FORWARD NM AHEC has a dedicated advisory board composed of health care professionals, community leaders and program participants from Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna Counties. Rudy Martinez, previous State Representative District 39 Alisa Estrada, Administrator of Presbyterian Health Services David Lanckey, Superintendent of Quemado School District Cassie Arias, Director of Luna County Economic Development Dan […]
05 October 2020 FORWARD NM rotates approximately 60 learners per year from various disciplines including Family Medicine Residency, medical students, dental students, nurse practitioner students, and physician’s assistant students. For more information or to request an internship, shadowing experience or rotation contact us. Rural rotations Program staff work with higher education institutions to coordinate graduate level rural rotation experiences […]
05 October 2020 Dream Makers Health Career Clubs Dream Makers health career clubs stimulate students grade 6th through 12th to pursue health related careers. The club highlights numerous healthcare professions and the college requirements, as well as the important role of health disparities and diversity in healthcare. During the sessions, the participants have the opportunity to listen to and interact […]
05 October 2020 Are you a Community Health Worker (CHW), or Promatora? FORWARD NM AHEC offers training for CHW’s looking to continue their education. As of right now we offer QPR: Suicide Prevention and Lupus Education trainings in all four of our service area counties – Grant, Hidalgo, Luna and Catron! If you would like to have a training in […]
05 October 2020 As an independent nonprofit organization, CHI is uniquely situated to provide non-biased health policy analysis and engage multiple stakeholders in discussion and action. Examples of our health policy work include: Conducted a Health Impact Assessment of the quality and quantity of food available to low income families in New Mexico. Click here for the findings […]
05 October 2020 CHI provides support to nonprofit organizations with a public health and/or social service focus. Using a shared services model, we provide financial, program management, resource development, and organizational and systems improvement services. CHI manages several grants and contracts on behalf of, or in collaboration with nonprofit, public health partners. Nonprofit we provide service: NM Primary […]
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02 October 2020 Founded in 2013, the The Youth Substance Awareness and Prevention Coalition (YSAPC) works tirelessly to curb youth access to alcohol, opioids and tobacco through initiating social projects and guiding public and school policy for greatest impact. Formerly known as the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, the group updated the mission and name in 2021. The Coalition […]
30 September 2020 Featured Project: ¡Empieza la conversación, Edúcate! Padres y jovenes Canbis/Parents & Youth Cannabis Mission: The Coalition’s mission is to build community collaboration around efforts to reduce and/or prevent youth drug and alcohol use and misuse, address factors that increase risks of usage and promote factors that increase resiliency Vision: That every community member in Doña […]
28 September 2020 UPDATE NM promotes safe prescribing practices Understanding Provider Demands and Advancing Timely Evidence in New Mexico (UPDATE NM) is an academic detailing service which distills and disseminates evidence-based information and recommendations so healthcare providers can better serve their patients. UPDATE NM is free of charge to healthcare providers (funding is provided by the New Mexico […]
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