BERNALILLO COUNTY (NM)
Team Profile Summary
Policy decisions made in the past have left too many of our residents living in communities that offer few resources. Not only do poor communities and communities of color experience higher crime rates and environmental exposures than others, people in these communities have fewer opportunities for quality education and meaningful work. In turn, stressors arising from where we live can negatively impact health. The Bernalillo County Place Matters Team is committed to decreasing inequalities and to achieving better health for all residents.
Team Profile Details
Problem Statement
The Bernalillo County Place Matters team advocates for sound land-use, environmental, and social policies that provide equal opportunities for safe, clean and healthy neighborhoods and provides guidance to resolve the geographic disproportionate environmental burdens on the people of color, working poor, low-income and vulnerable communities of Bernalillo County.
Team Objectives
1. Educate policy makers and communities about the influence of neighborhood conditions on health;
2. Offer information to promote policy change for healthy neighborhoods;
3. Evaluate the consequences of policies, projects and plans and gives that information to policymakers so they can use it to make wise decisions for the community;
4. Advocate for policies that lessen the poor health outcomes experienced by members of our communities as a consequence of stress from environmental and social conditions.
Community Partners: (in alphabetical order)
- Alliance for Active Living
- Bernalillo County Community Health Council
- Health Policy Institute
- International District Healthy Communities Coalition
- Mountain View Neighborhood Association
- New Mexico Department of Health, Office of Community Assessment
- New Mexico Health Equity Working Group
- New Mexico Public Health Association
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Los Jardines Institute
- One Hope Clinic
- Rio Grande Community Development Corporation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico
- SouthWest Orgazing Project (SWOP)
- South Valley Acequia Association
- Trumbull Village Neighborhood Association
- UNM Health Science Center Office of Public Health
- Vecinos de Mountain View
- Peanut Butter & Jelly
- New Mexico Forum for Youth in Community
For more information and to become involved, please contact:
Jacque Garcia, Bernalillo County PLACE MATTERS Coordinator
E-mail: jgarcia@bcplacematters.com
Phone: (505) 244-9505 ext. 102
Website: www.bcplacematters.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BCPlaceMatters
