Foundation programs air on TPT

Seven programs coproduced with tpt will air on the Minnesota Channel and the new tptLIFE channel. Please click here to learn where you can find these channels through your digital services.

In "Our Neighborhoods and Our Health", the Blue Cross Foundation honors Minnesota Green Communities for its work to improve health as the state’s largest green building program and David Jacobs, PhD, CIH, National Center for Healthy Housing, is recognized for his national leadership on healthy housing as well as the evaluation of the health effects of a green rehabilitation of an affordable apartment complex in Worthington, Minnesota.

In her keynote address, Beyond individuals: How and why neighborhoods matter for health, Ana Diez Roux, professor of epidemiology and director, Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities at the University of Michigan, presents evidence on how housing, social policies and community conditions affect the health of residents in powerful ways. The program concludes with a panel discussion on the policy implications The program will air on the MN Channel of tpt on:

Friday, July 23, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

The program can also be viewed on the new tptLIFE channel on:

Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

Link to Our Neighborhoods and Our Health

Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities — Addressing Social, Economic and Environmental Influences on Health,” focuses on improving young children’s health through high quality early care and learning, safe and healthy housing, a healthy physical environment, and connections with caring adults. 

It features the work of grantees around the state, including The National Center for Healthy Housing, East Side Neighborhood Development Company, The University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, Rice County Growing Up Healthy, and the University of Minnesota Children, Youth and Family Consortium. The program will air on the MN Channel of tpt on:

Friday, July 9, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 2:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

Link to Growing Up Healthy: Kids and Communities

"Our Environment and Our Health: Connected Issues, Connected Solutions" was recorded at the Blue Cross Foundation 3nd Annual Upstream Health Leadership Award and Policy Program which brought together 200 participants from across the state to recognize the recipient of the 2008 leadership award: David Wallinga, MD, MPA, director of the Food and Health program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) in Minneapolis. Founded in 1986, IATP is a non-profit organization promoting family farms, healthy communities and ecosystems around the world through research, education, science and technology, and advocacy.  The program is scheduled to air on:

Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

This program can also be viewed on the new tptLIFE channel on:

Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

Link to Our Environment and Our Health

"Shared Values: Health and Community - Shaping Minnesota's Future with New Americans"  a 30 minute program that explores how individuals and communities become more interconnected and healthier when there are strong social support networks and opportunities for people to become involved in their community and bond together. The program airs on:

Friday, August 6, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 2:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

The program can also be viewed on the new tptLIFE channel on:

Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.

Link to Shared Values: Health and Community

Critical Links: Community Health Workers” is a program that introduces several of Minnesota's outstanding community health workers, their work and successes. Learn about their roles from their clients, supervisors, instructors and the clinicians who work with them. “Critical Links: Community Health Workers” can be viewed on:

Friday, July 23, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 2:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

Link to Community Health Workers

Health Leadership: Action Steps," provides highlights from the 2nd Annual Health Leadership Award program held in Minneapolis, which brought together 200 participants from across the state on November 16, 2007. This program will air on the following dates and times:

Friday, April 30, 2010 at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

Link to Health Leadership: Action Steps

"Moving Upstream: Working Together to Create Healthier Communities," features  the 2006 Health Leadership Award program and statewide policy forum on social determinants of health. This program is scheduled to air on the following dates and times:

Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
Monday, August 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Link to Moving Upstream

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