Chronic Disease Pathway

Community
Pathways and
Objectives

Provide a private space for breastfeeding

o Research breastfeeding best practices
o Gain support from key stakeholders
o Implement new space for breastfeeding
o Promote new breastfeed space to residents
o Measure the utilization of the new breastfeeding space

Implement community gardens

o Identify locations within the community to host community gardens
o Develop guidelines and an agreement to host the garden
o Partner with organizations, communities and businesses
o Promote garden locations on social media, websites, bulletins, flyers, etc.

Promote tobacco cessation resources to community

o Research tobacco cessation resources available to the community
o Research promotion strategies (social media, electronic, printing, etc)
o Get Trustee approval and tobacco-free proclamation
o Develop a timeline
o Create tobacco free parks

Provide a health fair to residents

o Identify dates, locations, and themes
o Develop list of potential organizations/businesses to partner and attend fairs
o Contact identified organizations
o Promote health fair to residents
o Implement health fairs

Develop walking paths in needed areas

o Safeguard sidewalks and cross walks
o Map route and identify distance of route
o Inventory existing fixtures along walking path (benches, lighting, waste cans,
etc.)
o Install needed fixtures as identified by inventory check
o Promotion of walking path/kickoff event

Adopt a tobacco free park policy and enforce tobacco free indoor policy
o Cigarette butts collection at local parks/properties
o Identify when tobacco free indoor policy is being violated
o Survey residents for their support of tobacco free outdoor spaces
o Prepare and present a tobacco free ordinance/resolution to council
o Identify consequences for staff/visitors who violate the tobacco free indoor
policy
o Adopt tobacco free ordinance/resolution
o Educate residents on new outdoor tobacco free ordinance
o Educate staff, residents and visitors on tobacco free indoor policy

Increase access to fruits and vegetables

o Research farmers markets in surrounding communities and/or organizations
o Identify and implement marketing strategies to promote farmers markets in
surrounding communities and/or organizations
o Track the number of farmers markets residents are referred to and/or visiting
o Research produce vendors and invite to participate in farmers market
o Advertise and promote new market to residents and neighboring
communities
o Host farmers market 2x a year
o Research additional strategies to increase access to fresh fruits and
vegetables (Farm share, community gardens, etc)

Increase community involvement and feedback in WeTHRIVE! initiative

o Pass out WeTHRIVE! recruitment cards at community events
o Create a WeTHRIVE! section in the community newsletter
o Develop a special request list for community members to assist with
o Host WeTHRIVE! progress update meetings open to all community members
twice a year
o Work with local schools to get information home to parents

Provide chronic disease educational information to residents

o Survey community members at local fitness center on what type of
educational events or information they would like
o Identify and meet with potential partners
o Develop list of promotion strategies (educational sessions, website,
newsletter, recreation center)

Increase the number of healthy options at the pool concession stand

o Identify and adopt healthy eating standards for pool concession stand
o Identify number of current healthy options offered at pool concession stand
o Research healthy options
o Add healthy options to concession stand menu
o Market new healthy eating menu/choices
o Hold tasting events with pool members to identify choices they like

o Survey pool members what items they would like to see and also their
satisfaction of new healthy options

Adopt and implement Tobacco-Free outdoor resolution for Village

properties/parks
o Cigarette butts collection at local parks or other properties
o Survey residents for their support of tobacco-free outdoor spaces
o Prepare and adopt tobacco-free ordinance
o Post signs identifying spaces as tobacco-free
o Provide tobacco cessation resources and information to residents

Implement Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan

o Promote bike rodeo event
o Review and apply Safe Routes to School grant
o Host a walk to school event on National Walk to School Day (October)
o Develop map of bike/walking path and post signs showing the route
o Identify other funding opportunities/grants to improve bike and pedestrian
paths
Firefighter Fitness Drill
o Measure time/speed of student body
o Give students literature/educational materials regarding health, diet and
exercise
o Re-measure time/speed of student body after a period of time from original
measurement
o Have luncheon for (overall) fastest student class
o Present awards to students with most improved times
o Students names/pictures given to local media

