Priority Area |
Collaborating Hospitals |
Collaborating Counties |
Specific Focus Area |
Strategies and/or Interventions |
Partners |
Chronic Disease |
- Noyes Memorial Hospital
- FF Thompson Hospital
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- Changing behaviors related to diet, activity level and tobacco use since they are major contributors of obesity, diabetes and cardiac health.
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- Establish diabetes and cardiac support groups.
- Promote worksite wellness.
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- Genesee Valley Health Partnership
- Livingston County Wellness Partnership
- Livingston County Chamber of Commerce
- Noyes Memorial Hospital
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Physical Activity and Nutrition |
- Noyes Memorial Hospital
- FF Thompson
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- Increase breastfeeding rates.
- Improve quality of school lunches.
- Increase health vending machine choices.
- Provide health snacks at concession stands.
- Establish more biking and hiking trails.
- Promote walkable communities, utilizing a speaker to promote development of plan to local towns and villages.
- Increase healthy choices in restaurants.
- Label healthy food choices in grocery stores.
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- Genesee Valley Health Partnership
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Chamber of Commerce
- Noyes Memorial Hospital
- Western New York Childcare Council
- WIC
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Tobacco Use |
- Noyes Memorial Hospital
- FF Thompson Hospital
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- Community Health Worker – Baby & Me Tobacco Free.
- WIC, Teenage Services Act, Maternal Child Health and Reproductive Health will provide NYS Smokers Quitline information and brief counseling.
- Conduct outreach to OB/GYN providers.
- Education and outreach regarding local resources to include on Livingston County Department of Health website.
- Tobacco Action Partnership encourages municipalities to sign a resolution to persuade local retailers to Reduce, Rearrange, Remove tobacco advertisements. Seven municipalities in Livingston County and six retailers have signed the resolution.
- Tobacco Partnership encourages local organizations to sign "No Thanks Big Tobacco."
- Tobacco Partnership works with local landlords on adopting smokefree policy. One multi-unit dwelling has signed on.
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- Tobacco Action Partnership
- WIC
- TASA
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