Collaborating with the community, Cibola Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (CSAPC) created this informative guide for parents, guardians and residents to understand the facts regarding opioid substance misuse and its impact on the county.
09 October 2020 As New Mexico’s designated Public Health Institute, the Center for Health Innovation (CHI) is dedicated to working with communities to advance health and social justice through innovative and effective policies and programs for all the residents in our state, and beyond. Read read about how we engaged in 2019 with New Mexicans of all ages, […]
09 October 2020CHI received a grant from the U.S Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program to engage 16 southern New Mexico counties to meet their prevention, treatment and recovery needs in a community-driven comprehensive assessment process. The southern New Mexico counties in the program include Catron, Chaves, Cibola, De Baca, Eddy, Grant, […]
09 October 2020 With funding from the New Mexico Department of Health, the Center for Health Innovation engaged five rural Southern New Mexico counties in research, analysis and discussion about their healthcare workforce development needs now and in the future. The five counties included Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Catron and Valencia. Project participants included representatives from NM Department of […]
09 October 2020 With funding from the New Mexico Department of Health, the Center for Health Innovation engaged five rural Southern New Mexico counties in research, analysis and discussion about their healthcare workforce development needs now and in the future. The five counties included Grant, Sierra, Socorro, Catron and Valencia. Project participants included representatives from NM Department of […]
09 October 2020 Our new report details the Unified Prevention Coalition of Doña Ana County’s process of bringing together GIS maps of Las Cruces, New Mexico, alcohol sales locations with overlaid maps of select calls for services to law enforcement for alcohol-related crimes and identifies community “hot spots”.
09 October 2020 Nuestro informe nuevo detalla nuestro proceso de reunir mapas GIS de ubicaciones de venta de alcohol en Las Cruces, Nuevo México, con mapas superpuestos de llamadas seleccionadas para servicios de las fuerzas del orden público por delitos relacionados con el alcohol e identifica los “zonas críticas” de la comunidad.
09 October 2020 UPDATED! Unified Prevention Coalition (UPC) for Doña Ana County worked with the community to update this handbook with vital information to better understand prescription painkillers and how to keep your family safe. The handbook includes community resources pages and tips on how to “Talk. They Hear You.” with children and youth.
09 October 2020 La Coalición Unificada de Prevención para el Condado de Doña Ana trabajó con la comunidad para crear este manual para que las familias entiendan mejor los peligros del mal uso y abuso de los medicamentos recetados. El manual incluye recursos de la comunidad.
09 October 2020 The Agricultural Cooperative Extension Service model offers academic health centers methodologies for community engagement that can address the social determinants of disease. The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center developed Health Extension Rural Offices (HEROs) as a vehicle for its model of health extension. Health extension agents are located in rural communities across the […]
07 October 2020