Steps to a Healthier NY
Steps To A HealthierNY is part of a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative entitled Steps To A HealthierUS, launched by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2003. This five year cooperative agreement program aims to help Americans live healthier, longer, and better lives by reducing the burden of diabetes, overweight, obesity and asthma and addressing three related risk factors- physical inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco use.
Broome County is part of a four county project lead by the New York State Department of Health through funding from the Centers for Disease Control. Only 12 projects in the nation were awarded funding in the first year of the Steps initiative to implement school and community-based initiatives that enhance and expand existing, evidenced based efforts in our community to promote policy development, implementation and environmental change. As a result of this initiative, it is hopeful that Broome County residents will take personal responsibility for their health and empower the community to take social responsibility to adopt healthy lifestyles and reduce the burden of chronic diseases.
Broome County is part of a four county project lead by the New York State Department of Health through funding from the Centers for Disease Control. Only 12 projects in the nation were awarded funding in the first year of the Steps initiative to implement school and community-based initiatives that enhance and expand existing, evidenced based efforts in our community to promote policy development, implementation and environmental change. As a result of this initiative, it is hopeful that Broome County residents will take personal responsibility for their health and empower the community to take social responsibility to adopt healthy lifestyles and reduce the burden of chronic diseases.
