants:
- Learned about the current state of the leading drivers of death and disability in
Oregon;
- Learned how we all play a role to effectively work together to improve health for all people in Oregon;
- Explored the importance of coordinated partnerships and multiple approaches to
effectively implement policy, systems and environmental change strategies that increase the opportunities for all Oregonians, no matter where they live in the state, to eat better, move more, live tobacco-free, drink less alcohol and take charge of their own health.
Plenary 2 - Hidden health hazards at your corner store: Tobacco, alcohol and food industry
influence in the retail environment
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The alcohol, tobacco, and food & beverage industries use innovative tactics to influence local policies. Promotion of these products is heavy in the retail environment (at the point of sale) and contributes to the initiation and continued use of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food products. This session identified current tactics and discussed how targeted communities are disproportionately affected by industry influence. Local efforts and community coordination to mitigate these interactions were shared.
Plenary 3 - Together, we can achieve healthy, equitable communities for all
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In Oregon, not all places were created equal. Inequities exist in physical places, such as homes, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces; and in the social conditions that shape our lives, like the different education and income levels, and the discrimination and racism that we do or don’t encounter. Considered together, these factors form a broad
definition of place that is useful for understanding how a person’s particular place affects their health. Yet, when everyone – in government, tribes, public health, health systems, businesses, and local communities – seizes their role and works together, Oregon will be a more healthful place to live, work, play, learn and age – for all of us.
Plenary 4 - Thriving communities: The intersection of social determinants and environmental strategies to support good health
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This session highlighted how social determinants of health approaches can be integrated into public health practice including communications, policy development and partnership engagement. Speakers discussed the value of developing strong public policy and systems that support vibrant, healthy communities for everyone in Oregon.
Breakout Session 1
Presenting information effectively
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- Presenting information to a wide variety of audiences is a large part of our daily work. With increasing limitations on time and resources, we must ensure that our audiences can effectively understand, recall and use the information available to them to move forward strategically. This session will describe how to present information in a way that aligns with how people retain information, show before and after visual examples, and provide a hands-on skill building activity.
Taking the monkey wrench out of systems change (ADPEP focused)
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- During this session, participants will:
- Become familiar with HPCDP’s systems change model;
- Understand how the systems change model and policy change model overlap and support each other;
- Understand how to build and change systems and policies that have historically contributed to disparities.
Workshop: Communicating tobacco and alcohol retail influence in Tribal communities (Tribal TPEP and Tribal ADPEP only)
- OHA, a Tribal Advisory Committee representative, and the Metropolitan Group will share initial drafts of retail assessment communications products made for the tobacco and alcohol retail assessment, developed in consultation with a tribal grantee advisory group. We will solicit feedback on the draft products and discuss how programs could use these materials in conversations about the retail environment.
All of these smokes are just like the others: Workshopping your case for why all people deserve smoke-free air
- In Oregon, we’ve come to expect smoke-free air. Not all people in Oregon, however, are afforded the same opportunities to breathe clean air where they live, work, play, learn, and age. Service-industry workers and people with low incomes are disproportionately affected by secondhand smoke, and efforts are underway to roll back existing protections to provide spaces for cannabis use. In this workshop, we’ll discuss who is still exposed to secondhand smoke, why these disparities exist, the equity implications, and take time to frame policy solutions.
Breakout Session 2
Creating and using a strategic communications plan
- During this session, participants will:
- Review the steps to creating a strategic communications plan and expectations for Local Public Health Authority Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) grantees;
- Ensure that populations most burdened by tobacco are engaged in developing and implementing communications strategies;
- Workshop current strategic communications plan with peers to overcome challenges and
advance systems and policy change strategies.
Mobilizing for policy change
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- Engaging leadership is key to advancing policy or systems change. Community mobilizers and coalitions play a critical role in building support for policy, systems and environmental change. Hear how programs have organized to effectively build support for local policy and systems change.
Collaborating for culturally specific cessation and prevention: Developing and promoting the Native Quit Line (RHECs encouraged to attend)
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- This session will describe shared efforts among state and tribal partners to implement the Native Quit Line. We will also describe the collaborative process to develop promotional materials for commercial tobacco prevention and cessation among American Indian/Alaskan Native communities. Participants will workshop how Tribal TPEP, Tribal ADPEP, local TPEP, local ADPEP and RHECs can all work together to promote the new service in tribal service areas encompassing 21 counties in Oregon.
