Priority Area |
Collaborating Hospitals |
Collaborating Counties |
Specific Focus Area |
Strategies and/or Interventions |
Partners |
Chronic Disease |
- Catholic Health System
- Kaleida Health
- Erie County Medical Center
- Sheehan Memorial Hospital
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Diabetes |
- Provide diabetes prevention education.
- Work with schools and educational institutions to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity.
- Increase awareness about diabetes.
- Increase access to screening, education and related services.
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- Niagara Health Quality Coalition
- Schools
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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, and Healthy Children |
- Catholic Health System
- Kaleida Health
- Erie County Medical Center
- Sheehan Memorial Hospital
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Reduce BMI |
Implement Fit and Fun Program for elementary school children. |
- Healthy Community Alliance
- Schools
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Physical Activity and Nutrition |
- Catholic Health System
- Kaleida Health
- Erie County Medical Center
- Sheehan Memorial Hospital
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- Increase fruit and vegetable consumption.
- Decrease overweight
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- Develop and conduct health information and education programs.
- Sensitize public about need for increased physical activity and improved nutrition.
- Launch social marketing mass-media campaign promoting healthy nutrition and the food guide pyramid.
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- BOCES
- Catholic schools
- Buffalo public schools
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