Prevention Agenda 2013-2018: New York State's Health Improvement Plan
The Prevention Agenda 2013-2018 action plans are accessible via HTML and PDF versions through links in the table below. Easy access to recommended (i.e., evidence-based) interventions by sector is available by focus area under each action plan.
Action Plans and Focus Areas
Prevent Chronic Diseases Action Plan
- Interventions for Focus Area 1 - Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults
- Interventions for Focus Area 2 - Reduce Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure
- Interventions for Focus Area 3 - Increase Access to High-Quality Chronic Disease Preventive Care and Management in Clinical and Community Settings
- Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment Action Plan
- Interventions for Focus Area 1 - Outdoor Air Quality
- Interventions for Focus Area 2 - Water Quality
- Interventions for Focus Area 3 - Built Environment
- Interventions for Focus Area 4 - Injuries, Violence and Occupational Health
- Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Children Action Plan
- Interventions for Focus Area 1 - Maternal and Infant Health - Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3
- Interventions for Focus Area 2 - Child Health - Goal 4, Goal 5
- Interventions for Focus Area 3 - Reproductive, Preconception and Inter-Conception Health - Goal 6, Goal 7
- Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse Action Plan
- Interventions for Focus Area 1 - Promote Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Well-Being in Communities
- Interventions for Focus Area 2 - Prevent Substance Abuse and other Mental Emotional Behavioral Disorders
- Interventions for Focus Area 3 - Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems
- Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
Prevent HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Healthcare-Associated Infections Action Plan
- Interventions for Focus Area 1 - Prevent HIV and STDs
- Interventions for Focus Area 2 - Prevent Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Interventions for Focus Area 3 - Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections
- Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
a The Prevention Agenda 2013-2017 has been extended to 2018 to align its timeline with other state and federal health care reform initiatives.
