Community Health Profile

The Community Health Profile is a critical first step in identifying community health needs and problems, which then serve as the basis for establishing priorities in the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). The CHIP (currently in the process of being updated) is a five-year, community-wide plan that identifies health priorities and community-wide goals and objectives for addressing those priorities.

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Contact

Please use our contact form to email us

Marsha McMurray-Avila, Coordinator
(505) 468-7025

Martin Munoz, Youth Engagement Specialist
(505) 468-7029

111 Union Square SE, Suite 300
Albuquerque NM 87102

Membership Information

 

To become a Health Council member, we ask that you attend three meetings and then submit a resume and letter of intent to join.  

 

Bernalillo County Community Health Council Members:

 

  • Sarah Abrams, Lovelace
  • BJ Ciesielski, UNMH Maternity and Family Planning Program
  • Sarah Couch, Bernalillo County Local Collaborative
  • Melisa Crain, DMV, SGT New Mexico National Guard
  • Ivette Cuzmar, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Office of Community Affairs
  • Norma Huerta, First Nations
  • Louise Kahn, University of New Mexico 
  • Charm Lindblad, New Mexico Health Care Takes on Diabetes
  • Julie Lucero, University of New Mexico 
  • Marsha McMurray-Avila, New Mexico Public Health Association
  • Lynn Pedraza, Albuquerque Public Schools Health and Wellness
  • Valerie Quintana, New Mexico Human Services Department, Cross Agency Team 
  • Sylvia Ruiz, New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Coalition
  • Daryl Smith, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Office of Community Affairs
  • Johnny Wilson, Planned Parenthood of New Mexico
  • Leigh Caswell, Health Council Coordinator
  • Martin Munoz, Youth Coalition Coordinator
  • Bhavana Upadhyaya, Health Council Assistant

 

Bylaws

 

Agendas and minutes – http://www.berncohealthcouncil.org/agendasandminutes.php 

 

Maternal and Child Health Plan Act

 

Member Manual – coming soon!