The New Mexico Health Equity Partnership is working in collaboration with Human Impact Partners to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIA) throughout New Mexico in rural and tribal areas. Local HIA teams work with community members to make a judgment about how a proposed plan or policy will affect health. HIA takes into consideration the current health status of a community, predicts how this will change if a proposed plan or policy is implemented and provides recommendations based on community knowledge, stories and quantitative data to inform and improve decision making processes.
Additionally, the NMHEP recently executed a HIA Technical Assistance Training Program to build the capacity of a local cohort of community members in the NE, SW and NW regions to provide technical assistance tailored to the needs of New Mexico HIA teams. To our knowledge, this is the first HIA technical assistance training program in the country.
Mission: The purpose of the New Mexico Health Equity Partnership (NMHEP) is to strengthen the capacity of New Mexico communities to shift power relations through advocating for systems and policy change that will improve the conditions where children, families, and communities are healthy. This requires addressing structural and institutionalized inequities based on race, class, gender and geography.?
Vision: Our vision is healthy children, families and communities.
Why we do what we do: Health doesn’t just happen as a result of diet, exercise and regular visits to the doctor’s office. Health is impacted by the policy decisions that shape where we live, work, learn and play.
We collaborate with diverse community members, organizations and decision makers across urban, rural, frontier, border and tribal areas in New Mexico to enhance our network in service of strengthening community leadership skills and advocating for policy change. The network provides a unique structure for people to join together and mobilize for common goals. By transforming our conditions (political, social, economic, and environmental), we provide the opportunity for children, families and communities to live safe, healthy and quality lives. This will lead to strong thriving communities.
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