This project established a working partnership with the NM Department of Health (NM DOH) Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program (TUPAC), the NM DOH Office of School Health, the NM Public Education Department (formerly State Department of Education) School Health Unit (NM PED SHU), and statewide coalitions working on tobacco and chronic disease prevention. During the culminating year of this project, PRC staff prepared reports about data from the New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) project and submitted them to the NM SDE School Health Unit for the 62 districts that had participated.

An additional set of activities was to build upon the partnership with the NM PED, to assist in planning and implementing the next round of the YRRS that was planned for Fall 2003. Findings from the New Mexico School Tobacco Policy Survey Report and the New Mexico YRRS were disseminated to various stakeholders and project partners, including the NM PED, NM DOH, and school districts throughout New Mexico. Two papers were developed from the project, and presented at national conferences.

For more information about this project, please contact Dr. Gilbert Quintero, (505) 272-4462 or giquintero@salud.unm.edu.