Assessing and Improving Community Health in Wisconsin
Osceola Medical Center
2600 65TH AVENUE
OSCEOLA, WI 54020
Polk County
Implementation Approaches
Goals:
- Decrease the number of alcohol impaired drivers
- Delay youth initiation of alcohol use
- Reduce binge drinking
Objectives:
- Increase community awareness around DWI
- Promote initiatives to reduce underage alcohol use
- Reduce access to alcohol by minors at a minimum of 2 community celebrations/events
- Increase access to counseling services to adolescents with underage drinking violations and to adolescents whose parents are concerned about underage drinking behaviors
- Expand Alateen presence in Polk County to at least one additional site
- Increase community awareness around binge drinking
- Increase screening for alcohol use in primary health care settings
Goals:
- To improve the nutritional quality of meals and snacks in the schools and community
- To create opportunities for active living
- To strengthen worksite wellness policies
- To strengthen best practice in healthcare settings around overweight and obesity prevention
- To increase breastfeeding rates
Objectives:
- At least 50% of Polk County Schools Districts are implementing best practice school wellness programs
- Two initiatives targeting increased fruit and vegetable consumption will be implemented
- A promotional campaign to promote county wide recreational resources and clubs will be conducted
- Support implementation of best practice programs to increase physical activity at school and in the community
- Identify, support and pursue policies that will help worksites strengthen their wellness programs
- Work with primary healthcare settings to increase the proportion of providers screening and intervening to address overweight and obesity
- Assist worksites to be breastfeeding friendly, with at least 1 worksite establishing a breastfeeding policy
- Assist Daycares to be breastfeeding friendly with at least 3 daycares earning the title of Breastfeeding Friendly by completing the 10 steps established by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Provide Baby Behaviors education to WIC mothers
- Increase local breastfeeding support with establishment of Polk County Breastfeeding Coalition website and Facebook page
Goals:
- To improve the mental health status of Polk County citizens
- To reduce the suicide rate in Polk County
- To reduce youth harassment and bullying
Objectives:
- Polk County residents will have knowledge of and easy access to an annually updated countywide Mental Health Services Directory
- An assessment, referral and follow up protocol will be developed for Polk County schools for students that are high risk for suicide
- A public information campaign will be conducted to promote awareness of suicide as a preventable public health problem
- The proportion of healthcare providers who screen patients for depression will increase
- There will be increased awareness in schools and the community about the importance of protective behaviors to combat bullying