New Mexico Department of Health
Adolescent Health Strategic Plan
Community Collaboration Process

The NM Department of Health (DoH) has released its Adolescent Health Strategic Plan. The New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community is partnering with DoH to move the strategic plan forward with the community.  To support this effort, the Forum and the New Mexico Department of Health is convening a community input and feedback process to engage key members of the community and support implementation of the strategic planning goals.  There are seven overarching Capacity Areas identified in the strategic plan:

1. Youth Development
2. Commitment to Adolescent Health
3. Partnerships
4. Planning and Evaluation
5. Policy and Advocacy
6. Education and Technical Assistance
7. Surveillance and Data Systems

The initial convening is scheduled for Thursday, August 7, 2008.  Location for the session will be:  Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 12th and Menaul, Albuquerque, NM.

Youth artist Erin Harrison of Gadsden HS created the artwork for the Adolescent Health Strategic Plan.  The artwork follows the style of Japanese Anime.

Goals for the Process

• Review where we are in implementing the plan
• Determining how we can continue to work together to help ensure that all NM adolescents are healthy
• Identify natural partnerships we can begin to build to support adolescent health.

Outcome
The process will yield community feedback on specific actions, additional activities, and priorities relative to a statewide adolescent health strategic plan.  Additionally, timelines for next steps in the process will be identified and updated regularly.

Attached Materials
This web page provides an online space to download documents and updates related to this effort.  Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the pertinent attachments.  In the attached documents you will find more information about the Adolescent Health Strategic Plan, including the original documents published by the New Mexico Department of Health.  This web space will be a repository for information and updates related to the community collaboration process.

Click on a link below to access key documents, updates, and reports developed during formation of the interagency planning process (listed in order of most recent to oldest). To download files directly, right-click and select the "Save Target As" option (Windows computers).

Document Available for Download	File Size
NM DoH Adolescent Health Strategic Plan (April '07)	3 Mb
NM Adolescent Health System Capacity Assessment (May '06)	70 Kb
Notes from Adolescent Health Strategic Plan Convening (Aug. 7, 2008)	1.4 Mb
Adolescent Health Data Report (August 2008)	7 Mb

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