Wednesday, April 2, 2025
4/2/2025
New Mexico Asthma Control Program - Asthma is a complex, highly prevalent chronic and costly health condition that impacts people in New Mexico statewide. To address this health concern, the NM Department of Health (NMDOH), a centralized department accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, has maintained the NM Asthma Control Program (NMACP) since 2000. During the past 24 years NMACP has developed the expertise, partnerships, and data systems to improve and expand the reach, effectiveness, and sustainability of asthma control services. NMACP will continue to support, inform, and grow successful evidence-based strategies with new and existing partners to reduce asthma morbidity, mortality, and disparities throughout the state. We will continuously work toward equitable asthma control approaches in our state by applying these strategic actions based on epidemiological, surveillance, and evaluation findings. Our work is aligned with these national and state goals for asthma control: • Increased policies and plans enacted and evaluated to address drivers of asthma control. • Reduced asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations. • Reduced asthma-related mortality and disparities. Our objective is to improve outcomes for all New Mexicans with asthma in a strategic and equitable approach. We support these goals and our long-term objective by implementing a strategic plan based on the following framework: Strategy 1. Implement EXHALE strategies for populations with high asthma burden. The intent is to: • Increase implementation of selected EXHALE strategies in identified settings. • Increase linkages to community resources to address drivers of health inequity. Strategy 2. Improve organization infrastructure to advance health equity and sustainability. The intent is to: • Increase use of surveillance and evaluation data to drive program improvement. • Enhance partnerships, including demonstrated expansion of at least one new strategic partnership representing a focus population. By implementing a program plan with actions aligned with our overarching strategies, we expect these long-term and intermediate outcomes: • Increased coordination of care across settings. • Reduced exposure to environmental asthma triggers. • Increased access to EXHALE interventions for people with uncontrolled asthma. • Reduced impact on the identified driver of health inequity for asthma control among populations with highest risk. NMACP will continue to collaborate with partners with a focus on each region’s needs to improve health outcomes and address health inequities. NMACP is committed to ensuring health equity for all communities in NM by providing quality data for the understanding of environmental inequities and asthma outcomes. By working with public health practitioners, healthcare providers, community members, policy members, and others, NMACP expects to achieve its long-term objective of improving outcomes for all New Mexicans with asthma in a strategic and equitable approach.
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