General Information Resources

Links to resource guides, information services, and other health related organization websites.

Swimmer's Itch

The information found on this page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site focuses on Parasites – Cercarial Dermatitis (also known as Swimmer’s Itch).

Tai Chi for Arthritis

Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance

Taos Campus

The Community & Public Health Program at UNM-Taos is a unique partnership between the UNM-Health Sciences Center (Office for Community Health) and the UNM-Taos branch campus. It provides trainees with a foundational set of knowledge and skills aligned with national workforce studies and industry-recognized standards. It is fully-endorsed by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), and completion of the program confers graduates with eligibility to apply for NM state certification as a Community Health Worker (CHW-C). Financial aid is available for students who qualify, and the program is open to dual enrollment students.

Taos Farmers Market

Taos’ premiere, authentic summer market, offers farm-direct groceries from eight northen New Mexico counties and Costilla county, Colorado. Information regarding hours, location, and other details can be found here.

Ten Essential Environmental Public Health Services

The ten essential environmental public health services are listed and defined on this page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

Ten Ways to Love Your Brain

Growing evidence indicates that people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline by adopting key lifestyle habits. When possible, combine these habits to achieve maximum benefit for the brain and body. Start now. It’s never too late or too early to incorporate healthy habits.

Text 4 Baby

Text4baby is the first mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health through text messaging. Text4baby is a free service of the non-profit National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, and was created in collaboration with Founding sponsor Johnson & Johnson, and founding partners Voxiva, The Wireless Foundation, and Grey Healthcare group.

That's Not Cool

Draw your digital line. Your phone and social media accounts are a digital extension of your life. When someone you’re dating is controlling, disrespecting, or pressuring you in those spaces, that’s not cool. That’s Not Cool provides tools to help you draw your digital line about what is, or is not, okay in your relationships. Developed by Futures Without Violence in partnership with the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women and the Advertising Council, That’s Not Cool is an award winning national public education initiative speaking to youth about healthy relationships and helping them recognize, avoid, and prevent dating violence in their lives.

The 6|18 Initiative: Evidence-Based Approaches

There is Another Way Film

This is a website for a film tackling the Opioid Crisis

Title X Orientation: Program Requirements for Title X Funded Family Planning Projects eLearning

Training Requirements by Job Classification

Trans Lifeline

Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

A community based organization and we are always in need of items for folks as well as just plain old cash. We accept donated items like clothing, pillows, blankets, backpacks, shoes, ready to eat food like granola bars, fruit cups, noodles and non-perishable items.

Translated Health Materials

This Minnesota department of health resource provides health information materials translated into 18 different languages.

Traumatic Brain Injuries

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can disrupt the normal functions of the brain. TBIs—ranging from mild concussions to severe, life-threatening injuries—can be prevented. The burden of TBI can be reduced through prevention strategies and improvements in the health and quality of life for people living with a TBI.

Trevor Project

Tribal Epidemiology Centers

Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) work in partnership with the local or area Tribes to improve the health and well-being of their Tribal community members by offering culturally-competent approaches that work toward eliminating health disparities that are faced by AI/AN populations.

U of M Bed Bug Information

Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) have recently reappeared in North American society and are making headlines as they infest not only apartment buildings and homes but also hotels and public spaces. The information on this University of Minnesota webpage provides information about bed bugs, and is a resource with links to related material.

U.S. Census Bureau, County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer: Screening Recommendation

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Cervical Cancer: Screening Recommendation

Understanding Blood Pressure Readings

What do your blood pressure numbers mean? The only way to know if you have high blood pressure (HBP, or hypertension) is to have your blood pressure tested. Understanding your results is key to controlling high blood pressure.

United Blood Services

This is the site of the United Blood Services which is a nonprofit community blood center, providing blood and blood products for local area hospitals throughout the United States.

United Blood Services Blood Drives

This is the page of the United Blood Services site where you can see what blood drives are available and are able to sign up them.

United States-México Border Health Commission

Created as a binational health commission in July 2000 with the signing of an agreement by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States and the Secretary of Health of México. On December 21, 2004, the Commission was designated as a Public International Organization by Executive Order of the President. The mission of the United States-México Border Health Commission is to provide international leadership to optimize health and quality of life along the U.S.-México border.

United Way of Central New Mexico

University of New Mexico Health Sciences ASAP Adult Program

UNM Emergency Medical Services Academy – Search Courses

This page on the University of New Mexico’s Emergency Medical Services Academy has titles, dates, times, and status of different course offerings.

Urban Indian Health Institute

The mission of Urban Indian Health Institute is to decolonize data, for Indigenous people, by Indigenous people.

Ute Park Fire Info

Ute Park Fire Info on Facebook

Ute Park Fire Info on Twitter

Vaccines and Autism: What You Should Know

The Vaccine Education Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides this question/answer sheet about concerns that vaccines can cause autism. These concerns center on three areas: the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine; thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative previously contained in several vaccines; and the notion that babies receive too many vaccines too soon.

VAPE

“VAPE” is centered around a documentary program regarding the use of E-cigarettes especially in the youth community so parents, educators and juveniles understand the spectrum of health issues and dangers associated with these products.

Vaping-Induced Lung Injury

A number of environmental agents are known to cause acute or subacute inhalation injury to the lung parenchyma. Indeed, emergency response guidelines for medical personnel describe toxic inhalation pneumonitis as a heterogeneous group of chemically induced injuries to the lung parenchyma as well as to the upper respiratory tract.

Walk Bike to School

This site covers the basics about Walk to School Day, Bike to School Day and year-round programs.

Walking Meetings

Thinking, talking, and walking are inextricably linked through history. It is only a recent idea that we meet around tables, seated in chairs. We want to help you rediscover and share the value of walking meetings.

What are the different types of abortion?

WIC EBT Shopper

Enables WIC participants to verify the WIC eligibility of items while shopping. In many states, EBT Shopper can load the participant’s current WIC benefits, allowing them to know with certainty what they can purchase using the benefits remaining on their card.

World Health Day

Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a threat to your health – and that of your family - at home and when travelling. This is the message of this year’s World Health Day.

World Health Organization

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

World Health Organization Health Literacy

World Hepatitis Day

In 2010 the World Health Organization made World Hepatitis Day one of only four official disease-specific world health days, to be celebrated each year on the 28th July. Millions of people across the world now take part in World Hepatitis Day, to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, and to call for access to treatment, better prevention programs and government action.

YMCA Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring

Take action to improve heart health. One in three American adults has high blood pressure, which puts them at risk for stroke and heart disease, two of the leading causes of death in the U.S.

Zero to Three

A national nonprofit organization that provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and the know-how to nurture early development.

Zero to Three - Social and Emotional Development

Strong, positive relationships help children develop trust, empathy, compassion and a sense of right and wrong.

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