Family Health History Taskforce Meeting
June 6, 2006
3:00-4:00 pm
Room 201 UDOH Cannon Health Bldg.
Those in attendance: Kara Thompson (chair), Jenny Johnson, Rebecca Giles, Steve McDonald, Mary Petty, Marie Godfrey, Dave Homer, Louisa Stark, Carl Hanson, Mike Barnes, and Mark Allen
Minutes
§ Message development: The committee decided to use the message “Family health history – pass it on!” for our activities. After much debate, we decided this message would emphasize action to people and would be able to be used well in clinical settings as well as for public awareness. The message helps move us away from just awareness/education to utilizing family health history information. Several companies have trademarked the “pass it on” part of the message, so we will need to explore whether or not it is legal to use it. Kara will talk to a lawyer to determine if this will be a problem or not.
The Family Health History Toolkits will continue to use the message “Make family health history a tradition”. However, the three action steps will be changed to: 1) Talk about it 2) Write it down and 3) Pass it on (changed from “Share it”). The toolkits are available to use in our activities this year if the committee decides these materials will be appropriate. The committee also decided to use the Chronic Disease Genomics Program website (http://health.utah.gov/genomics) in the promotion of activities and to house related materials.
§ Funding sources: The committee discussed possible funding sources as shown below. We decided it wasn’t time to pursue any specific grants yet but if anyone knows of any potential funding sources, please pass it along to Kara or Jenny.
o Health Literacy Foundation: http://www.healthliteracyfoundation.org
o AARP: http://www.aarp.org Kara has spoken with AARP about possibly coordinating with their “Stay Sharp” program. Kara will keep the committee updated on her conversations with them.
o Comcast Grant (can be used for PSAs, TV, commercials, etc)
o Marriner S. Eccles Foundation http://www.gsecclesfoundation.org/
o James Sorenson Legacy Foundation
§ Brainstorming outreach activities, timeline, and assignments
o October 2006 –Family History Month
o November 2006 –Family Health History Month
o BYU Family History Conference in August and November (November is a professional genealogy conference)
§ Contact name is John Best 801-422-3896
§ Assignments
o Jenny will send the committee a list of members and their contact information.
o Jenny will send Mary a draft list of talking points to use when speaking with the LDS Church about getting articles in church publications (Ensign magazine, FHE manual, Church News).
o Jenny will send a DRAFT list of key speaking points that were used last year. These will be tweaked for our current activities.
o Jenny will discuss our progress with the Utah Department of Health Public Information and Marketing Office to make sure all protocols are being followed. Jenny will also ask for the process to talk with the Governor’s office about supporting family health history projects.
o Jenny will follow up with state, city, and county libraries to see if they would be interested in promoting our message and what materials they would need.
§ Next meeting
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