Description:
 

The mission of the Behavioral Health Research and Evaluation Program is to improve access to behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults in the New Mexico by engaging in collaborative research and evaluation with a special focus on rural, frontier and traditionally underserved populations.

 

Goals:

• Gather data to be used in future grant initiatives and other funding opportunities;
• Engage with communities in participatory action research;
• Develop grant applications focused on improving New Mexico’s behavioral health system;
• Provide training in research and evaluation methods; and
• Integrate cultural competency into research and evaluation initiatives

Activities:

• Evaluation and Services Research

~         Anti-Stigma Programs for Behavioral Health Problems and Services Use

~         Native American Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Services Planning

~         State Behavioral Health Systems Research

~         Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program Evaluation

~         Telehealth Evaluation

~         Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

~         Suicide Prevention    

• Research Training and Workforce Development

~         Academic Behavioral Health Services Research Mentoring

~         New Mexico Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research (CBHTR) Development

~         Training in Research and Evaluation for Behavioral Health Stakeholders

 

Partnerships:

o    Alaskan Native and American Indian Mental Health Research Center

o    Apex Education

o    Behavioral Health Research Center Of the Southwest

o    Christopher Productions

o    First Nations

o    Na’Nizhoozhi Center Inc (NCI)

o    National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYPL)       

o    New Mexico Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research (NM-CBHTR)

o    ValueOptions NM

o    University of New Mexico

~ Center for Native American Health

~ Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

~ Center for Telehealth

~ Children’s Psychiatric Hospital, Programs for Children and Youth

~ Department of Family and Community Medicine

~ Department of Journalism

~ Institute for Public Health

~ Office of the Medical Investigator

o    New Mexico State Agencies

~ Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative

~ Children, Youth and Families Department

~ Human Services Department - Behavioral Health Services Division

~ Department of Health

Long Term Services Division

Office of School and Adolescent Health