5k/10k/Fun Run
o Host 5k/10k event

Map all sidewalks in the community and document unsafe conditions

o Get a map of all sidewalks in the community
o Create document with sidewalks listed for community to participate in
identifying the conditions of community sidewalks
o Translate the document to Spanish for Spanish-speaking population
o Gather a list of all churches in the community and contact each one to see if
there are any existing prayer walks or walking groups that would like to
participate in the documentation
o Contact other people that walk in the community to see if they would be
willing to participate in documentation of sidewalks
o Have documentations turned in of routes walked/unsafe walking conditions
o Update map to reflect covered areas walked
o Take list of unsafe walking conditions to city council

Adopt Tobacco-Free policy in all parks in the community

o Create a list of parks in the community
o Consult city council for procedures on how to implement policy
o Identify parks to be tobacco free
o Create strategy to promote tobacco free parks through signs
o Present to council with motion to have signs placed in park
o Install signs and notify the public on changes to park rules
Make at least 3 changes that encourage residents to make healthy food
choices at the pool concession stand
o Move healthy options at the top of the menu and label as healthy options
o Consider adding healthier food/snacks to menu
o Provide healthy snack as reward for kids fun days
o Research smoothie vendor truck for special pool events

Encourage local farmers market to accept WIC and SNAP benefits

o Send letter to farmers market board to encourage the acceptance of
WIC/SNAP vouchers/cards at the market
o Follow up with farmers market board

Create tobacco free zones in at least 3 playgrounds

o Review existing code for language regarding tobacco use at the parks
o Review existing pool tobacco-free policy for language ideas
o Decide on method of implementing (park rules, city ordinance, etc.)

Offer new strategies that improve senior adult health

o Hold water aerobics classes during pool season
o Open new pickleball programs
o Explore shared partnerships (Twin Lakes and Sycamore schools to provide
more physical activity opportunities for seniors)
o Publicize blood pressure and home safety checks provided by fire
department to seniors
o Create a health resource guide to be distributed by police/fire/EMS
o Publicize good neighbor reminders to encourage people to watch out for
their neighbors (especially during extreme cold/hot weather)
o Provide home safety and fall prevention checks for seniors
Educational flyers on chronic disease and disease management will be
placed in 3 locations throughout the community
o Develop list of topics/diseases for flyers
o Determine funding needed for flyers or find low cost/no cost for printing
flyers
o Decide on locations for distribution
o Distribute flyers
o Designate person to refill flyers

Start a farmers market to increase residents access to fruits and

vegetables
o Create a survey for community to gauge interest in farmers markets
o Research other local farmers markets/growers
o Decide on governing structure for farmers market
o Identify possible locations for the market to be held and logistics (how often
the market will meet, what months, etc.)
o Recruit and secure vendors
o Open and promote the market
o Survey market success

Start a community walking club

o Gauge interest of the community for walking group and best times to meet
o Designate leader
o Decide on locations, days, and times
o Decide on distances and layout walking routes
o Mark walking paths
o Consider incentives/rewards for participation
o Advertise the walking group

Start a youth athletic association for children in the community

o Gauge interest in youth sports league
o Research nearby athletic associations
o Determine what sports/age to include
o Decide what league to join and what the process is to join the league
o Develop a financial plan/budget
o Recruit coaches/referees
o Set registration dates
o Advertise to recruit players
o Hold registration event
o Form teams from registered players
o Order uniforms
o Distribute practice and game schedules
o Begin season

Complete 1 full SAY soccer session by year end

o Advertise and host soccer registration
o Recruit coaches and referees
o Purchase goals, nets, and other supplies
o Schedule Practice/Games
o Host season

Increase activities for youth

o Identify potential youth activities
o Identify leaders and locations for activities

o Advertise and recruit youth

o Host activities

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at least 4 walking club events

Host a summer walking challenge
Identify other upcoming walking events
Identify leaders and locations for events

o Host events

Support the Dynasty Drill team through at least 3 avenues

o Advertise team and meeting location
o Provide meeting spaces
o Create policy supporting space use
o Arrange for educational opportunities for the Drill team
o Provide ongoing support as needed

Provide sustainable community gardening in at least 2 locations in the

community
o Identify potential partners to assist with gardens
o Install raised beds at designated location
o Offer senior gardening classes
o Maintain gardens
o Donate produce to local food pantry

Make city park tobacco-free

o Address city council to discuss policy
o Create legislation to prohibit tobacco use in city park
o Purchase and hang signs in the park

