Cortland County Department of Health and Hospital(s) Prevention Agenda 2013-2018 Priority Selection and Partners

Cortland County Prevention Agenda 2013-2018 Tracking Indicator Dashboard

I. Local County Department of Health - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Community Health Improvement Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

Preventing Chronic Diseases: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Access to High-Quality Chronic Disease Preventive Care and Management in Clinical and Community Settings.
  • Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults.

Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Children: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Health Insurance Plans
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Philanthropies
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Reduce premature births in New York State
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed
  • Other: Early prenatal care and tobacco cessation during pregnancy

Interventions:

  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Adopting tobacco-free outdoor policies
  • Promoting NYS Smokers' Quitline
  • Link pregnant or postpartum low-income women to local WIC services for breastfeeding and other nutritional supports

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Cortland Regional Medical Center

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

Preventing Chronic Diseases: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults.

Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Children: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Health Insurance Plans
  • Social Services

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Promote evidence-based care
  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Promote tobacco use cessation, especially among low SES populations and those with poor mental health
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Adopting tobacco-free outdoor policies
  • Other preventing chronic disease intervention--diabetes prevention efforts
  • Promoting NYS Smokers' Quitline
  • Promoting smoking cessation benefits among Medicaid beneficiaries
  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Promote smoking cessation in pregnant women

Hospital Contact