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

Westchester 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

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

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
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Clinical or community based lifestyle change program
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Reduce Racial Disparities by Decreasing the Percentage of Blacks and Hispanics Dying Prematurely from Heart Related Diseases
  • Increase public awareness on the importance of healthy behaviors and chronic disease prevention
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed
  • Improve public awareness and decrease social stigma surrounding breastfeeding

Interventions:

  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management and chronic disease prevention in clinical and community settings
  • Expand the role of county programs and community leaders in linking Black and Hispanic residents to health insurance and primary
  • Expand the Role of Health Care Providers in Chronic Disease Prevention, Develop and implement a community-wide educational campaign on healthy behaviors
  • Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education and professional lactation counseling and support during pregnancy, in the hospital and at home
  • Expand the role of health care providers in breastfeeding education and support
  • Link pregnant or postpartum women to community breastfeeding resources for breastfeeding education and support
  • Educate Staff, Stakeholders, and the Public on the Benefits of Breastfeeding
  • Collaborate with Westchester County Employers to Establish Worksite Lactation Support Programs
  • Conduct Outreach Activities that Promote/Support Breastfeeding in the Community

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Blythedale Children's Hospital

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Hospital

Goals:

  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Increase the percentage of breastfeeding mothers of infants admitted to the hospital who are still breastfeeding at discharge
  • Increase the percentage of employees who are new mothers who utilize the Hospital's facilities to support their breastfeeding

Hospital Contact

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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

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

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Media 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
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Increasing adoption and use of food standards
  • Adaptive Sports Activities
  • Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Hospital policy enhanced for support of employees who are breastfeeding
  • Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education and professional lactation counseling and support during pregnancy, in the hospital and at home

Hospital Contact

Hudson Valley Hospital Center

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Faith-Based Organizations

Goals:

  • Reduce premature births in New York State

Interventions:

  • Support of "Breastfeeding Friendly Employer"

Hospital Contact

NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System: Lawrence Hospital Center

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Schools

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Reduce the risk for obesity in children and adults
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Offer exercise and diet programs to reduce the risk of chronic diseases at a local elementary school
  • Complete construction in March 2015 of a Cardiac Catheterization Lab to provide care for heart disease patients
  • Organize a Heart Attack Prevention Committee to begin meeting in January 2015 to collaborate with community partners and offer outreach
  • Establish a partnership with the local chapter of the American Heart Association
  • Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education and professional lactation counseling and support during pregnancy, in the hospital and at home

Hospital Contact

Northern Westchester 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.

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Philanthropies
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • 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 evidence-based care
  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Increasing adoption and use of food standards
  • 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
  • Promoting smoking cessation benefits among Medicaid beneficiaries
  • Development, Implementation and Participation in health screenings and fairs
  • Implement maternity care practices consistent with the World Health Organization's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and increase the number of Baby Friendly Hospitals in NYS
  • Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education and professional lactation counseling and support during pregnancy, in the hospital and at home
  • Promotion of employee breastfeeding

Hospital Contact

Phelps Memorial Hospital 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:

  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Faith-Based Organizations

Goals:

  • Prevent initiation of tobacco use by youth and young adults, and promote tobacco use cessation, especially in the low socioeconomic status (SES) and Hispanic population in Ossining
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • Adopt and promote tobacco-free outdoor policies; promote the prevention of tobacco use among youths; promote smoking cessation benefits among adults
  • Implement maternity care practices consistent with the World Health Organization's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and increase the number of Baby Friendly Hospitals in NYS
  • Support of employer programs

Hospital Contact

St. John's Riverside

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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

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

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Prevent HIV/STDs, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Healthcare-Associated Infections: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Prevent HIV and STDs

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Housing Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed
  • Increase early access to and retention in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care
  • Increase and coordinate Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) prevention and treatment capacity

Interventions:

  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings; through a care transition coach program
  • Implement maternity care practices consistent with the World Health Organization's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and increase the number of Baby Friendly Hospitals in NYS Promoting of policies and practices in support of breastfeeding
  • Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education, professional lactation counseling and support
  • Efforts focus on enhanced case management of HIV population; and Hepatitis C screening and treatment

Hospital Contact

St. Joseph's Medical Center

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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

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

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Health Insurance Plans
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Media Organizations
  • Housing Organizations
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Effective health promotion, prevention and self-management to improve the health and wellness of Yonkers residents with emphasis on diabetes and hypertension

Interventions:

  • Variety of Educational programs; risk assessments; development of medical home model; programs for employees

Hospital Contact

White Plains Hospital

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

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

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

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Schools
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Housing Organizations
  • Social Services
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed

Interventions:

  • 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
  • Baby Friendly Initiative Provide structured, comprehensive breastfeeding education and professional lactation counseling and support during pregnancy, in the hospital and at home

Hospital Contact