State of evaluation 2019
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- During this session, grantees will receive an overview of HPCDP’s evaluation process and collective mindset. State evaluators will review current evaluation projects, highlighting those conducted in collaboration with local prevention programs. Select evaluation findings will also be reviewed to demonstrate how evaluations are used for program and process improvement. The session will conclude with a review of evaluations prioritized for the 19-21 biennium.
Breakout Session 3
Creating and using a strategic communications plan
- During this session, participants will:
- Review the steps to creating a strategic communications plan and expectations for Local Public Health Authority Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) grantees;
- Ensure that populations most burdened by tobacco are engaged in developing and implementing communications strategies;
- Workshop current strategic communications plan with peers to overcome challenges and
advance systems and policy change strategies.
Mobilizing for policy change
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- Engaging leadership is key to advancing policy or systems change. Community mobilizers and coalitions play a critical role in building support for policy, systems and environmental change. Hear how programs have organized to effectively build support for local policy and systems change.
How to use plain language to win allies and honor people
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- During this session, we will discuss what plain language is, why it is important, and how plain language makes it easier for everyone to participate authentically throughout the policy change process. We will practice using plain language to discuss tobacco and alcohol priorities in a hands-on activity and share tips and resources to use plain language in your work.
Vaping response community feedback
- The national and state vaping crisis has created opportunities and challenges for community policy efforts. This session will consider how communities can work to advance policy goals; to gather input about what additional activities and policies communities can pursue to address
the vaping crisis; and to gather input on resources communities need to pursue policies above and beyond current plans.
Breakout Session 4
Creating resilient communities: Substance use disorder and overdose prevention
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- During this session, participants will:
- Understand the value of an opioid overdose emergency plan and understand how it will create resilient communities in the time of substance use disorder crisis;
- Understand overdose morbidity and mortality data in their local communities;
- Understand the role of partners in overdose planning;
- Learn of new opportunities to strengthen the substance use disorder network within
local communities.
Navigating the bumpy road of policy change
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- Policy and systems change efforts rarely go according to plan. In this session, participants will hear two case studies from grantees who have successfully navigated challenges to advancing through the policy change model, including challenges related to centering equity in the policy change process. Participants will have the opportunity to share a current challenge of their own and troubleshoot it with other participants.
"Culture is prevention:” Building
shared understanding and authentic partnerships with tribal programs
- Tribal and Urban American Indian/Alaskan Native communities have a long history of addressing community wellness through a “culture is prevention” frame. Tribal communities have focused on healthy lifestyles by incorporating tradition, community strength, resiliency, and integrated approaches through tribal best practices and holistic interventions. They have battled health inequities stemming from federal, state, and local policies that have systematically oppressed culture, language, and traditions. In this session, participants will learn from Tribal TPEP and ADPEP coordinators about tribal community successes, cultural values, and Oregon’s tribal history. Panelists will describe how local and state governments, as well as community-based organizations can most effectively partner with tribal organizations to decolonize approaches to support health
equity and stronger partnerships.
Oregon’s tobacco retail environment: An issue of health equity
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- Tobacco is still the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Oregon. It is important to understand why reducing the number and density of tobacco retailers is a promising strategy for decreasing tobacco use, curbing exposure to tobacco marketing, and promoting health equity. In this session, attendees will preview an upcoming tobacco retail health equity mapping project and be able to provide feedback.
Breakout Session 5
Taking the monkey wrench out of systems change (TPEP focused)
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- During this session, participants will:
- Become familiar with HPCDP’s systems change model;
- Understand how the systems change model and policy change model overlap and support each other;
- Understand how to build and change systems and policies that have historically contributed to disparities.
Smokefree Oregon engagement opportunity work session
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- Smokefree Oregon will feature a new portal for HPCDP grantees starting in winter 2020
that will include (among other resources) tools and content to connect community members with engagement opportunities in their county. Grantees are invited to join this session for a sneak peek of the new campaign and website, and to workshop ways they can activate and engage community members in Smokefree Oregon.
Engaging communities most impacted by health disparities in policy, systems and environmental change
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- In this session we will discuss the components needed for foundational, trusting partnerships with culturally specific organizations, tribes and other important equity partners. Panel members will also describe their successes and lessons learned through their community engagement work.
Policies matter: alcohol environmental prevention strategies
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- Working collaboratively, communities can implement environmental policy strategies to
achieve the community changes necessary to reduce access to, the initiation, use and abuse of alcohol. Participants are invited to discuss environmental policy strategies to reduce excessive drinking and workshop with others to identify strategies to impact laws, norms and availability of alcohol. Speakers will share their successes and lessons learned in building community and organizational value for local policy change efforts.
Additional Information
To view some of the work done across the state by local communities in 2019, view the Grantees Highlights.