New Mexico Organizations Improving Community Health Receive Over $1.1 Million From UnitedHealthcare To Expand Programs
2022年12月16日 - 11:00PM
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Investment addresses food and housing security,
education and training, maternity care, rural care and behavioral
health.
UnitedHealthcare today announced an investment of over $1.1
million to organizations and initiatives focused on addressing
social determinants of health by expanding health care access and
improving health equity in New Mexico’s frontier and urban
communities. This investment includes over $380,000 in grants
previously announced supporting maternity care, food and housing
security and behavioral health.
“Community solutions are critical to addressing social
determinants of health and improving the health of all New
Mexicans” said Drew Peterson, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community &
State of New Mexico. “Through this investment, we can help
community needs across the state, including behavioral health, food
and housing security, and rural care.”
The following investments are addressing the state’s critical
health disparities in five key areas:
1. Food and Housing Security ($337,585)
As much as 80% of a person’s health is based on factors
outside the doctor’s office1. New Mexico ranks 7th in projected
food insecurity rates among all states.
- Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico – subsidize rent for
people with financial and housing needs.
- Roadrunner Food Bank – implement food assistance programs and
expand programs that support people managing nutrition-related
chronic health conditions.
- ABQ FaithWorks – hire staff to implement care coordination
services.
- Economic Council Helping Others (ECHO) – provide emergency
rental/mortgage assistance to families, and food nutrition boxes
tailored to chronic conditions.
- Cuba CARES – purchase basic needs for homeless students in the
Cuba Independent School District.
2. Education and Training ($279,500)
Education and training for current and future care
providers is critical to addressing social determinants of
health and eliminating health disparities in local communities.
- University of New Mexico – implement a social determinants of
health public health curriculum and certification for university
students.
- New Mexico Public Health Association – provide scholarships to
public health students.
- New Mexico Primary Care Association – support an educational
conference to empower member organizations such as federally
qualified health centers to expand access to care.
- The Grief Center – launch staff training to support child and
adult bereavement services.
3. Maternity Care ($227,500)
The state ranks 49th in adequate prenatal care and
pregnant people in rural and frontier communities live in
“maternity deserts” with limited access to obstetrics care.
- New Mexico Doula Association – provide access to doula care for
pregnant people with financial need, promoting expanded maternal
care in rural communities.
- New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative – expand a statewide
initiative to improve the health of and outcomes for pregnant
families by promoting safe birthing best practices and training for
providers.
- New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force – continue education for
breastfeeding training.
- Navajo Nation Breastfeeding Coalition – provide support for
tools and materials for doulas and lactation support providers to
expand their practice, including hosting virtual and in-person
support circles and education.
4. Rural Care ($175,000)
Thirty of New Mexico’s 33 counties are designated as
Health Professional Shortage Areas, and 60% of the
population lives in rural communities.
- El Centro Family Health – provide remote monitoring/telehealth
clinical visits to older adults and people with limited mobility in
northern New Mexico.
- New Mexico Suicide Prevention Resource Center – organize
behavioral health and suicide prevention training for first
responders serving rural communities.
- Senior.One – provide a free online resource guide to help older
adults and their families access care navigation services.
5. Behavioral Health ($110,000)
New Mexico ranks 47th for youth mental illness and
approximately 1 in 5 of New Mexico’s youth experienced at least one
major depressive episode in the past year, ranking 50th among all
states and the District of Columbia.
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association – launch
trainings for behavioral health bilingual language interpreters,
and two eight-week youth cohort groups focused on reducing risk
factors in the onset of drug use.
- San Juan Safe Communities Initiative – execute a community
behavioral health awareness campaign.
UnitedHealthcare’s national commitments to addressing social
determinants include nearly $800 million total investments in
affordable housing and $51 million in Empowering Health grants to
date.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 205,000 members enrolled in
employer-sponsored, individual and Medicare plans in New Mexico,
with a network of 41 hospitals, and over 11,000 physicians and
other care providers statewide. For more information on how
UnitedHealthcare is working to build healthier communities across
New Mexico, visit www.uhccs.com/NewMexico.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.5 million physicians and care professionals, and more
than 6,700 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The
company also provides health benefits and delivers care to people
through owned and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
1 Social Determinants of Health: What are They and How Do They
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