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

Livingston 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

  • Access to High-Quality Chronic Disease Preventive Care and Management in Clinical and Community Settings.

Promote Mental Health and Prevent Substance Abuse: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Promote Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Well-Being in Communities.
  • Prevent Substance Abuse and other Mental Emotional Behavioral Disorders.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Housing Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Clinical or community based lifestyle change program
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Prevent childhood obesity through early child-care and schools
  • Expand the role of health care and health service providers and insurers in obesity prevention
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Promote mental, emotional and behavioral (MEB) well-being in communities
  • Prevent underage drinking, non-medical use of prescription pain relievers drugs by youth, and excessive alcohol consumption by adults

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
  • Promote use of farmers' markets vouchers among low-income senior population; gather additional obesity-related data from local providers and health insurers, and collaborate on findings
  • Develop social marketing and anti-stigma campaigns that promote the importance of early identification and intervention
  • Increase general capacity of services; access and address transportation barriers; implement and evaluate anti suicide (youth) efforts; create and maintain a suicide prevention task force; pursue passage of "Social Host Law"

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Livingston Health Care System: Noyes Memorial 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 Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Schools
  • Media Organizations
  • Housing Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Social Services
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Expand the role of health care and health service providers and insurers in obesity prevention
  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention
  • Prevent childhood obesity through early child-care and schools
  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity

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
  • Increasing adoption and use of food standards

Hospital Contact