Finger Lakes Regional Community Health Assessment
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FINGER LAKES REGIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT PREPARED FOR: Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties ABOUT COMMON GROUND HEALTH Founded in 1974, Common Ground Health is the health planning organization for the nine-county Finger Lakes region. We bring together health care, education, business, government and other sectors to find common ground on health issues. Learn more about our community tables, our data resources and our work improving population health at www.CommonGroundHealth.org. PREPARED BY: COMMON GROUND HEALTH | FEBRUARY 2020 1150 University Avenue Rochester NY 14607 585.224.3101 CommonGroundHealth.org Table of Contents FINGER LAKES REGIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT The purpose of the following assessment is to fulfill the needs of eight local health departments and hospitals in the Finger Lakes region for completion of their 2019-2021 Community Health TABLE OF CONTENTS Assessments (CHA), Community Service Plans (CSP), and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP). Below are the staff who prepared the report. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3 COMMON GROUND HEALTH Name Phone Email Role Key Findings, Eight County Region ............................................................................ 4 Catie Kunecki 585-224-3157 [email protected] Primary author Kathi Lynch 585-224-3155 [email protected] Primary reviewer Executive Summary ..................................................................................................... 9 Community Health Assessment, Eight County Region ............................................12 Below are the participating health departments, hospitals and overseeing CHIP bodies. Health Assessment, Eight County Region ................................................................17 COUNTY CONTACTS Name County Phone Email Overseeing Body [email protected] Health Priorities Planning and Prioritization Process ..........................................................................35 Peter Buzzetti Chemung 607-737-2028 Partnership Genesee Valley Health Jennifer [email protected] Rodriguez Livingston 585-243-7270 Partnership/CHA County Chapters .......................................................................................................37 Leadership Team Ontario County Health Mary Beer Ontario 585-396-4550 [email protected] Chemung County ..................................................................................................................... 37 Collaborative Livingston County .................................................................................................................... 45 Professional Advisory Deborah 315-536-5160 [email protected] Minor Schuyler and Yates or 607-535-8140 Committee/Choose Health Ontario County ........................................................................................................................ 56 Yates Vickie [email protected] Schuyler County ....................................................................................................................... 67 Swinehart Seneca 315-539-1925 Seneca Health Solutions Seneca County ......................................................................................................................... 76 Darlene Smith Steuben 607-664-2438 [email protected] Smart Steuben Wayne Health Diane Devlin Wayne 315-946-5746 [email protected] Steuben County ....................................................................................................................... 83 Improvement Partnership Wayne County .......................................................................................................................... 91 Yates County .......................................................................................................................... 103 HOSPITAL CONTACTS Name Hospital Phone Email Rochester Regional Health Clifton [email protected] Appendixes .............................................................................................................111 Ben Snyder Springs Community Hospital 315-462-9561 Maura Snyder Newark Wayne Community Hospital 315-359-2644 [email protected] Chemung County Appendix A ................................................................................................ 111 Tina Culver UR Thompson Health 585-396-6491 [email protected] Livingston County Appendix B ............................................................................................... 129 Patty Piper UR Noyes Health 585-335-8630 [email protected] Ashley Gleason Arnot Health 607-737-7727 [email protected] Ontario County Appendix C ................................................................................................... 143 Elizabeth Weir Ira Davenport 607-776-8670 [email protected] Schuyler County Appendix D ................................................................................................. 163 Tracey Fish Corning Hospital 607-937-7355 [email protected] Seneca County Appendix E .................................................................................................... 179 Deb Bailey Schuyler Hospital 607-535-7121 [email protected] Steuben County Appendix F .................................................................................................. 191 Rachel Landon St. James Hospital 607-324-8033 [email protected] Geneva General Hospital and Soldiers Wayne County Appendix G .................................................................................................... 217 Lara Turbide and Sailors Memorial Hospital (Finger 315-787-4053 [email protected] Lakes Health) Yates County Appendix H ...................................................................................................... 241 Cover photo courtesy of VisitFingerLakes.com 1 Canandaigua Lake, Ontario 2 Introduction Key Findings FINGER LAKES REGIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION KEY FINDINGS The Prevention Agenda is New York State’s blueprint to help improve the health and well-being of its residents and promote health equity through state and local action. Every three years, New York State requests that local health departments and their local hospital systems work together to create EIGHT COUNTY REGION a joint community health assessment and improvement plan using the Prevention Agenda guidelines. The total population in the region has increased since 1990. Over the next ten years, however, Local entities must choose two areas to focus community improvement efforts during the plan Cornell University’s Program on Applied Demographics projects a decrease in the overall population period. Local entities can choose from five priority areas: with an increase in the aging (65+) population. The most recent American Community Survey reports that 92% of the region’s residents are white non-Hispanic. However, the community is becoming 1. Prevent Chronic Diseases more diverse. Since 1990, there has been a 63% regional growth in the Hispanic population and a 2. Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment 32% regional growth in the African American population. In addition, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest a growing number of Amish and Mennonite settlements within the region due to the 3. Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Children affordability of land. In fact, it is estimated that nearly 20% of Yates County’s population is Amish or Mennonite. 4. Promote Well-Being and Prevent Mental and Substance Use Disorders There are several implications that both the growing diverse and aging population will have an 5. Prevent Communicable Diseases impact on health. Health care providers must be equipped to care for patients with more co-morbid During each new cycle, public health and hospital systems turn to key partners and community conditions than ever (aging population) as well as remaining culturally competent and relatable to informants to help determine what the course of action ought to be to improve the population’s diverse patients (growing number of Hispanics, African Americans, Amish and Mennonites). Ensuring health. The following report summarizes pertinent information relating to the above priority areas a competent workforce is one of public health’s 10 essential services, which is why it is important to and contains eight county chapters, which discuss local health challenges, assets and resources and consider the population shift in health planning. selected interventions to improve community health. As identified through several avenues of local research, lack of transportation is one of the top barriers in each of the regional counties. Access to a vehicle and/or public transportation is not a privilege that all residents have. For those living on the outskirts of the populous cities and towns, access to transportation is essentially nonexistent unless they have their own vehicle or nearby neighbors, family and friends who have vehicles. This is particularly concerning for the aging population due to their need to attend more medical appointments than the average person, which could necessitate greater transportation planning in rural communities. In addition, when looking at food insecurity data for the Community Health Assessment, data revealed that a portion of