Adult Health - Greater Mercer Public Health Partnership

*Overarching Priority:* Assist Mercer County Residents Achieve a Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Throughout Their Lives.
Priority Group III – Adults
GOAL VII: ADDRESS ADULT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS THROUGH PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION AND TREATMENT.
Key CHNA Findings: The percent of Mercer County residents reporting 14 days or more where their mental health was not good was 16.9% 14.9% of Mercer County residents report depression. 5.5% of Mercer County residents report heavy drinking. The inpatient substance abuse treatment and Emergency Department use rate increased between 2013-2016.
Objective: 7.1 Increase the proportion of people seeking treatment for mental health and substance abuse by 10%.
	Strategy	Performance Indicator	Responsible Party
7.1a	Train 75 Nurses and 25 Public Health Students in Mental Health First Aid, by December 31, 2019.	# of students completing MHFA training.	a) The College of New Jersey
7.1b	Identify current number of mental health providers who have evening hours and who accept insurances.	List of mental health providers with evenings hours. List of mental health providers who accept insurance. Lists published on GMPHP’s website and shared with members.	b) Children’s Futures GMPHP Catholic Charities
7.1c	Work with providers to encourage them to offer evening hours and accept insurance.	# of mental health providers with evenings hours. # of mental health providers who accept insurance.	c) Children’s Futures Montgomery Township Health Department Catholic Charities Princeton Health Department
7.1d	Provide continuing education units (CEU) on “Human Trafficking”.	# of professionals that attend the training June 14, 2019	d) Mercer County Human Services
7.1e	Provide continuing education units (CEU) on “Opioid Epidemic”	· # of professionals that attend the training October 1, 2019	e) Mercer County Human Services
7.1f	Provide continuing education units (CEU) on “Basic Psychopharmacology”	· # of professionals that attend the training November 8, 2019.	f) Mercer County Human Services

GOAL VIII: PREVENT AND REDUCE OBESITY THROUGH STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH.
Key CHNA Findings: Nearly 34% of Mercer County residents report BMI >30. Obesity was the top health concern mentioned by community survey respondents. The percentage of Mercer County residents reporting no leisure time physical activity increased by nearly 10 percentage points between 2014 and 2016.
Objectives: 8.1 Increase the number of adults who report any leisure time physical activity by 5% from 66.3% to 69.9%, by December 31, 2021. 8.2 Reduce overweight and obesity prevalence by 5% from 33.7% to 32.0%, by December 31, 2021.
	Strategy	Performance Indicator	Responsible Party
8.1 & 8.2	Create a pilot program to encourage exercise “prescriptions” of 25 physician referrals to community exercise opportunities, annually.	Number of Grand Rounds or Physician Education programs provided on increasing physical activity. # of referrals to exercise prescriptions issued.	Capital Health Regional Center Princeton Health Department Montgomery Health Dept. GMPHP
8.1 & 8.2	Organize a Ciclovia event with partners annually starting in 2019.	Event planned and executed. # of people participating.	a) HCQI Tri-State Transportation Campaign GMTMA GMPHP Princeton Bicycle Advisory Committee Trenton Health Team Trenton Free Public Library Isles Trenton Museum RWJ-Hamilton St. Francis Medical Center
8.1 & 8.2	Local Health Departments work with Mayors Wellness Campaign to organize a physical activity event in their jurisdiction. E.g. Move Your Way.	# of events. # of attendees. # of social media outreach efforts (e.g., tweets, FB posts).	b) Montgomery Twp. Health Dept. Princeton Health Department Mercer County Health Officers Assoc. St. Francis Medical Center

GOAL IX: IMPROVE ACCESS & AWARENESS OF HEALTH CARE AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THOSE LIVING & WORKING IN MERCER COUNTY INCLUDING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
Key CHNA Findings: In 2018, there were 807 car crashes involving adults. Among survey respondents, access to transportation services received among the lowest rating for community services. This was particularly true for males, minorities and low income residents.
Objectives: 9.1 Reduce roadway fatalities to zero, by 2021.
	Strategy	Performance Indicator	Responsible Party
9.1a	Educate public and policymakers to demand greater safety on our roads through outreach and marketing by the GMPHP member organizations by December 2020.	Creation of GMPHP media messaging toolkit that will include sample press releases and social media materials.	a) GMTMA St Lawrence Rehabilitation Center RWJ-Hamilton
9.1b	GMPHP will adopt a resolution of support for Vision Zero Policy by December 31, 2019	# of municipalities outreached. # of resolutions adopted.	b) GMPHP Lawrence Health Department Princeton Health Department
9.1c	Conduct Walking Audits in 5 Municipalities by 6/30/2020.	# of walking audits completed.	c) GMTMA
9.1d	Present findings to 5 Elected Bodies by 6/30/2020.	# of safety problems fixed.	d) GMTMA partnering with Local Health/Planning Officials
9.1e	Provide funding to improve at least two of five selected audit locations by December 2021.	Implemented improvement.	e) GMTMA
9.1f	Gather and analyze crash data to report findings to the public on transportation safety issues.	High incident map w/fatality and severe injury corridors. Creation of online interactive map for public.	f) GMTMA Princeton Health Department

GOAL X: REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CHRONIC DISEASE THROUGH EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
Key CHNA Findings: 14% of Mercer County survey respondents report chronic disease as their top health concern.
Objectives: 10.1 Implement a health literacy program in zip codes of high chronic disease prevalence in 2019. 10.2 Increase participation in chronic disease prevention and self-management programs, by 2021.
	Strategy	Performance Indicator	Responsible Party
10.1a	Plan and Implement Pilot Health Literacy Program in Community Settings that serve underserved populations by December 31, 2019.	# of ESL programs. # of health screenings/events	a)Trenton Free Public Library TCNJ Princeton Breast Resource Center Capital Health Medical Center Trenton Health Department RWJ-Hamilton
10.1b	Write a grant to fund the literacy program.	Grant funded	b) TCNJ
10.1c	Create Pilot Health Information Resource Bags for Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke, Hypertension, COPD, Mental Health, Breastfeeding, Cancer.	# of Bags created. # of Bags checked out.	c) Trenton Free Public Library National Network of Libraries of Medicine GMPHP RWJ-Hamilton St. Francis Medical Center
10.2a	Train Physicians and Medical Resident physicians to include referrals to evidence-based chronic disease prevention and management programs on their checklist/SOPs by December 2019.	Training. of practices with referral SOP. # of referrals provided.	a) Capital Health Medical Center RWJ-Hamilton Hunterdon/Mercer Chronic Disease Coalition
10.2b	Develop a joint marketing plan for all providers of evidence-based diabetes self-management programs in the service area by December 31, 2019.	Resource list of all agencies hosting programs.	b) Hunterdon/Mercer Chronic Disease Coalition GMPHP Princeton Health Department RWJ-Hamilton St. Francis Medical Center