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New Mexico Resources
- Scope note: Contained here are books available at the NMSU Library,
as well as links to relevant web sites.
- Atlas of primary care access in New Mexico
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: J87 .N6 H204.82, A88, 2001
- Prepared by the State Department of Health, this useful publication
displays statistics in graphical manner.
- County funded health care report
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: J87 .N6 H201.81, C85
- New Mexico Selected Health Statistics.
- Location: Zuhl Library
- Call Number: J87 .N6 H204.1, H43
- Issued annually by the New Mexico Department of Health.
- Racial and ethnic patterns of mortality in New Mexico.
- Location: Branson Library
- RA447.N7 R3 1993
- BIEN!
- This health education network is dedicated to providing the best in
free health information to border residents. A good deal of information
in Spanish. Last visited: 12/2005
- Border
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Center
- A unit of the New Mexico Border Health Office of the Public Health
Division, New Mexico Department of Health and the Department of Health
Science, New Mexico State University established in 1998 to organize
and develop technical health activities that enhance the quality of
life of the people living on the border region. Useful information can
be found under the Publications link. Site needs updating. Last visited: 12/2005
- Borderlines
- A publication of the U.S.-Mexico Project of the Resource Center Borderlines
provides a forum to discuss the problems and successes, plans and strategies
of those working to expand U.S.-Mexico relations. Colonias, health,
water quality, and hazardous waste are just a few of the useful topics
found in this publication. Web site available in Spanish. Last visited: 12/2005
- Kids
Count
- Child well-being is the focus of this site. View state profiles, rankings,
and raw data, compare states and counties, or create customized reports
by state and county. Data includes population, race, income, disability,
education, language, living arrangements, parental employment level,
neighborhood characteristics. Graphs, maps and charts available. More
useful data is found in the Publications
section, including information by race and ethnic background. Excellent
site; Highly recommended. Last visited: 12/2005
- New Mexico
Border Health Council
- Organized in 1990 as a volunteer organization of professionals and
community representatives to address the health issues in the New Mexico
Border region. The Council's strives to improve the health status of
the residents through advocacy, community education, and resource development.
Unfortunately, the web site needs updating. The position
papers section is useful, but also needs updating. Last visited: 12/2005
- New Mexico
Department of Health
- A wealth information is available to those with patience. The site
is divided into seven major sections and further subdivided within each
section. The Publications
area contains many short, current statistical reports, including county-based
data. Also in the publications area are reports on drownings, AIDS,
cremation statistics, and other unexpected information. The site could
be better organized, so try the search feature if all else fails. Last visited: 12/2005
- New
Mexico Healthlink
- An attractive site with information for consumers and health care
professionals. Unfortunately, the site contains no original data, but
links to other sources. Last visited: 12/2005
- Right
Start
- A web site devoted to the challenges faced by newborns and their parents
in states and in major urban areas. Birth related data, such as births
to teen mothers, pre-terms births, low birth weight babies, children
born to smokers, can be viewed as graphs, maps, rankings, or profiles.
State-to-state comparisons are possibly. A very useful resource. Last visited: 12/2005
- State Health Data
- Health care spending for 1980-1998 by State and provider type (hospitals, physicians and clinics,
nursing homes, etc.) and for medical products (prescription drugs, over-the-counter
medicines, eyeglasses and hearing aids) purchased in retail outlets. Aggregate and per
capita estimates. Source of funding estimates by state are also provided for Medicare
and Medicaid. Last visited: 12/2005
- State
of Health in New Mexico
- This report contains useful socioeconomic and health statistics complemented
by attractive graphs. Special sections are devoted to mothers, infants,
children, teen and youth development, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, violence,
mental health, infectious diseases, blood borne and sexually transmitted
diseases, and environmental impacts on health. Strategic plans are highlighted,
as well as how social issues affect health. Last visited: 12/2005
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