Jennette Turner, M.P.H.

Experience

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  Jennette Turner Natural Foods Education

  Aug 1998 - Sept 2013

  Owner / Founder

  • Oversaw all aspects of business including strategic planning, communication, accounting and budgeting, contract management, website maintenance, building relationships with other businesses and professionals.• Developed curriculum and provided training on natural foods, nutrition, and organic standards to staff at five metro-area co-operative groceries.• Taught worksite wellness classes to employees of area law firms, corporations, and private businesses.• Taught nutrition and food preparation courses to general public at co-ops, non-profit community organizations, and private venues.• Provided health and dietary counseling for over 900 private clients; created materials to use with clients including handouts, worksheets, and recipes. • Created recipes and content for the Wedge Co-op’s “What’s for Supper?” program; created recipes and content for other natural food co-ops around the country.• Launched and maintained a Web-based meal-planning subscription service and online discussion group, Dinner with Jennette, for five years. • Published monthly health and nutrition newsletter for over 3,000 subscribers; wrote and published articles on health, nutrition, and cooking recipes in newsletters, journals, magazines, and websites.• Delivered presentations at national and local conferences on the topics of healthful eating and nutrition. Show less

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  DInner with Jennette

  Jan 2007 - Dec 2012

  Owner

  Dinner with Jennette was a Web-based subscription service designed to help people incorporate healthful natural foods into their diets. Subscribers received a series of 12 gluten-free natural foods meal plans (1-3 recipes) with nutrition information and shopping lists each month, along with access to “Basics” recipes and health information. All recipes were created by Jennette Turner.

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  MN Department of Health

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  Content Writer

  • Conducted listening sessions and key informant interviews with MN Department of Health employees regarding a new food policy promoting healthful food choices at MDH events. • Wrote implementation guide for the new food policy, which is used throughout the organization.

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  HealthPartners

  Oct 2013 - Sept 2020

  • Collaborated with the University of Minnesota on bringing “Citizen Healthcare” to the Como Clinic. Led the pilot for an innovative, clinic-based community bringing patients and providers together to improve health.• Implemented two new Citizen Healthcare projects in White Bear Lake and Maple Grove because of pilots’ success.• Developed framework for the project and shepherded it from idea to actuality. • Created successful on-going programs with events, activities for members, monthly newsletters and Facebook communities for staff and patients at three clinics. • Piloted the first health coaching program at a HealthPartners clinic, worked with clinic leadership and providers to get the program up and running; implemented the program in a second clinic because of pilot’s success.• Established and sustained partnerships with community organizations and with providers across the organization.• Coordinated, planned, and facilitated regular meetings with patient leaders, providers, HealthPartners leadership, and other internal stakeholders related to the program. • Designed, maintained, and organized infrastructure for the program: database, documents, reporting system, budget.• Developed internal and external communication materials, including progress and annual reports, quarterly workplans, promotional materials, newsletters, and press releases. Presented to internal and external audiences about the program.• Led an evaluation of the project in collaboration with Park Nicollet’s evaluation team.• Used survey and clinical records data to inform programming for the project. Show less

  • Citizen Healthcare Program Manager / Health Coach

    Jun 2014 - Sept 2020

  • Onsite Well-Being Program Specialist

    Oct 2013 - Aug 2016
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  Hennepin Healthcare

  Nov 2021 - now

  Population Health team. Working on addressing food-insecurity across the organization; identifying and connecting patients with community supports for social risk factors.

  • Social Determinants of Health Program Liaison

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Social Determinants of Health Project Coordinator

    Nov 2021 - Nov 2022