Completed Projects

The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation undertook a statewide assessment of culturally appropriate social services for New Mexico’s students in August and September 2022. The assessment was funded by, and under the direction of, the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED). The aim was to define, describe, and map existing resources and identify gaps […]

The Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Young People Experiencing Housing Instability and Homelessness in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, represents a collaborative effort of the Southwest Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the University of New Mexico […]

(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 […]

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are known to contribute to a broad range of health issues, including diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Native American men are frequently overlooked in health interventions. This project, funded by the National Institute on Nursing Research Grant # R56NR019498, is culturally tailoring an evidence based SSB intervention to integrate Native American values, […]

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 […]

PIRE-Southwest 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 […]