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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Il (4) increased health complications of diabetes; (5) increased complications of cardiovascular disease; and (6) low 1111 immunization rates Tor influenza and pneumonia. The Office will also seek active participation of health care providers, community-based groups, and other entities, including faith-based organizations, in promoting health in minority communities.

The Department provides public health services in all public and selected nonpublic elementary and intermediate schools. These services include a comprehensive review of the child’s medical condition, with special emphasis on conditions that may impair daily school activities, attending to emergencies, provision of medication and management of potentially handicapping conditions, vision and hearing screening, case management, and follow-up. The Department anticipates providing 4,000 new admission exams in 2002 and refening the majority of new school entrants to primary health care providers who will provide ongoing direct iH health care. The school health program will actively identify children in need of health insurance and refer or enroll them into Child Health Plus.

In 2002, the Department will increase its multi-media campaign against tobacco use and will widely publicize its toll-free “QuitLine.” This telephone line provide.s assistance and referral to services for smokers who wish to stop smoking. The Department will also continue to work with selected facilitie.s at the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) in promoting smoking cessation in the community by offering smoking cessation services. In collaboration with the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department will intensify its effort.s to prevent the sale of tobacco products to minors.

Ip 2002, the Department, in partnership with the HHC, will launch an initiative to enhance knowledge about 1 prostate cancer among minorities, promote screening, and provide management and referral to those in need of additional services. Other partners in this initiative will include academic medical centers engaged in various clinical trials for new treatment regimens for advance prostate cancer.

The Department will continue its efforts to reduce the infant mortality rate, which fell to a record low of 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1998. However, infant mortality remains unacceptably high in certain neighborhood.s in the City. In 2002, the Department will launch a comprehensive program to reduce infant mortality in selected neighborhoods. This initiative, which will focus on early identification of conditions that may lead to poor outcomes of pregnancy, will facilitate access to vital services for women and linkages to these services within the community. The Department anticipates providing 33,000 callers to the Women’s Healthline with information about woman and infant health care and arranging. 1,800 prenatal care appointments within three weeks of a 111 pregnant woman’s initial contact with the Departrrient. The Department will also provide case management 1 services tO 1,410 high-risk pregnant women and infants. /| ! The Department will ensure the provision of preventive services to children under the age of 18 through a contract with HHC. HHC plans to provide 163,000 child health clinic visits during 2002.

The Department will continue to administer the Early Intervention Program in partnership with the Department l! of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services and HHC. This program is designed to: (1) create an efficient system for the early identification and referral of infants and toddlers under the age of three with developmental delays; (2) reduce the duplication of services; (3) provide more timely and efficient evaluation of young children; and (4) provide comprehensive services in a more natural setting for each child. Due to greater public awareness of the Early Intervention Program, children are being identified and referred to the program in larger numbers. As a result, the developmental potential of infants and toddlers is maximized. Since its inception in 1993, oyer 67,000 children have been referred to the Early Intervention Program. It is anticipated that approximately 15,500 additional children will be referred to the program in 2002.

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