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

Delaware 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.

Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Schools
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Clinical or community based lifestyle change program
  • Clinical or community based lifestyle change Referral Agency
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention
  • Prevent suicides among youth and adults
  • Strengthen infrastructure for MEB health promotion and MEB disorder prevention

Interventions:

  • Have at least one municipality that will have passed a complete streets policy
  • Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Reduce suicide mortality by education and training
  • Strengthen MEB infrastructure by identifying indicator data and collect/establish baseline data; provide MEB training for health professionals

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Bassett Healthcare Network: O'Connor Hospital

Community Service 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.

Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Prevent childhood obesity through early child-care and schools
  • Strengthen infrastructure for MEB health promotion and MEB disorder prevention

Interventions:

  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • Implementing school-based "Lets Go 5-2-1-0" Program and community-based "Prescription Trails" Program
  • identify and strengthen opportunities for sharing data on access to care, identifying service gaps, studying cost-effective strategies for integration and coordination of MEB services

Hospital Contact

Bassett Healthcare Network: Tri-Town Regional Hospital

Community Service 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.

Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Schools
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Prevent childhood obesity through early child-care and schools
  • Strengthen infrastructure for MEB health promotion and MEB disorder prevention

Interventions:

  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • Other preventing chronic disease intervention--school based nutrition and physical activity education; Prescription Trails program
  • identify and strengthen opportunities for sharing data on access to care, identifying service gaps and studying cost-effective strategies and coordination of MEB services

Hospital Contact

HealthAlliance of Hudson Valley: Margaretville Hospital

Community Service 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.
  • Reduce Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure.

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Media Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Clinical or communnity based lifestyle change program
  • Clinical or communnity based lifestyle change Referral Agency
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Expand the role of health care and health service providers and insurers in obesity prevention
  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Promote evidence-based care
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Prevent initiation of tobacco use by New York youth and young adults, especially among low socioeconomic status (SES) populations
  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Prevent childhood obesity through early child-care and schools

Interventions:

  • Promoting smoking cessation benefits among Medicaid beneficiaries
  • Walking prescription program in Delaware County; identify available walking, biking hiking routes in DC HAHV to receive "baby-friendly" status
  • Promoting NYS Smokers' Quitline
  • Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings

Hospital Contact

United Health Services: Delaware Valley Hospital

Community Service 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 Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure.

Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems.

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Media Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Strengthen infrastructure for MEB health promotion and MEB disorder prevention

Interventions:

  • Proper food and exercise program in schools grades 2-4 "UHS Stay Healthy! Taking Small Steps Together program
  • After school cooking classes for kids, and healthy cooking classes for adults
  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • Support collaboration among professionals and community members working in MEB health promotion, substance abuse and other MEB disorders, and chronic disease prevention treatment and recovery

Hospital Contact