Monday, June 7, 2021; Las Cruces, NM: This spring the Southern Area Health Education Center (SoAHEC) has been busy lending much needed supplies and health education on COVID-19 awareness in southern New Mexico. In the first phase of its efforts, SoAHEC distributed 1,500 Covid-cares bags chocked full of bi-lingual information on the virus and how […]
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CHI welcomes new Executive Director
Friday, June 4, 2021; Silver City, NM: After conducting a nationwide search the Center for Health Innovation (CHI) is pleased to announce Holley H. Hudgins has been named the new executive director of the nonprofit that serves as New Mexico’s Public Health Institute. “We received over 100 applications for the position,” CHI Board Chair, Dr. […]
Drug Take Back Day to be held at 10 sites in Doña Ana County
This article is from the UP! Coalition’s bi-weekly prevention column in the Las Cruces Sun-News. LAS CRUCES – This weekend, local police departments and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 20th opportunity in 10 years to clean out their medicine cabinets to prevent medication misuse and theft by ridding their homes of […]
Prevention LIVE brings bilingual prevention info directly to New Mexico homes
Friday, April 2, 2021; Silver City, NM: Southwest New Mexico has jumped into the Digital Age and leaping alongside is the Center for Health Innovation’s (CHI) Prevention and Community Collaboration Department which launches a new weekly Facebook Live series on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 7 p.m. via the nonprofit’s and its programs’ Facebook pages. […]
UP! Coalition offers NM legislators advice amid recreational marijuana debate
This article is part of the Unified Prevention Coalition for Doña Ana County’s bi-monthly guest column in the Las Cruces Sun-News. By Elijah Myers and Ned Rubin Monday, February 22, 2021; Las Cruces, NM: New Mexico lawmakers are considering following in the footsteps of their neighboring states, Colorado and Arizona. On February 2, 2021, New Mexico […]
Advocating for Public Health at 2021 NM Legislature
In preparation for the 2021 Legislative session, the Center for Health Innovation (CHI), New Mexico’s Public Health Institute, has joined forces with other statewide public health leaders to prioritize issues impacting the health and well-being of New Mexicans. Our partners include the New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA), the New Mexico Alliance of Health Council, […]
New e-communiqué seeks to forge stronger public health network in New Mexico
Thursday, January 28, 2021; Silver City, NM: The Center for Health Innovation’s (CHI) newest e-communication series apprises New Mexico’s public and community health professionals of the most up-to-date research and resources to help in their community endeavors. The twice-monthly e-communiqué offers Timely Information and Pointers in a bit-sized format (TIPbits) to be easily-read at a […]
New staff to strengthen infrastructure for rural substance use
Monday, January 25, 2021; Las Cruces, NM: The Center for Health Innovation (CHI) is pleased to announce Meg Long, MPH, has joined the organization that serves as New Mexico’s Public Health Institute. Long spearheads the nonprofit’s effort to strengthen the substance use infrastructure in 14 rural, southern New Mexico counties, especially regarding opioid use disorder. […]
Feds fund further opioid response in New Mexico
Wednesday, December 16, 2020; Silver City, NM: The Center for Health Innovation received additional federal funding to transform the efforts of New Mexico’s rural southern counties’ opioid response planning efforts into actions thanks to a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA). New Mexico’s Public Health Institute, the Center for Health Innovation […]
Celebrate the Season Sans Spirits
This article is part of the Unified Prevention Coalition for Doña Ana County’s bi-monthly guest column in the Las Cruces Sun-News. Saturday, November 28, 2020; Las Cruces, NM: “I kept sharing with everyone that I am excited to have three years sober,” my friend Rachel exclaimed. “And do you know what they did? They kept […]