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New Mexico Selected to Join Network on Improving Birth Outcomes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 23, 2013
Contact: David Morgan (575) 528-5197

(Santa Fe) – The National Governors Association (NGA) today announced that New Mexico and three other states have been selected to participate in its Learning Network on Improving Birth Outcomes.

The Learning Network is designed to assist states in developing, implementing and aligning their key policies and initiatives on improving birth outcomes as measured by the incidence of preterm births and infant mortality.

The NGA will schedule in-state sessions and convene a networking conference for selected states to engage in open dialogue, share lessons learned and further their respective planning processes.

“This unique opportunity allows us to explore new ways to better care for babies born in New Mexico while working to reduce newborn hospitalization costs for parents,” said Governor Susana Martinez.

New Mexico will join Hawaii, Indiana, and West Virginia to participate in this learning network. The first round of state selections, Connecticut, Kentucky, Louisiana and Michigan, were selected in the network’s first round last December.

The Department of Public Health has established a five-member core team that includes:

Ms. Retta Ward, M.P.H., NM Cabinet Secretary of Health.

Dr. Janis Gonzales, Acting Family Health Bureau Chief.  (Team lead)

Dr. Anne Foster, M.D., M.P.H., Medicaid Medical Director.

Dr. Ron Reid, Ph.D., March of Dimes, State Director of Program Services and Government Affairs.

James William Ross, M.A., M.P.H., Cabinet Director, Office of the Governor

This team will work with the NGA to establish a statewide coalition of state and local agencies to improve birth outcomes, especially within the state’s high risk communities. Representation from the Certified Nurse Midwifery Board and University of New Mexico Hospital will be included in ongoing discussions.

“Participation in the learning network will help New Mexico overcome a recent challenge among state and territorial health officers to reduce preterm births by 8 percent by 2014,” said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary, Retta Ward, MPH. “The focus of our participation will be to align existing programs and to help our state meet that goal.”

The Learning Network initiative is part of the Alliance for Information on Maternal and Child Health Services (AIM). AIM is sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

To learn more about NGA’s health division, please visitwww.nga.org/cms/center/health.

 

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Dr. Saralyn Mark on The Woman’s Connection ®

Dr. Saralyn Mark is interviewed by Barrie-Louise Switzen, Founder/Host of The Woman’s Connection®

Watch the interview

Dr. Saralyn Mark on The Woman’s Connection® with Barrie-Louise Switzen. Dr. Mark discusses some of the affects that our astronauts have experienced and how these medical/scientific results have enhanced our own health. Additionally, she shares with us how shopping and chocolate can be good for our health. Her book “Stellar Medicine: A Journey through the Universe of Women’s Health” goes into a more in depth discussion on our health. Buy her book
The Woman’s Connection® is about “events shaping women’s lives and helping one gain authentic power on a personal or professional level”. Check out the web site www.womans-connection.com

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Policy Briefing: Women and Health Care Reform

November 28, 2012
Anna Benyo, Senior Health Policy Analyst
National Women’s Law Center
Anna Benyo NWLC Presentation NM Policy Breifing 2012

And a local panel of experts:
Micaela Cadena, Young Women United
Pamelya Herndon, J.D., Southwest Women’s Law Center
Nandini Pillai Kuehn, Ph.D., MHA, Health Services Consulting
Ellen Pinnes, J.D., Health Policy Consultant
Roxane Spruce Bly, Bernalillo County Off-Reservation Native American Health Commission

Event sponsored by:
Gender Impacts Policy, a project of the Center of Southwest Culture
RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM
State of Women’s Health NM: A Partnership with National Women’s Law Center
UNM Women’s Resource Center
UNM Women Studies

Policy briefing planner and moderator:
Giovanna Rossi, Collective Action Strategies, LLC

Additional materials:
Medicaid Expansion Infographic

WomenACABingaman

Report-BBER-Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in New Mexico-2012-10-31

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Voter Engagement and Women’s Health – October 12th Show

Friday, October 12th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the 30 second promo here

Who is being encouraged or discouraged to vote? How does voter participation relate to the health of women and families?

My guests include Laurie Weahkee, of Native American Voters Alliance, Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver, and Adriann Barboa of Strong Families NM .

We will be talking about the impact of voter engagement in the 2012 election, and how this relates to the health of women and families. Are voters being encouraged or discouraged to vote this year? Is id required at polling places? Who is responsible for voter participation? How does the voting process impact the issues we care about?

Political analysts are saying that women will decide this election. Women’s issues, especially reproductive rights, women’s health care, and economic equality, have become a main focus throughout the past several months.

These issues will be on the forefront of voters minds come November and the voting process will be an opportunity for women and men to voice their opinions. Or will it?

Tune in this Friday, October 12th at 8am on KUNM 89.9fm or online at www.kunm.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.

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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.

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6th Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum

Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women
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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.