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

Chenango 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

  • Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults.

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Faith-Based Organizations

Goals:

  • Reduce the number of antepartum patients who smoke during pregnancy
  • Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke in households
  • Reduce the percentage of cigarette smoking among adults
  • Reduce the growing number of Hepatitis C cases
  • Reduce the risk to the community as it pertains to an increase in our IV Drug Use population
  • Work on Prevention and Treatment strategies to reduce the use of IV Drug Use
  • Increase the number of babies breastfed after discharge
  • Improve pre-natal education, especially of first-time mothers among low SES populations
  • Reduce the percentage of unintended pregnancy among live births
  • Reduce the percentage of live births that occur within 24 months of a previous pregnancy

Interventions:

  • Promoting NYS Smokers' Quit line
  • Promote Mothers & Babies Perinatal Quit Kit Program
  • Promote tobacco use cessation among antepartum patients including, those in low SES populations
  • Promote evidence-based care by continuing to offer the Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program to our antepartum population with an expansion in 2015 to a named primary support person
  • Created a Heroin Task Force made up of key stakeholders in the County to address the following areas: Harm Reduction Measures, Treatment, Prevention and sustainability of Programs/Task Force
  • Promote evidence-based care by using the Collective Impact Model to Assess, Develop, Implement and Reassess our Task Force Plan
  • Offer prenatal education classes as well as parenting literature
  • Work with paraprofessionals to reinforce health education and health care service utilization and enhance social support to high-risk pregnant women
  • Provide routine preconception and inter-conception health care for women of reproductive age that include screening and follow up for risk factors, management of chronic medical conditions and use of contraception to plan pregnancies (partnering with WIC , Hospital, Family Planning and Health Department staff) Create a breastfeeding Support Group made up of Hospital, WIC and Health Department staff
  • Group will work together on consistent messaging, referral processes and promotion of the group to the community

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

United Health Services: Chenango Memorial Hospital

Community Service Plan

Prevention Agenda Priorities:

Preventing Chronic Diseases: View the State Action Plan for this priority

  • Reduce Obesity in Children and Adults.

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

  • Maternal and Infant Health

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Faith-Based Organizations

Goals:

  • Promote tobacco use cessation, especially among low SES populations and those with poor mental health
  • Increase the proportion of NYS babies who are breastfed
  • Improve pre-natal education, especially of first-time mothers among low SES populations

Interventions:

  • Promoting smoking cessation benefits among Medicaid beneficiaries
  • Provide counseling, disseminate information, refer patients to Quitline, "Baby Basics" Program
  • Identify and promote educational messages and formats that have demonstrated to improve knowledge, attitudes, skills and/or behavior related to prenatal care and preterm birth among target populations, including women with special needs

Hospital Contact