New Mexico Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS)
New Mexico Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Links and Resources
New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics collects and reports data about births, deaths, teen pregnancy, abortions, and other health statistics.
The following links are arranged by topics in the same order as in the NM PRAMS Surveillance Report.
Preconception and Prenatal Health
The National March of Dimes and New Mexico March of Dimes chapter promotes research, community services, education, and advocacy to reduce birth defects and infant mortality.
CDC provides information about healthy pregnancy, folic acid, alcohol, and birth defects.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists publishes Clinical Practice Guidelines for Perinatology (jointly with the American Academy of Pediatrics), smoking cessation resources, and other materials on women's health.
Family Planning
NMDOH Family Planning Program promotes and provides comprehensive family planning services, including clinic-based services and community education and outreach, to promote health and reproductive responsibility.
Teen Pregnancy Coalition works to reduce teen pregnancy and the negative consequences of teen pregnancy and parenting in New Mexico.
Alcohol Use and Pregnancy
The Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) at the University of New Mexico, conducts research and projects such as the Statewide FAS Office for Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This office conducts a statewide public awareness media campaign and works with schools. CASAA also builds coalitions, provides information, resources, and technical support, and collaborates with Behavioral Health Services Division, NM Department of Health.
Cigarette and Tobacco Smoking
Tobacco Information
and Prevention Source (TIPS)
TIPS is maintained by the Office on Smoking and
Health (OSH) in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). The OSH leads and coordinates strategies
to prevent tobacco use among youth, promote smoking cessation among
youth and adults, protect nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS), and eliminate tobacco-related health disparities.
Tobacco
Use Prevention and Control (TUPAC)
The New Mexico Department of Health TUPAC Program
and its partners work with communities, schools, and organizations across
the state. TUPAC implements activities and services that promote healthy,
tobacco-free lifestyles among all New Mexicans.
Abuse by a Husband or Partner
NM Coalition against Domestic Violence provides support and resources for advocacy to reduce the impact of domestic violence in NM
Diabetes
NM Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, NM Department of Health, works to prevent and control the complications of diabetes, and to develop strategies for preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Payer of health care and Health Related Services
Medicaid (Medical Assistance Division, Human Services Department) works to ensure access to medically necessary services for Medicaid-eligible individuals, including women and children living in poverty.
Governor Bill Richardson directed all agencies that deliver, fund, or oversee behavioral health care services in New Mexico to collaborate on creating and purchasing a single behavioral health service delivery system throughout New Mexico. He signed a law in 2004 to create an Interdepartmental Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative.
Well-child Care
NM Pediatric Society
promotes the health needs of children and youth
and is active in advocacy.
It is the state chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
New Mexico VOICES advocates improving the health and well-being of children, families and communities in New Mexico. The organization currently focuses on eliminating childhood poverty.
Breastfeeding
The New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force promotes breastfeeding through support of hospitals, employers, childcare facilities, and payers of healthcare. The task force also educates the general public.
Infant sleep position and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
National SIDS/Infant Death Resource Center (NSIDRC) of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides educational materials, resources, technical assistance, publications, and services for bereavement support and risk reduction. The center also helps improve services to underserved populations.
Back to Sleep campaign information is available from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the SIDS Alliance, and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.