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

Rockland 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.
  • Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults.
  • Reduce Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure.

Prevent HIV/STDs, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Healthcare-Associated Infections: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Prevent HIV and STDs

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Schools
  • Housing Organizations
  • Mental/Behavioral Agencies/Organizations
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • CBO-Youth Focused
  • Clinical or community based lifestyle change Referral Agency
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention
  • Prevent initiation of tobacco use by New York youth and young adults, especially among low socioeconomic status (SES) populations
  • Promote tobacco use cessation, especially among low SES populations and those with poor mental health
  • Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Decrease STD morbidity in New York State
  • Decrease HIV and STD disparities in New York State

Interventions:

  • Connect with school initiatives; work on policy with Child care providers; worksite initiatives; improve quality and choice in neighborhood food markets; Shopping matters; social media; garden to market; DPP; Lose to Win; Gestational Diabetes; strategies t o meet 2
  • 0 and 3
  • 0 goals appear to be drawing directly from prevention agenda guidance for each category of stakeholder
  • Youth education
  • increase provider knowledge
  • social norms campaigns

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Bon Secours Charity Health System: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center

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

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention

Interventions:

  • Work site Wellness within its 3 hospitals
  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings

Hospital Contact

  • Name: Operator
  • Phone: 845-368-5000

Nyack 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.

Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Children: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Maternal and Infant Health
  • Reproductive, Preconception and Inter-Conception Health

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Public/Private Transportation
  • Clinical or communnity based lifestyle change Referral Agency
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Create community environments that promote and support healthy food and beverage choices and physical activity
  • Expand the role of public and private employers in obesity prevention
  • Provide Lose to Win (LTW) classes for adults; also provides train the trainer sessions for community providers interested in facilitating LTW program
  • Reduce premature births in New York State
  • Increase utilization of preventive health care services among women of reproductive ages

Interventions:

  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings
  • Provide Lose to Win (LTW) classes for adults; also provides train the trainer sessions for community providers interested in facilitating LTW program
  • Work with paraprofessionals to reinforce health education and health care service utilization and enhance social support to high-risk pregnant women Develop and implement local service networks and coordinating strategies to ensure that women with identif ied risk factors are linked to appropriate community resources
  • Develop a gestational diabetes-diabetes prevention Project at hospital's Pre-Natal Center and later provide follow-up care in community--targeted to Spanish-speaking pregnant and postpartum women at risk for developing diabetes

Hospital Contact