A Resource for Certified & Credentialed Professionals and Employers WARNING: These handbooks were published in 2021, and the information and certification details/requirements may have changed since that time. The New Mexico Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Services Division has developed guidelines for certified and credentialed professionals and the employers who welcome them to the […]
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RCORP Southern New Mexico Outcomes
CHI 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, […]
Policy Goals to Support the Healthcare Workforce in Healthy Aging Communities
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 […]
Policy Goals to Improve Behavioral Health Needs of Individuals, Employers and Communities in Rural New Mexico
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 […]
Bridging Population Health & Behavioral Health in Rural New Mexico
There is growing recognition that public health and health care need to work together differently to achieve mutual goals of cost containment, better quality of care and investments in upstream factors influencing health and well-being. There remain significant challenges to collaboration in New Mexico. CHI as New Mexico’s Public Health Institute hosted state-wide forums aimed […]
Addressing Health Inequities in New Mexico: The Role of the New Mexico Public Health Institute
CHI, as New Mexico Public Health Institute, was formed to address health disparities that stem from the deep historical and current inequities that frame the lives of New Mexico residents. CHI envisions that in New Mexico, “health equity is achieved [and] social and health issues continue to be prioritized through evidence, policy, civic engagement, and social […]
Comprehensive, Collaborative Health Systems Planning and Implementation in New Mexico: Two Case Studies
How and why do some New Mexico community collaborative efforts to build a healthy community work better than others? To help answer this question we completed an in-depth study of two New Mexico counties, Santa Fe and Doña Ana. From this study, we developed and tested a framework with two those counties that are engaging […]