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

Franklin 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 Illness, Disability and Death Related to Tobacco Use and Secondhand Smoke Exposure.

Partners:

  • Local Health Department
  • Hospital
  • Business Organizations/Corporations
  • Schools
  • Media Organizations
  • Housing Organizations

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
  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education

Interventions:

  • Increasing adoption and use of food standards
  • Implementing of Complete Streets policies, plans, and practices
  • 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

Local Health Department Contact

II. Hospitals - Priorities, Partners, Goals and Interventions

Adirondack Health: Adirondack 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:

  • Hospital
  • Community Health Centers
  • Health Insurance Plans
  • Clinical or communnity based lifestyle change program

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Expand the role of health care and health service providers and insurers in obesity prevention

Interventions:

  • Promoting NYS Smokers' Quitline
  • Increasing the availability, accessibility and use of evidence-based interventions in self-care management in clinical and community settings

Hospital Contact

Alice Hyde 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
  • Faith-Based Organizations
  • Clinical or communnity based lifestyle change program
  • Local Coalition

Goals:

  • Promote culturally relevant chronic disease self-management education
  • Increase screening rates for cardiovascular diseases; diabetes; and breast, cervical and colorectal cancers, especially among populations experiencing health disparities
  • Increase the percentage of infants born at AHMC who are exclusively breastfed at discharge

Interventions:

  • Participate in the Great Beginnings: The Future Starts with Breastfeeding initiative, implementing the four evidence-based strategies
  • Deliver the Diabetes Prevention Program for people with pre-diabetes or at-risk for diabetes
  • Deliver the Diabetes Self-Management Program for people with diabetes

Hospital Contact