Extension for Health in New Mexico

EXTENSION FOR HEALTH

IN NEW MEXICO

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Koukel

Presenters

Dr. Arthur KaufmanVice Chancellor for Community Health

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Dr. Sonja KoukelCommunity & Environmental Health Specialist

New Mexico State University Extension

Carolina NkouagaDirector of Operations, Community Health

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Agenda• NM Cooperative Extension: Building Health Extension [Koukel]

• Partnering with the Academic Health Center [Kaufman]

• The Health Extension Toolkit [Nkouaga]

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Koukel

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BAA (Board on Ag Assembly) – BoHS (Board on Human Sciences)

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33 Counties18 HEC1 Tribal

Funding:• Federal• State• County

Programs• Discretion of Agents

• Based on Community Need

• Incentives for Program Delivery

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Koukel

Challenges to Collaboration

225 miles

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Koukel

Challenges to Collaboration• The name: Health “Extension”

– History and Structure: Cooperative Extension and the Medical System - Parallel, non-communicating systems

– Competition: Land grant vs Flag ship Universities for funding and recognition

– Confusion: Cooperative “Extension” is a “brand.” Health Extension can cause confusion for funders and legislators

– Proof (deliverable): Does cooperation really help communities? Is it really a win-win?

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• Start fresh - modeling existing extension programs

• Refocus existing extension programs to focus on health outcomes

• Hybrid - approaches that include some of each of the first two ideas

Building Health Extension

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Koukel

Building Health Extension• 2013 Memorandum of Understanding

• Academic Affiliation• Service Affiliation• Research Affiliation

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Koukel

Selected Collaborations and Deliverables– Academic Affiliation: Explore opportunities for providing

public health students to work alongside/partner with County Extension agents in community program development, delivery and assessment

• Deliverable:

– NMSU Extension partners with UNM College of Nursing

» Community nursing – required class toward degree requirements

» Extension Emergency Preparedness Program

» Individuals with chronic conditions are discharged into home settings

» UNM provides expertise in caring for medically fragile individuals in emergencies

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Koukel

Selected Collaborations and Deliverables

– Service Affiliation: Provide opportunities to work collaboratively in health-related educational delivery

1. Deliverable– NMSU Extension subcontracted under a UNM contract funded by

NM Health Insurance Exchange

– Provide activities through the higher education system to maximize enrollment and provide health insurance coverage information

– Five county agents held nearly 50 events reaching more than 6,000 New Mexicans

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Koukel

Selected Collaborations and Deliverables2. Deliverable

– Cooking school program for people with diabetes

– Jointly funded by Extension and NM Dept. of Health

– UNM Health Extension Rural Office (HERO) agent working with largely immigrant Hispanic population

– Dept. of Health provided funding to this Family Clinic

– Extension collaborated with HERO to provide the cooking program

WIN-WIN!– NM Dept. of Health provided funding

– HERO provided audience

– Extension provided dietician, educator, food supplies, and curriculum

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Koukel

Selected Collaborations and Deliverables– Research Affiliation: Explore collaborations on grant-

writing to support shared models of education and service spanning the agricultural and health sectors

• Deliverable– Extension Health Specialist working with UNM Occupational

Therapy Graduate Program to develop an AgrAbility Program Grant Proposal for New Mexico

» AgrAbility – Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities

» Works through non-profit disability organizations

» Works across discipline areas including Agriculture and youth programs.

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Koukel

New Institutional Vision Statement

“The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will work with community partners to help New Mexico make more

progress in health and health equity than any other state by 2020.”

Presenter: Art

Kaufman

Comments from a Sampling of Community Health Leaders

• You’re known as the “University of ABQ”

• You’re only present while grant funds last

• You don’t build upon local wisdom, organizations, and programs

• You need to commit to long term partnerships

• You need to have full-time presence in all communities like the Agriculture College

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Kaufman

Establish Health Extension Rural Offices

• Place full-time agents in rural communities across the state

• Link community health priorities with UNM resources

• Monitor effectiveness of university programs in addressing community health needs

Kaufman, A, et al: Health Extension in New Mexico: An Academic Health Center and the Social Determinants of Disease. The Annals of Family Medicine, Jan. 2010, vol. 8 No. 1.

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Kaufman

McKinley County – Crownpoint

Youth/Pipeline Development into Health Professions

• “Grow our own”

• “Health Summit” – Eastern Navajo Mid-Schoolers

• Future mentoring

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Kaufman

Example of HEROs and CES Collaboration

• Local Primary Care Health Centers without resources for patient education

• HEROs recruited Extension Agents to teach nutrition classes within clinics

• HEROs link own pipeline programs to Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program to recruit kids into health careers

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Health Extension, Cooperative Extension and CHWs Working Together on Social Determinants

Cooperative Extension gives nutrition classes in primary care clinics

Food Co-op

Economic development

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honey

eggs chickens

plants

Housing renovation

Urban Gardening

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Kaufman

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Kaufman

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Well Rx Survey Responses (N = 1,374)

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Kaufman

Map of HEROs and their regions

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LocalHigherEduca onIns tu ons

CommunityHospitals&

HealthCenters

CivicOrganiza ons

CountyHealthCouncils

AreaHealthEduca onCenters

UNMHSCPrograms&Resources

HelenTso,Shiprock

JulianaAnastasoff,Taos

AlishaHerrick,SilverCity

MarnieNixon,LasCruces

EvelynRising,Hobbs

ElaineLuna,LasVegas

FranciscoRonquillo,Albuquerque

CharlenePoola,Albuquerque

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Kaufman

Funding for HEROs• $344,000 health insurance exchange

• $600,000 AHRQ HEROTrails

• $1 million AHRQ IMPaCT grant(of $4 million nationally)

• $3 million AHRQ SHEPERD grant(of $120 million nationally)

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Kaufman

Presenter: Carolina Nkouaga

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