Newsletters

Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance - Newsletter February 18, 2021

ER Health and Disease Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Persons in New Mexico

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter April 3, 2019

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that can have serious effects on a developing brain. While most young people recover quickly and fully after a concussion, others may experience symptoms for weeks or months. Compared to adults, high school athletes have an increased risk for concussions and have a longer recovery time after a concussion.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter March 11, 2019

New Mexico's sexual minority youth are a diverse group. They come from a wide variety of cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, speak a number of different languages, and live in

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter September 5, 2018

Gender identity is an individual’s concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither. In 2017, a question about gender identity was added to the high school YRRS questionnaire.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter August 21, 2018

Recently released results from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey allow comparisons between high school students in New Mexico, the US, and in other states.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter August 8, 2018

Recently released results from the 2017 New Mexico High School Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey showed encouraging trends for a number of important risk behaviors, including behaviors associated with alcohol use, cigarette use, drug use, sexual activity, and violence.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter March 1, 2017

The use of tobacco products during adolescence increases the risk for adverse health effects and lifelong nicotine addiction. We asked about current use of five tobacco products: cigarettes, cigars, spit tobacco, hookah, and e-cigarettes. While use of some forms of tobacco have decreased over the past decade, the addition of questions about newer forms of tobacco has presented a more complicated picture of tobacco use trends.

Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring - Newsletter November 17, 2016

Breastfeeding

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter September 1, 2014

Eating a regular and healthy breakfast is associated with academic performance, increased school attendance rates, memory, cognitive and psychosocial function, and mood. For the first time in 2013, the NM YRRS included a question about the frequency of eating breakfast. Among New Mexico high school students, 33.4% ate breakfast on all of the past 7 days.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter August 1, 2014

Questionnaire items about synthetic marijuana use among middle and high school students were included in the YRRS for the first time in 2013. Among New Mexico high school students, the prevalence of current (past 30 day) synthetic marijuana use was second only to the prevalence of marijuana use.

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter July 1, 2014

National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results released in June allow comparisons between New Mexico and US high school students. In 2013, compared to their US peers, NM students had higher rates of drug use (including lifetime use of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, and using marijuana before age 13).

Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey - Newsletter June 1, 2014

Rates for several important risk behaviors have fallen dramatically among New Mexico high school students in recent years, according to the latest results from the 2013 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS). _is encouraging news is most pronounced in areas related to alcohol use, tobacco use, and violence.

Emerging Infections - Newsletter May 1, 2013

This newsletter is released by the New Mexico Emerging Infections Program.

Emerging Infections - Newsletter March 1, 2013

This newsletter is released by the New Mexico Emerging Infections Program.