Community Health Worker Training Opportunities

Continuing education, skill-building, resources.

Currently there are an estimated 800 community health workers across the state of New Mexico. We have continuously provided free trainings to member and non-member community health workers across the state, addressing topics such as communication skills, prenatal/delivery/postpartum care, breastfeeding, nutrition, substance use, family planning and early childhood development.

 Nuestra Salud Health Network

Statewide network supporting health in Spanish-speaking communities

The mission of Nuestra Salud is to reduce health disparities affecting Hispanic communities in New Mexico and the nation through research, training, and outreach. Nuestra Salud is a New Mexico statewide network of Spanish-speaking communities, originally established in 2010. In 2018, Nuestra Salud merged with NMCHWA, becoming a program that specializes in engagement of community members through a network to address tobacco, asthma, and cancer.

Photovoice

Empowering patients and their families - educating providers

NMCHWA is using photovoice to empower community members in their interactions with healthcare providers, change community norms around the role of individuals in healthcare interactions, and develop materials that support education of providers about the specific experiences of Spanish-speaking people in healthcare systems when managing chronic disease (asthma).