Educate residents on 3 topics related to health and safety: first aid, safe
sleep for infants and child poisoning
o First aid
Work with township fire department to hold a first aid class for
community
Review the desire for future first aid classes
Decide whether or not to hold more classes and when to hold more
o Safe Sleep for Infants
Distribute safe sleep pamphlets through various community locations
(admin building, post office)
Refill pamphlets as needed
Create safe sleep welcome kits
Distribute welcome kits to residents with new infant in the home
o Child poisoning

Distribute educational information on poisoning and the poison hotline

number to residents
Post hotline number on community website
Explore other locations or opportunities to post the hotline in the
community

Pass an ordinance that requires sidewalks to be built for all new

commercial developments
o Review sample ordinances for language suggestions
o Draft an ordinance for council to review
o Send ordinance to legal for review

Implement strategies to improve walking safety among residents

o Partner with local elementary school to host walk to school days
o Complete safe routes to school (SR2S) parent survey
o Complete SR2S student survey
o Apply for SR2S funding through ODOT
o Develop partnership with UC students for help in strategies, design plans and
recommendations

Develop a SR2S School Travel Plan (STP)

o Identify STP consultant
o Form SR2S STP team
o Survey students on how they get to school
o Complete walking audit with students
o Identify strategies to improve walking/bicycling to school

Develop plan to create a community garden

o Identify community residents interested in helping coordinate a community
garden
o Identify meeting places for Community Garden Action team meetings
o Identify funding opportunities
o Identify volunteers to help plant, maintain, and harvest
o Complete Master Gardener Classes from Civic Garden Center
o Identify other partnerships that support garden initiative

Implement a Fitness Wellness Program within the local schools

o Organize Fire Fighter Physical Fitness Drill program with local fire department
and local schools

Provide wellness check opportunities to residents throughout the year

o Contact Recreational Center Supervisor to host wellness check screenings at
the center

o Contact Urgent Care representatives to identify partnerships for participating

in the wellness checks
o Develop forms and reporting system for wellness checks
o Conduct wellness visits in homes of high need individuals in the community

Implement a new opportunity for physical activity for teens

o Develop a citizens boot camp program

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at least 1 new walking path/trail in the community

Identify areas in the community for a walking path/bike trail
Design a distance/route for trail and make markers for distance/start/stop
Advertise the trail
Identify/develop walking groups
Develop a walking challenge

o Develop walking video featuring residents to promote the trail and walking in
the community

Open a weekly farmers market

o Identify areas/required permits for farmers market
o Identify vendors/services and identify if any accept WIC/SNAP benefits
o Confirm vendors
o Select potential dates
o Advertise to the community

Submit a Thriving Community Letter of Intent to Interact for Health

o Identify subcommittee members
o Review relevant data
o Identify grant objectives
o Write and review letter of intent
o Submit to Interact for Health

Increase community participation in the annual Health and Safety Fair

o Offer suggestions to Kiwanis

Pass an ordinance that requires sidewalks to be built for all new

commercial developments
o Review sample ordinances for language suggestions
o Draft an ordinance for council to review
o Send ordinance to legal for review

Emergency Preparedness Pathway

The community will have an updated POD plan by year end

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Identify POD manager

Update security plan
Set a POD annual review date
Review POD plan during new council orientation
Inventory POD supplies
Identify core POD staff (including back-ups)
Identify volunteers to staff POD

o Add volunteer link to community website

Implement strategies to educate community on emergency preparedness

o Distribute emergency preparedness information to schools, churches, youth
rec center, health center and multi-family/senior apartments
o Update community website with links to emergency preparedness
o Add emergency preparedness section to community newsletter
o Host Town Hall meeting to address emergency preparedness/resources to
community
o Include emergency preparedness topics at community meetings
o Develop an emergency preparedness booth at fairs/community gatherings
o Invite Hamilton County EMA Director to give presentation on emergency
preparedness to council members

Develop an MRC Volunteer plan

o Appoint volunteer recruiting coordinator
o Outline and draft a MRC volunteer plan
Increase POD plan awareness within the community
o Incorporate POD plan into next Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) training
o Incorporate POD plan information into bulletin/social media
o Add emergency preparedness link to community website and explain that a
POD plan exists in the community

Increase emergency preparedness within the community

o Add emergency preparedness link to community website
o Use social media to remind community about emergency preparedness and
link up with HCPH social media
o Check POD supplies
o Review POD plan on annual basis

