Las Cruces Central Public Health Office/

Las Cruces Central Public Health Office

Services Offered

• Breast & Cervical Cancer(screenings)
• Children's Medical Services(children and youth with special health care needs)
• Community Collaborative Care
  Medical and supportive case management for HIV services according to Ryan White Part B grant funding; Aid & Comfort financial assistance from local nonprofit fundraising available for some services not paid by federal grant.
• Diabetes Self Care Management Education
• Disease Prevention
  Syringe exchange/disposal on walk-in basis Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm. Offer the video-based iHEAL (integrated Health Education for Addictive Lifestyles) class to small groups on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons as arranged. Operate the Hepatitis C & Buprenorphine Helpline and the Narcan/Naloxone Opiate Overdose Prevention Helpline.
• Disease Surveillance
  Infectious Disease Nurse Epidemiologist for reporting and field follow-up regarding communicable diseases, especially vaccine-preventable diseases and enteric or food-borne illnesses.
• Family Planning
• Harm Reduction
  Syringe exchange, narcan overdose prevention training/dispensing, Suboxone/buprenophine treatment for opiate addiction, hepatitis C care & treatment.
• Health Promotion
  Community health improvement by mobilizing community residents about health issues and solutions and by coalition building to promote health planning and collaboration among local organizations and stakeholders.
• Hepatitis(counseling and testing or immunization if at risk)
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus(counseling and testing)
• Immunizations(available for children through age 18 and limited for adults)
• Preventive Medicine Clinic
  Reproductive health services (family planning, sexually transmitted infections) and communicable disease testing (HIV/HCV) and treatment (TB). Walk-in pregnancy testing and Medicaid application assistance if eligible. Rapid testing available for HIV and HCV. Partner services related to STI/HIV available on site. Opens at 7:30am Monday-Friday and opened until 7:00pm on Wednesday.
• Public Health Resource Center
  Hepatitis C care & treatment with UNMHSC Project ECHO; diabetes self care management training classes in English and Spanish. Narcan/naloxone overdose prevention training and distribution offered on Tuesdays and Thursday at 2:00pm.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases(testing and treatment with partner services)
• Southwest Pathways
  Opiate replacement/substitution therapy with Suboxone (buprenorphine/naloxone); SMART Recovery® meetings at noon on Wednesdays.
• Tuberculosis(treatment)
• Vital Records(birth and death certificates)
  Birth certificate issuance only.
• Women, Infants and Children(special supplemental nutrition program)