• 
• About

  Divisions

  • Administrative Services
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Epidemiology and Response
  • Facilities Management
  • Health Improvement
  • Medical Cannabis
  • Public Health
  • Scientific Laboratory

  Mission

  Our mission is to promote health and wellness, improve health outcomes, and assure safety net services for all people in New Mexico.

  Cabinet Secretary

  “Like the late Secretary, I am dedicated to achieving the goals we have set to improve population health and make New Mexico a healthier place.”

  — Lynn Gallagher

• Topics

  Reference

  • Alphabetical Index
  • Keyword Search
  • Acronyms

  Featured

  • Birth Certificates
  • Death Certificates
  • Immunizations
  • Medical Cannabis

  Popular

  • Diabetes Prevention and Control
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Family Planning Program
  • Healthy Kids New Mexico
  • Public Health Office Locations
  • Reporting Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation
  • School and Adolescent Health
  • Statewide Immunization Information System
  • Treatment & Long-Term Care Facilities
  • Women, Infants and Children
• Publications
  • Alphabetical Index
  • Forms
  • General
  • Guides
  • Help
  • Marketing
  • Meetings
  • Memorials

  • Newsletters
  • Plans
  • Presentations
  • Reports
  • Request for Proposals
  • Rules & Regulations
  • Surveys
  • Trainings
• Health Data
  • Alphabetical Index
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology Briefs
  • Epidemiology Reports
  • General
  • Health Assessments
  • Health Risk Behaviors

  • Health Systems
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Injury Prevention
  • Maternal Child Health
  • Newsletters
  • Social Determinants
  • Substance Abuse
  • Vital Reports
• Events
• News
  • Chronological Index
  • Alerts
  • Awareness
  • Celebrations

  • Diseases
  • Healthy Living
  • Information
  • Vaccinations
• Help

  Guides

  • Accessibility Tips
  • Using the Internet

  • FAQ
  • Required Software

  Legal

  • Accessibility
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer

  • IPRA
  • Nondiscrimination
  • Privacy

  Compatibility

  

  We use technology that is compatible with all major web browsers.

• Resources
• Contact
• Locations

Lead Poisoning

• Home
• News
• Publications
• Health Data
• Resources
• 
  

Contact Information

Santa Fe Phone
505-476-1734

Albuquerque Phone
505-841-5891

Email Address
doh-eheb@state.nm.us

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Health Data

Lead Poisoning Prevention - Epidemiology Report April 21, 2017

One of the ten great recent public health achievements in the U.S. has been noted to be childhood lead poisoning prevention and control, mostly due to the removal of lead from paint and fuel. While children from all geographic, social and economic levels can be affected, children living in poverty and in older, poorly maintained homes have higher exposure to lead.

Lead Poisoning Prevention - Environmental Health January 15, 2016

Funding to support the collection, analysis and sharing of surveillance data and other lead-related information with its partners and the public has been used to survey lead data surveillance users. This publication describes the results from our survey and how they will be used to help plan surveillance and communication activities during the next two years.

Lead Poisoning Prevention - Environmental Health January 15, 2016

The purpose of this report is to characterize the use of and need for different types of lead-related data among New Mexico’s communities and decision-makers, as well as housing, child development, and health professionals.