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(Subcontract to Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board [AAIHB]) At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, tribal communities in New Mexico used a wide range of strategies in their efforts to control the spread of the virus on tribal lands. This mixed methods project, funded by CDC Federal Award #6 NU1ROT000111, combines a retrospective secondary data […]

Native Youth on the Move is a tribally based youth fitness program with a focus on traditional values. PIRE collaborated with the Notah Begay III (NBIII) Foundation to complete the final project evaluation, integrating qualitative and quantitative data while centering Indigenous knowledge and experiences. The final report was a comprehensive overview of the programming that […]

Led by Drs. Lara Gunderson and Daniel Shattuck, the “Supporting At-Home Sexual and Gender Minority Youth” (SASY) pilot project assessed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing mandates on the mental health of sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) in New Mexico in real time as the pandemic progressed. This research is an […]

This pilot project funded by National Institute of Mental Health R34 grant number MH082186, combined formative research and participatory planning methods to adapt the Critical Time Intervention for female inmates in New Mexico.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons living in rural areas of the U.S. face tremendous challenges in accessing appropriate treatment and social support for mental illness and substance use disorders. Funded by the National Institute on Mental Health grant number R34MH09523, this pilot project designed, implemented, and evaluated a data- and theory driven intervention […]

In July 2005, New Mexico became the first state to place all publicly funded behavioral health services under the management of a single for-profit private corporation, referred to locally as the “statewide entity.” This National Institute of Mental Health funded, multi-site ethnographic study (R01MH076084) documented the initial implementation of this unprecedented reform in New Mexico […]

(Subcontract to the New Mexico Office of Substance Abuse Prevention). Using the Strategic Prevention Framework, PIRE is supporting the state’s evaluation of nine Partnerships for Success 2015 (PFS 15) funded communities in New Mexico to prevent underage drinking and prescription opioid misuse by: Maintaining a statewide evaluation design and protocol for the PFS-15 award; Developing […]

Using the Strategic Prevention Framework, PIRE supported the Health Equity Council’s (formerly Bernalillo County Community Health Council (BCCHC)) implementation of the SPF Rx grant (Strategic Prevention Framework, Prescription Opioids) to prevent prescription opioid use and misuse. PIRE’s work entailed Developing and maintaining an evaluation plan and protocols; Analyzing and reporting data for the community; Providing […]

The objective of this study is to examine gambling behavior among adolescents and adults across New Mexico with specific focus on subpopulations of race/ethnicity, military involvement, parents of minors, sexual minorities, housing unstable, college students, and opioid abusers. Beyond estimating the prevalence of problem gambling among subpopulations in New Mexico, the goal of this study […]