State Agencies
New Mexico

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 117K] School Health Profiles Profiles data not available. School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Fact sheets not available.   FUNDED LOCAL AGENCY Albuquerque   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES New Mexico, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION New Mexico Public Education Department* Kristine M. Meurer Director, School and Family Support Bureau Lonnie Barraza HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Coordinator

New Mexico's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Implementing HIV prevention education program activities to address the needs of Native American, Hispanic, and homeless youth.
   
• Providing information to school personnel, public health educators, and other HIV prevention advocates on developing policy and involving youth in HIV prevention efforts.
   
• Providing technical assistance and disseminating HIV prevention tools and resources to school staff, institutions of higher education, public health educators, and other HIV prevention advocates.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Partnering with the New Mexico Department of Health and University of New Mexico Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to administer the Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS, the New Mexico version of the YRBS) in middle schools and high schools statewide.
   
• Distributing YRRS results during statewide trainings and in conjunction with the release of school academic data to teachers, administrators, and to youth-serving organizations.
   
• Engaging youth in promoting and participating in the YRBS to increase awareness of the importance of the data.

For information on New Mexico's previous program activities, see New Mexico, 2003–2008.

For data from other states, territories, or localities, see

• SHPPS: School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Profiles
• YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• Youth Online: Comprehensive Results

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For more information on CDC/DASH funded programs, see

• Funded State, Territorial, and Local Agencies and Tribal Governments
• Funded National Nongovernmental Organizations

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