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Funding Period:
2003–2008
The Steps Program in Broome County,
New York
CDC’s Steps Program funds states, cities, and tribal groups to implement
community-based chronic disease prevention programs to reduce the burden of
obesity, diabetes, and asthma by addressing three related risk factors:
physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use. Steps-funded programs
are showing what can be done locally in schools, work sites, communities,
and health care settings to promote healthier lifestyles and help people
make long-lasting and sustainable changes that can reduce their risk for
chronic diseases.
Background
Located in the Southern Tier of New York State, Broome County covers a
714-square-mile area housing approximately 200,540 residents. Of those
residents, 92% are non-Hispanic white, just over 3% are non-Hispanic black
or African American, and 2% are Hispanic or Latino. In Broome County, about
5% of residents are foreign-born, about 17% are older than 65, and nearly
13%% live below the federal poverty level. The Broome County Steps Program
interventions cut across all settings and focus on people with asthma and
their families; people living with diabetes or pre-diabetes; people 65 years
of age and older; racial and ethnic minority groups; people living below the
federal poverty level; people living with a disability; employers and
employees in work sites; school systems; students in preschool through high
school; and health care providers and institutions.
Spotlight on Success
- The Broome County Steps Program conducts a community-wide walking program
called BC Walks, which has enrolled more than 50,000 adult residents and
30,000 school children. Through this campaign, Steps promotes the use of
existing resources, such as recreational centers, schools, parks, and retail
outlets, as walking venues. In one year, the percentage of people in the
community who walked for 30 minutes or more, 5 days a week, increased from
53% to 61%.
- In addition, Broome County Steps helped launch Rock on Café, which is an
innovative initiative to consolidate the bids of 15 school districts and
standardize the menu system in schools. Making healthy foods more affordable
and available has resulted in a 14% increase in fruit and vegetable
consumption in the region’s schools.
- Read more about the Broome County Steps Program’s successes in
The
Steps Program in Action, available at
www.cdc.gov/steps/success_stories/pdf/broome.pdf
(PDF- 161KB).
Community Partnerships
To date, the Broome County Steps program has more than 300 partners, both
traditional and nontraditional. These include the YMCA; Broome County
Executive; the Chamber of Commerce; Excellus BlueCross BlueShield; the
Broome County Council of Churches; 12 Broome County school districts; two
local hospital systems; State University of New York at Binghamton; Broome
Community College; the Binghamton Mets (league affiliate of the New York
Mets baseball team); the Binghamton Senators (league affiliate of the Ottawa
Senators hockey team); the Rural Health Network; the Mayor of Binghamton;
several Broome County municipalities; the New York State Department of
Transportation; local and state disability agencies; the Urban League; the
Latino Health Advisory Board; local ABC, NBC, and CBS television network
affiliates; the Press Sun Bulletin newspaper; six Clear Channel radio
stations; Subway restaurants; and more than 40 work sites. These partners
extend the reach of the program and accelerate progress toward achieving
good health outcomes.
Contact
Steps to a HealthierNY–Broome County
Broome County Health Department
Telephone: 607-778-3929
www.broomesteps.org*
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Page last reviewed: August 5, 2008
Page last modified: August 5, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and
Community Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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