Tuesday, May 13, 2025
5/13/2025
State Public Health Approaches to Addressing Arthritis - The New York State Arthritis Program (NYS AP) will improve the health of New Yorkers with arthritis and reduce disparities by leading a coordinated, statewide approach to increasing participation in arthritis-appropriate, evidence-based interventions (AAEBIs), implementing successful financing strategies to sustain AAEBIs, creating a healthcare provider counseling and referral process to AAEBIs and other opportunities for physical activity, and promoting the use of existing walking programs and initiatives to adults with arthritis and other underserved populations. The NYS AP will make measurable improvements in a series of outcomes, including reducing the percent of adults diagnosed with arthritis that report being physically inactive, having fair or poor health status, or severe joint pain, and increasing the percent of adults with arthritis that are counseled by a healthcare provider on physical activity, report ever taking an educational course or class to teach them how to manage problems related to arthritis, and walking for exercise. To achieve these outcomes, the NYS AP will (1) collaborate with state agencies and other multi-sector partners to increase statewide capacity for Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), EnhanceFitness (EF), and National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) delivery and obtain sustainable reimbursement through public and private payers to support ongoing implementation; (2) build on NYS’ successful network of Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) to use electronic health records to create an arthritis registry, develop a provider counseling protocol, and implement a practice facilitation approach to increase awareness of, and engagement in, physical activity and AAEBI referral; (3) utilize Environmental and Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity among Adults with Arthritis to leverage existing walking programs and initiatives and increase participation among adults with arthritis in high-need communities; (4) raise awareness of arthritis burden and activities through internal and external partners and communications; and (5) maintain and expand NYS’ highly sophisticated arthritis surveillance and performance measurement system for targeting, monitoring, and evaluating activities.
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