Community Health Improvement Plan
Background on Community Health Improvement Plan
Following careful review of secondary data and collection/analysis of primary data for the Community Health Assessment - including input from over 2,266 community members, 1,975 7th-12th graders in Cortland County, and 20 partnering organizations - the following NYSDOH Prevention Agenda focus areas and goals were selected by the Cortland County Health Department and Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Steering Committee as the shared 2022-2024 Cortland County community health goals:
Focus Area: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Prevention
Goal #1: Prevent Opioid and Other Substance Misuse and Death
Goal #2: Prevent Suicide
Focus Area: Chronic Disease - Prevent Tobacco Use
Goal #3: Prevent Initiation of Tobacco Use and Youth Vaping
Goal #4: Promote Tobacco Use Cessation
Goal #5: Eliminate Secondhand Smoke
Focus Area: Vaccine Preventable Disease
Goal #6: Improve COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Rates
Goal #7: Reduce COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Coverage Disparities
Quarterly & Yearly Progress Updates
View the interactive dashboard that tracks Cortland County's quarterly progress towards reaching year-end targets for the Community Health Improvement Plan. Progress updates also include quarterly highlight/successes for each focus area.
Individual Strategy Progress Updates
View strategies that are being implemented in Cortland County to address the four focus areas below, as well data tracking dashboards for individual strategies.
