Prevention Agenda - County Strategies and Partners Matrix - Tompkins County

Priority Area Collaborating Hospitals Collaborating Counties Specific Focus Area Strategies and/or Interventions Partners
Access to Quality Health Care Cayuga Medical Center  
  1. Access to programs and services for uninsured or underinsured
  2. Enrollment of eligible residents in government insurance programs and commercial insurance programs
  1. Work with the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes (CRCFL) to promote mammogram and cervical screenings, and clinical breast exams for eligible women.
  2. Work with community agencies and programs to increase access to health care for Tompkins County residents.
  3. Promote CRCFL webpage on resources for uninsured and underinsured for people diagnosed with cancer.
  4. Facilitate new enrollees.
  • Health Planning Council, a program of the Human Services Coalition
  • Tompkins Health Network
  • Ithaca Free Clinic
  • Facilitated enrollers
  • CRCFL
  • Tompkins County Office for the Aging
Chronic Disease Cayuga Medical Center  
  1. Asthma
  2. Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
  3. Breast cancer and other cancers
  1. Provide education about prevention and management of asthma.
  2. Promote asthma action plan to providers, schools, parents, people with asthma.
  3. Promote chronic disease self-management program.

Note: See Physical Activity and Nutrition priority for additional strategies.
  • Asthma Action Committee
  • Health Planning Council, a program of the Human Services Coalition
  • Tompkins County Office for the Aging (COFA)
  • Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
  • Tobacco Control Program Community Partnership
Physical Activity and Nutrition Cayuga Medical Center    
  1. Identify up to three worksites to be assessed for their interest and capacity to establish worksite wellness policies.
  2. Promote use of Cayuga Waterfront Trail and other local trails.
  3. Promote local farmers' markets and community/neighborhood gardens.
  4. Identify and work with one or two local communities or neighborhoods to promote environmental and/or organizational and policy changes.
  5. Promote policy change using provider in-services and make presentations on diabetes and cardiovascular risk reduction.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County programs including agriculture, nutrition and Whole Community Project
  • Health Planning Council, a program of the Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County
  • Tompkins County Office for the Aging
  • Targeted communities, neighborhoods, and worksites