Prevention Agenda 2013-2018: Promoting Healthy Women, Infants and Children Action Plan

• Original Promoting Healthy Women, Infants and Children Action Plan - (original plan - circa 2012) - complete printable version (PDF, 1.9MB)

Evidence-based programs, policies and practices

• Recommended evidence-based programs, policies and practices have been identified for the following 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 (Refresh Document), Updated 2015 (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

• Introduction
• Focus Area 1: Maternal and Infant Health
  • Goal #1: Reduce premature births in New York State.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
  • Goal #2: Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
  • Goal #3: Reduce the rate of maternal deaths in New York State.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
• Focus Area 2: Child Health
  • Goal #4: Increase the proportion of NYS children who receive comprehensive well-child-care in accordance with AAP guidelines.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
  • Goal #5: Reduce the prevalence of dental caries among NYS children.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
• Focus Area 3: Reproductive, Preconception and Inter-Conception Health
  • Goal #6: Prevention of unintended and adolescent pregnancy
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
  • Goal #7: Increase utilization of preventive health care services among women of reproductive ages.
  • Interventions by Health Impact
  • Interventions by Sector
• References
• Appendix 1: Additional Indicators

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.