Prevention Agenda 2013-2018: Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse (MHSA) Action Plan
- Original Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse Action Plan (original plan - circa 2012) - complete printable version (PDF, 909KB)
Mental and emotional well being is essential to overall health.1 The best opportunities to improve the public's mental health are interventions delivered before a disorder manifests itself, to prevent its development. For the Institute of Medicine Intervention Spectrum and other information, read more
Evidence-based programs, policies and practices
- Recommended evidence-based programs, policies and practices have been identified for each action plan and organized by focus area and goal. For each recommended program, policy or practice, a brief description is given along with links to assist with implementation. Journal articles can be accessed from the New York State Library or Dickerman Library.
Evidence Based Interventions and Measures to Assess Progress, December 2015 (Refresh Document) (PDF)
- The DOH has updated the Prevention Agenda's recommended set of evidence based programs, policies and practices to help local communities address local priorities. These recommendations are based on a review of the scientific literature, consultation with subject matter experts within the Department and external partners and the actual experience of local partnerships as reported on the Update Survey completed in December 2014. The goal of this revision is to provide local communities with a set of interventions that offer local communities the best prospects of making meaningful progress in addressing chosen priorities. For each recommended intervention, the charts include short-term process measures to assess progress, as well as resources describing evidence-informed policies, programs and systems changes that will improve the variety of factors known to affect health.
Action Plan
Focus Area 1: Promote mental, emotional and behavioral (MEB) well-being in communities
The 2009 Institute of Medicine report concluded there is increasing evidence promotion of positive aspects of mental health is an important approach to reducing MEB disorders and related problems. It will serve as a foundation for both prevention and treatment of MEB disorders.
- Goals and objectives
- Interventions organized by
Focus Area 2: Prevent Substance Abuse and other Mental Emotional Behavioral Disorders
Substance abuse, depression and other MEB disorders hurt the health, public safety, welfare, education, and functioning of New York State residents. In addition to evidence substance abuse and other MEB disorders can be prevented, there is confirmation that early identification and adequate societal support can prevent and alleviate serious consequences such as death, poor functioning and chronic illness.
- Goals and objectives
- Interventions organized by
Focus Area 3: Strengthen Infrastructure across Systems
MEB health promotion and disorders prevention is a relatively new field, requiring a paradigm shift in approach and perspective. Meaningful data and information at the local level, training on quality improvement, evaluation and evidence-based approaches, and cross-disciplinary collaborations need to be strengthened.
- Goals and objectives
- Interventions organized by
References
Related Data Resources
- 2013 - 2018 New York State Prevention Agenda Dashboard - County and state rates compared to 2018 objectives.
- Health Data NY - Downloadable data on the Indicators for Tracking Public Health Priority Areas.
- Community Health Indicator Reports - tables that contains data for all 62 New York State counties, 8 regions, New York City, Rest of State and New York State.
- County Health Indicators by Race/Ethnicity - Minority Health Data and Statistics
Note: The Prevention Agenda 2013-2017 has been extended to 2018 to align its timeline with other state and federal health care reform initiatives.
