(ABC Prevent) PIRE is supporting the Bernalillo County Community Health Council (BCCHC) to prevent underage drinking and prescription opioid use through this project called “ABC Prevent”(Albuquerque, Bernalillo County -Prevent). PIRE 1) provides Guided Technical Assistance on coalition-driven evidence-based prevention and the Strategic Planning Framework; 2) develops and maintains evaluation plans and protocols; 3) analyzes and […]
Active Projects
Bernalillo County Community Health Council Strategic Prevention Framework: Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx) Evaluation
Using the Strategic Prevention Framework, PIRE is supporting the Bernalillo County Community Health Council (BCCHC) implementation of the SPF Rx grant (Strategic Prevention Framework, Prescription Opiods) to prevent prescription opioid use and misuse. PIRE’s work entails Developing and maintaining an evaluation plan and protocols; Analyzing and reporting data for the community; Providing evaluation and implementation […]
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) Alcohol Misuse Prevention Evaluation
Using the Strategic Prevention Framework, PIRE is supporting the New Mexico Office of Substance Abuse Prevention-funded Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) to prevent alcohol misuse among youth and adults by: developing and maintaining an evaluation plan and protocols; analyzing and reporting data for the community; providing evaluation and implementation guidance to RMYC; conducting database management; […]
Evaluation of New Mexico Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO)
The purpose of this grant is to reduce the number of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and adverse events among individuals 18 years of age and older by training first responders and other key community sectors on the prevention of prescription drug/opioid overdose-related deaths and implementing secondary prevention strategies, including the purchase and distribution of naloxone […]
Evaluation of New Mexico’s Substance Abuse Block Grant
Leading a multi-site outcome evaluation of substance abuse prevention programs throughout New Mexico. Additional PIRE Investigators Martha Waller, Ph.D. Liz Lilliott-González, Ph.D. Lei Zhang, Ph.D.
Evaluation of New Mexico Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)
Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses on the opioid prescriber survey data in New Mexico. Additional PIRE Investigators Liz Lilliott-González, Ph.D. Martha Waller, Ph.D. Lei Zhang, Ph.D.
NM School Nursing & School Behavioral Health Evaluation
PIRE-Albuquerque is supporting the New Mexico Office of School & Adolescent Health (Department of Health) to develop and implement a comprehensive school nursing evaluation framework and a comprehensive school behavioral health evaluation framework using a mixed-method approach that includes qualitative data collection and analysis with school nurses, school administrators, and school behavioral health workers; surveys […]
Implementing School Nursing Strategies to Reduce LGBTQ+ Adolescent Suicide
Reducing youth suicide in the U.S. is a national public health priority. A supportive and safe school environment is pivotal to preventing youth suicide, and schools are now widely accepted as part of the de facto mental healthcare infrastructure for adolescents. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at elevated risk for suicide. […]
Improving Native American Elder Access to and Use of Healthcare through Effective Health System Navigation
American Indian elders are more likely to be uninsured and to suffer from greater morbidities, poorer health outcomes and quality of life, and lower life expectancies compared to all other aging populations in the U.S. Since 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, plus state Medicaid expansion, has made it possible for American Indian […]
Enhancing Primary Care Services for Diverse Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Reducing health inequities for sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations is a major public health priority. Compared to heterosexual, cisgender populations, SGM people are much more likely to suffer a variety of serious health conditions and are far less likely to access preventive services. Disparities are greater for SGM members of other health disparities populations […]
