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