Develop MRC volunteer plan

o Appoint volunteer recruiting coordinator
o Add volunteer link to community website
o Decide who will draft the plan
o Develop table of contents to the plan
o Have CERT members sign up as MRC volunteer through Ohio Responds

Environmental Health Pathway

Provide educational outreach strategies to improve and protect storm

water
o Storm water awareness education for residents
o Rain barrel/rain garden workshops
o Canoe trip to where runoff can be observed
o Lawn care education
o Water quality monitoring program

Implement pilot projects to improve storm water quality

o Identify, list, and select pilot projects to implement
o Develop action steps/timeline for each project to be implemented
o Implement pilot projects

Increase awareness of recycling and composting through educational

strategies
o Create article for local newsletter about the benefits of recycling and
composting
o Create article for local newsletter regarding resources for recycling and
composting in the community
o Present composting presentation/demonstration to the community
o One Stop Drop Recycling Event (annually)
o Have a table at a local event that shows what should and should not be
placed in a recycling bin. Also show samples of items made of recycled
materials

Implement a community wide educational campaign on all aspects of a

healthy home
o Publish steps to a healthy home in the local newsletter

Injury Prevention Pathway

Reduce the number of mechanical falls

o Identify, extract and review fall data from EMS reporting system
o Develop Home Assessment Tool
o Develop tracking system that logs the number of initial calls, home
assessments, necessary follow up and actions taken
o Host 10,000,000 steps to prevent falls and raise awareness

Educate residents on 3 topics related to health and safety: first aid, safe
sleep for infants and child poisoning
o First aid
Work with township fire department to hold a first aid class for
community
Review the desire for future first aid classes

 Decide whether or not to hold more classes and when to hold more
o Safe Sleep for Infants
Distribute safe sleep pamphlets through various community locations
(admin building, post office)
Refill pamphlets as needed
Create safe sleep welcome kits
Distribute welcome kits to residents with new infant in the home
o Child poisoning
Distribute educational information on poisoning and the poison hotline
number to residents
Post hotline number on community website

Explore other locations or opportunities to post the hotline in the

community

Social Health Pathway

Increase community pride and connection

o Have council pass littering ordinance
o Increase visibility of important landmarks by removing trees/debris
o Work with local school district to increase youths pride in where they live
o Hold at least 4 clean up days for the community throughout the year

Substance Use/Abuse Pathway

Increase strategies to combat the heroin epidemic

o Resource Packets
o Develop Quick Response Team (QRT) for overdose follow-up
o Develop Get Clean/Stay Clean program
o Distribute educational pamphlet in community to bring awareness

The local school district will participate in the Student Drug Use Survey
conducted by PreventionFIRST!
o Schedule a meeting with superintendent discussing the student drug use
survey
o Meet with superintendent and PreventionFIRST! To gain support for the
survey
o Determine the cost to administer the survey and identify potential funding
sources to cover survey costs
o Secure funding and implement the survey
o Review drug use data to identify areas of concern
o Identify new objectives/activities based on survey results

WeTHRIVE! team will implement four educational strategies around

substance abuse, use, and prevention in the community
o Identify and select community education strategies to implement

o Develop a timeline of when each strategy will be implemented

o Identify potential funding sources
o Identify potential speakers/resources needed
o Implement and evaluate community education strategy

Increase drug awareness and prevention by implementing 3 activities

o Hold a drug abuse awareness event at local school districts back to school
event
o Advertise Hamilton County Sherriffs Drug Takeback event
o Research other potential strategies to prevent drug use
o Choose new strategy to prevent drug use
o Implement the new strategy

Increase activities that promote prevention and awareness of bloodborne

infectious diseases
o Assess titer levels of Police and Fire personnel for Hepatitis B
o Develop a syringe exchange one year pilot program
o Identify and purchase materials to aid in prevention of bloodborne infectious
disease
o Provide new/refresher training for all non-fire community personnel on
bloodborne pathogen infection prevention
o Establish policy for onsite Hepatitis C and HIV source patient testing

All Pathways

Host WeTHRIVE! public forum events to raise awareness and provide

opportunities for community feedback
o Identify potential locations, days/times, and topics to be discussed at public
forum events
o Develop public forum agenda
o Market/advertise public forum events
o Host public forum event
o Incorporate resident feedback into WeTHRIVE! action plan/goals