HomeMy WebLinkAboutPopulation and Prevention (PDF)JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – REPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2014
COMMUNITY HEALTH - POPULATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
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PROGRAMS: Drug and Alcohol prevention, School Health, Health Care Access, Clean Indoor Air Act and new for 2014 Healthy Community Grant
MISSION: The purpose of the Population & Prevention Programs is to provide health education and public health interventions to county residents in order to promote a
healthier community.
Goals Objectives Performance Indicators 2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Planned
2014
Actual
Goal 1:
Improve identified
social and health
indicators for school
age youth
Convene Prevention
Coalition to identify
interventions to address
drug and alcohol
prevention in communities
Strategic Plan Milestones N/A N/A
Port
Townsend
completed
Transition of
coalition to
Chimacum
School
District
Chimacum
Strategic Plan
Completed
Chimacum
Prevention
Coalition
Strategic Plan
Spring 2014
Number of Coalition meetings 6 5 8 12
Goal 2:
Reduce favorable
attitudes toward
problem behaviors
within the youth and
adult communities
Increase the perception of
risk for youth regarding
alcohol and marijuana use
based on Health Youth
Survey (HYS)
Implement identified
intervention strategies in the
Strategic Plan
N/A N/A
Prevention
Classes at
Blue Heron
Middle
school
Life Skills
classes
completed at
Blue Heron
Middle
school spring
2013
2012 HYS
data on web
Intervention
from
Strategic Plan
Completed 7
weeks
Strengthening
Families
Parenting
Classes Oct.-
Nov. 2014
2 public
Awareness
events
Goal 3:
Enhance overall
health and safety of
Jefferson County
school age children
School Health Screening
Number of state mandated
hearing and vision screenings
facilitated by school nurse for
students in grades K, 1, 2, 3, 5
and 7
1,040 1,040
987 initially
screened
305
rescreened
132 referred
for further
evaluation
1044 initially
screened
284
rescreened
117 referred
for further
evaluation
1,040
920 initial
screenings
278
rescreened
102 referred
for further
evaluation
Human Growth and
Development and HIV
AIDS education
Number of Human growth and
development classes 243 228 213.5 216 210 202
Numbers of students served in
school health classes 1,102 1,105 1,092 1,046 1,000 861
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – REPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2014
COMMUNITY HEALTH - POPULATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
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Student Health Care Plans
Number of Student Health
Care Plans for students with
chronic health conditions
written by or facilitated by
JCPH School Nurse
106 112 144 140 140
132
Goals Objectives Performance Indicators 2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Planned
2014
Actual
Goal 4:
Improve overall
health of Jefferson
County Residents
Provide education
regarding Clean Indoor Air
Act enforcement with
Environmental Health
Food Services staff
Smoking in Public Places
awareness campaign:
Newsletters
15
Total
33
Total
12
Monthly
postcard
mailed to
Tobacco
vendors
through June
2013
Updated
tobacco
cessation
program
brochure
Newsletters
to businesses
& education
as needed
based on
complaints
Issued
tobacco
control
information
to 31 retailers
Issued 40 no
smoking
signs to
retailers upon
request
In person visits 5
# businesses reached 31
Goal 5:
Increase access to
health care
Provide information and
assistance for Washington
State Health Benefits
Exchange health insurance
applications Number of clients assisted
with applications for health
insurance
N/A N/A N/A
7 staff trained
as In-Person-
Assister Sept.
2013
Assisted with
109 Health
insurance
application
by Dec.
31.2013
200 399
Study/Analysis 2014 Results and Funding issues
Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) delivers programs that promote healthier communities and individuals. The above programs provide universal
prevention services to youth, families and businesses in the community.
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – REPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2014
COMMUNITY HEALTH - POPULATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM
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The Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program continues to provide integrated prevention services that promote healthy behaviors, prevent harm and support
youth and families in the community and in the schools. The Division of Behavioral Health and Recover (DBHR) fund approximately 1 FTE JCPH Coalition
Coordinator to work with the Chimacum Prevention Coalition (CPC). The CPC completed their initial Strategic Plan spring 2014. See plan and Coalition
activities on JCPH web site under Substance Abuse Prevention, http://www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/index.php?c-p-c . Interventions identified in the
plan were Strengthening Families Parenting Classes and Public Awareness events.
Chimacum Prevention Coalition will be updating their Strategic Plan spring 2015 with the 2014 Healthy Youth Survey data that will be released Spring 2015.
For over 30 years JCPH contracts directly with school districts to provide required health education classes and health screening. Those contracts remained the
same in 2014. There has been a slight reduction in Health Education classes and students served due to declining student enrollment. The cost to provide these
services has increased and the contracts were updated for the 2014-2015 school year.
Since 1999, additional funding for school health services has been achieved through the State funded ESD School Nurse Corp Program. Many adult health
disorders and chronic diseases begin in childhood as a result of unhealthy behaviors. Reaching students is key for success in public health’s efforts to reduce
the future burden of chronic disease. JCPH nurses work in schools to identify health and safety needs of all students, with a special focus on students with
chronic health issues. The school nurse provides: staff training so schools meet health and safety needs of students; creates school health care plans for
children with chronic health conditions; provide consultation for communicable disease and immunizations; coordinates annual hearing and vision screening;
provides information for healthy school environments; and provides individual student health education as needed. State funds have remained level since 1999
and cost to provide the services has increased causing a need to reduce the number of hours provided in the ESD contract. As of January 2015 JCPH Director
has notified the school superintendents that Jefferson County Public Health will be ending the contract with Olympic ESD to provide School Nurse Corp
services as of April 2015 unless additional funding is provided to adequately staff critical School Nursing Services.
State Tobacco and Youth Tobacco Prevention funding was totally cut July 2013. JCPH continues to be responsible to enforce Washington State’s Clean
Indoor Air Act. Environmental Health staff will follow up on any enforcement. Community Health staff will continue to provide education to help businesses
comply with the state law.
New insurance coverage through the Washington Health Plan Finder website started January 2014. Starting in 2014 increased health insurance coverage,
including prevention services, will increase the overall health of community, and also increase the potential for reimbursement for medical/health services
JCPH Community Health Services provides. JCPH staff provided individuals and families with assistance with their insurance application throughout the year
for low income families and during Open Enrollment for Qualified Health Plans starting Nov. 2014. JCPH staff also provided community awareness/outreach
regarding the Affordable Care Act throughout the county.
Healthy Community Grant 2014:
Partnered with Jefferson county Famers Market to create tobacco free environment at All Jefferson Co Farmers Market Locations.
Collaborated with community and PTSD50 partners in wellness committee to amend, finalize and adopt a district wide wellness policy that meets state
and federal physical activity recommendations Active Living; PTSD50 School Wellness committee meeting
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – REPORT PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2014
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Collaborate with community & CSD49 to implement a campus wide Safe Routes to School (SRTS) policy for Chimacum elementary, Middle and
High School campus. Chimacum adopts SRTS routes and registers them with WA DOT
Funding continues for Healthy Community projects in 2015 through another federal grant through Department of Health and Kitsap Health District called
Olympic Health Action Network.
April 6, 2015 – Kelly Matlock, Marti Haley, Karen Obermeyer and Julia Danskin