Today President and CEO of Collective Action Strategies, Giovanna Rossi, trained twenty community health workers in Results Based Accountability at a quarterly Community Health Workers Association meeting as part of her work with the Early Childhood Action Network.
Women’s Health Today covers new preventive health benefits- August 24th
Friday, August 24th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the August show here
Which services are covered under health insurance plans? Does Medicaid and Medicare provide the same benefits? How will the law be implemented so that women can access the benefits?
My guests include Senator Jeff Bingaman, Dr. Carrie Swartz of Bosque Women’s Care, and Rebecca Vanucci, an expectant mom.
More information about health care reform is available at www.healthcare.gov and www.nwlc.org
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.
NM Public Health Learning Collaborative
The NM Public Health Learning Collaborative Presents:
Introduction to Public Health-Pilot Course
Understand the critical role of public health today.
Learn how to make a public health impact through your work.
More information about registering for Albuquerque trainings here
Turn the Curve on Health – attend an event in your area
The New Mexico Department of Health is hosting 4 Turn the Curve on Health planning events throughout the state May 9 – 31, 2012 for community and Tribal partners statewide to discuss how we may work in partnership toward population based change related to nine (9) specific health areas.
If you would like to participate in this hopeful process, please access the link for the event in your area and register to Turn the Curve on Health in your public health region:
Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northwest Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 1, Northwest NM): May 9, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) HOWARD JOHNSON 2915 W. Historic Highway 66 Gallup, NM 87301
Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northeast Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 2, Northeast NM): Turn the Curve on Health Location and Contact Information May 31, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) COURTYARD MARRIOTT 3347 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87507
Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Central Region (PHD Region 3 – ABQ Metro), co- hosted by Bernalillo County Community Health Council: May 15, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) RAMADA ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL 10300 Hotel Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87123
Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Southwest Region (PHD Region 5, Southwest NM): May 22, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) DAYS INN & SUITES MESILLA VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER 901 Avenida de Mesilla Las Cruces, NM 88005
If you have questions, please contact the individual listed on the registration page for the event you wish to attend.
I hope you are able to join this important movement from talk to action!
Thank you! The DOH Turn the Curve on Health Team
Women’s Health Policy Forum 2012 Program and Presentations
This year’s Policy Forum focused on Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women. We also worked on “turning the curve” on selected women’s health indicators. Read the agenda and program here: NMWHPF-Program-FINAL-web
Click on the links below to read the presentations.
Justina Trott IOM Research 050212
Nancy Lee ACA Preventive Services 050212
Kelsey Heilman Basic Health Plan 050212
6th Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum
Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women
Register
May 2, 2012
8:30am-3:30pm
Savage Auditorium
Presbyterian Hospital
1100 Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Parking:
– Conference attendees can park anywhere visitors to the hospital are allowed to park.
– Once you turn into the hospital entrance, visitors can park on the right in the parking structure attached to the hospital or on the left hand side that is marked “Visitors.”
Directions to Savage Auditorium from Lobby:
Enter the Hospital at the main entrance. Go LEFT from the Information Desk to the D Elevators (Purple Wall). Go DOWN one level to Sub-Level 1 (S1). Savage Auditorium is directly opposite the elevator.
Questions? Email: rebecca (at) collectiveactionstrategies (dot) com
Sponsored by: RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM, Gender Impacts Policy, Molina Healthcare, Presbyterian Health Plan, NM DOH Family Health Bureau
Objectives:
1. Provide advocates in the field the opportunity to network and share updates from the 2012 NM legislative session and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation issues.
2. Discuss issues related to ACA, focusing specifically on women and families in New Mexico.
3. Create Policy Recommendations for better coverage and access to care for women and families in New Mexico.
Advocates, community organizations, policy makers, and business leaders interested in health care policy are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited.
The Policy Forum is free of charge, but registration is required by April 20th.
Contraception issues, nursing breaks on tap as women’s health advocates discuss health reform at Tuesday UNM event
– Media Advisory –
Groups to highlight nursing breaks and other benefits such as contraception in Affordable Care Act
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 20th – Women’s health advocates will be on UNM’s campus on Tuesday, March 20th, to educate students about important new benefits in the Affordable Care Act for women. These benefits include nursing breaks for new mothers, contraception coverage and new preventative care benefits coming online in 2012. This event is part of a series of events celebrating the two-year anniversary of the passage of ACA this week.
WHO: State of Women’s Health New Mexico and several other community-based women’s health organizations
WHAT: Event calling attention to nursing breaks in health reform law as well as new benefits in 2012
WHERE: University of New Mexico. Student Union Building Atrium
WHEN: March 20, 2012 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Health and Human Rights Lecture
UNM Public Health Program
Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Lecture
“Moving from Science to Policy and Practice: Building Healthier
Communities based on Human Rights”
Brian Smedley, PhD
Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC.
Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: National Hispanic Cultural Center (Bank of America Auditorium)
1701 4th Street SW
Seating is limited. Please plan to arrive early.
Our Bodies Ourselves 40th Anniversary! Here in ABQ November 30th
Join Our Bodies Ourselves Founder and Executive Director, Judy Norsigian, for a book reading, signing and discussion about the legacy of women’s health.
November 30th 7:00-8:30pm
Dane Smith Hall, Room 125
University of New Mexico
This event is FREE and open to the public. Parking on campus is free after 6pm. Light refreshments will be served.
And check out the Women’s Media Center post about it!
Dr. Susan Wood on IOM Report and Birth Control
July 21, 2011
Statement from Dr. Susan Wood Regarding IOM Report that Recommends Eight Additional Women’s Health Preventive Services for Coverage
Statement from Susan F. Wood, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Policy
Director, Jacob Institute of Women’s Health
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Former Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Health, FDA
Women know that preventive services for women includes family planning. Today the IOM confirmed that contraception is prevention and is part of the prevention package that should be covered by all health care plans. By reducing co-pays and deductibles for women getting contraception, this will help women and couples plan their families, space their children, reduce unintended pregnancies, and promote better health for women and children. Preventing unintended pregnancies is the best way to prevent abortion.
Women spend decades of their lives trying to prevent pregnancy, and only a few years actually trying to get pregnant and having children. Making contraception affordable by eliminating co-pays and deductibles is common sense for millions of women and couples across the country – and a real benefit that women will see immediately in their pocketbooks. This coverage of contraception will truly help “Close the Gaps” for women.
Contraception is not controversial – except sometimes for politicians. But this should not be political; coverage of contraception should be based on the evidence as outlined by IOM, which shows that contraception for women is indeed safe and effective prevention. Along with well-woman visits and critical screening for gestational diabetes, STDs, domestic violence, and other important women’s health preventive services, the IOM report “Closing the Gaps” has helped ensure that women’s health counts when we talk about prevention. Women should not be blocked from these critical preventive services due to cost or political debate.