The Health Impacts of Language Access Policies on Refugees and Immigrants in Albuquerque Link to Global 505 completed HIA report The New Mexico Asian Family Center's Global 505 program, is conducting a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on language access policies...
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The Impacts of the Collaboration between Local Law Enforcement Agencies and Immigration Customs Enforcement on the Health and Well-being of Immigrant Workers and their Children Familias Unidas por Justicia, a membership team of Somos Un Pueblo Unido made up of...
Read MoreThe Health Impacts of Free Bus Passes on Young Men of Color in the International District and Westgate Neighborhoods in Albuquerque Together for Brothers (T4B), an organization led by young men of color, in partnership with other community organizations (i.e....
Read MoreHealth Impact Assessment: Indian Health Services Budget and Urban Indian Budgeting Decisions - Examining the Health Effects of IHS Underfunding on the Santa Fe Urban Indian Community From 1998‐2010, the Indian Health Service (IHS) was forced to operate on its 1998...
Read MorePotential Impact of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) Amendments on the Health of People of New Mexico On July 16, 1945, the US Government tested the first nuclear device called “Gadget” in what was designated the “Trinity Site”...
Read MoreMcKinley Community Collaborative for Health Equity has partnered with Somos Gallup and Somos Un Pueblo Unidos to conduct a health impact assessment on wage theft and build the capacity of low wage workers in McKinley County. Wage theft impacts families...
Read MoreSandoval County- Cuba, Studying Trail Enhancement Plans-Health Impact Assessment (STEP-HIA) The STEP-HIA is conducted through the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center in partnership with the Step Into Cuba Alliance. The STEP-HIA aims to look at how trail access...
Read MoreTaos Community Foundation Health Impact Assessment Taos, a rural frontier county in northern New Mexico, has no mechanism devoted to funding programs to improve livability and health in our community. The absence of formal policies that prioritize health has become an...
Read MoreGrant County- Health Impact Assessment: Southwest New Mexico Food Policy Council Determining health impacts of emergency food supplies on The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) recipients in rural and frontier communities. This HIA project will gather local data on both...
Read MoreSunport Boulevard Extension Project - Health Impact Assessment HIP and partners recently submitted a comment letter to Bernalillo County that included the HIA, “Shining a Light on Health: How the Sunport Boulevard Extension Project Will Affect Health and Well-Being.” In...
Read MoreBernalillo County- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT (HIA): Albuquerque Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan (ABC CompPlan) Update – 2015 The Health Matters New Mexico (HP4NM) team received funding to conduct an HIA process in order to provide Health in All Policies (HiAP) recommendations...
Read MoreLobos CO2 Pipeline - Health Impact Assessment In October 2013, the energy corporation Kinder-Morgan proposed to build a 214-mile pipeline to bring carbon dioxide (CO2) mined in Arizona through New Mexico for use in enhanced oil recovery operations (commonly known...
Read MoreChainbreaker Collective - Health Impact Assessment The root of the problem is the lack of affordable housing in Santa Fe. A national report released recently shows that over half of all Santa Fe renters have unaffordable rents and that almost...
Read MoreSan Miguel County - Health Impact Assessment The New Mexico Highlands University School of Social Work and the NMHU Foundation, Inc. received a grant and partnered with the San Miguel County Detention Center and its Citizen Advisory Committee, the Las Vegas Peace &...
Read MoreDoña Ana Communities United - Health Impact Assessment The Doña Ana Communities United team was recently awarded funded to conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and will host the SW HIA training on November 17 & 18, 2014 in Las...
Read MoreMcKinley County - Looking Within: A Health Impact Assessment on Uranium Mining In July 1979 at the United Nuclear Corporations’ uranium processing mill in Northwest New Mexico, a dam broke releasing more than 1,100 tons of uranium mining wastes-tailings along with...
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