Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment Committee

Goals and Objectives for Action

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Air Quality 1. Reduce exposure to criteria air pollutants in ambient air, particularly ambient ozone and particulate matter 2. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources in NYS by at least 7% from 2013 levels 3. Reduce asthma hospitalization and ED visits for children and adults with poorly controlled asthma by reducing home exposure to common

asthma triggers that contribute to preventable exacerbations 4. Reduce CO poisonings in New York State

Water Quality 5. Increase the percentage of State residents that receive optimally fluoridated public drinking water (baseline: 72.4%) 6. Reduce public health impacts created by contaminated private drinking water wells 7. Implement measures to address water quality challenges posed by land development and climate change

Food Safety 8. Address Leading Contributing Factors to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks 9. Increase New York State’s Foodborne Disease Surveillance and Response Capacity 10. Modernize New York State Food Safety Regulations

Injuries/Occupational 11. Reduce fall risks among older adults 12. Reduce sports-related injuries and illnesses among youth 13. Reduce injuries among high-risk occupational groups (e.g. construction, health care, transportation) 14. Increase the effectiveness of youth violence and suicide prevention 15. Improve surveillance of work-related injuries and illnesses

Place/Community Environments 16. Improve the design of the built environment to promote physical activity, sustainability and adaptation to climate change.

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Air Quality • Reduce exposure to criteria air pollutants in ambient

air, particularly ambient ozone and particulate matter • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources in

NYS by at least 7% from 2013 levels • Reduce asthma hospitalization and ED visits for

children and adults with poorly controlled asthma by reducing home exposure to common asthma triggers that contribute to preventable exacerbations

• Reduce CO poisonings in New York State

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Water Quality • Increase the percentage of State residents that

receive optimally fluoridated public drinking water (baseline: 72.4%)

• Reduce public health impacts created by contaminated private drinking water wells

• Implement measures to address water quality challenges posed by land development and climate change

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Food Safety • Address Leading Contributing Factors to

Foodborne Disease Outbreaks • Increase New York State’s Foodborne Disease

Surveillance and Response Capacity • Modernize New York State Food Safety

Regulations

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Injuries/Occupational • Reduce fall risks among older adults • Reduce sports-related injuries and illnesses among

youth • Reduce injuries among high-risk occupational groups

(e.g. construction, health care, transportation) • Increase the effectiveness of youth violence and

suicide prevention • Improve surveillance of work-related injuries and

illnesses

Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment: Priority Area Goals

Place/Community Environments • Improve the design of the built environment

to promote physical activity, sustainability and adaptation to climate change.