Community Health Topics

• Cancer Risk, Investigation and Mapping
• Community Health Assessment / Planning
• Orientation to Public Health and Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• Chronic Disease Prevention
• Worksite Wellness
• Tobacco Use and Cessation Opportunities
• Communicable Diseases, including TB and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Other general and specific health promotion topics on request

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Health Promotion And Disease Prevention - 607.778.3921
The Broome County Health Department actively collaborates with Upstate Medical University and its Binghamton Clinical Campus in the education of third and fourth year medical students. Specifically, third year medical students spend three full days on population-based medicine/public health. Health department staff are involved in a teaching day for students to make the health department become “alive” to the medical students by directly exposing them to how the department works. Periodically, fourth year medical students take an elective in public health.

Lifestyle choices and personal health habits are the most important factors in the development of disease. The Broome County Health Department has a number of programs designed to assist and motivate individuals to voluntarily practice and sustain positive changes in their health-related behaviors.

Immunization Action Program - 607.778.2870
The objective of this program is to increase immunization levels of children in Broome County. Past efforts have involved removing barriers to immunizations as well as locating and vaccinating children at high risk of preventable diseases. The Health Department is using computer software to review community immunization levels and assist providers in developing strategies to track and recall children in a timely manner.

Diabetes Prevention And Control
Diabetes risk factor screening and general diabetes awareness education is provided at no cost to priority populations.

Tobacco Free Broome Tioga
A program focused on educating the community about the risks of tobacco use and the available opportunities for quitting.

Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention
Compliance checks of tobacco retailers are conducted by staff and youth volunteers. Retailers are prohibited from selling tobacco to minors.

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Traffic Safety/Injury Control - 607.778.2807
This program heightens public awareness through education and support focused on issues related to traffic safety and injury prevention (unintentional and intentional).

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