December 15, 2015 Quarterly Meeting Minutes
Strategies that Support and Reinforce Healthful Behaviors
Purpose: To serve as a coordinating body for addressing chronic disease prevention in New
Mexico.
Mission: To reduce common risk factors for the chronic diseases* of arthritis, cancer,
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, lung disease, and osteoporosis by:
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Advocating for prevention policies and programs;
Facilitating collaboration among agencies and organizations working to prevent and/or
manage chronic disease;
 Supporting initiatives to understand, identify, and address social determinants that impact
chronic disease.
*As identified by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.
Chair- Elaine Luna
Past Chair- Sandra Adondakis
Incoming Chair- Susan Yelton
Participants –
Minutes: Laurel McCloskey
Sandra Adondakis
ACS CAN
Laura Valedz
United Healthcare
Victoria Culkin
DOH
Nikki Wiesner
VHA
Mimi Ludden
DOH
Christine Brown
NMDOH
Jasmin Hendrickson
DOH
Julia Boeher
ACS
Lacey Daniell
ACS CAN
Scott Oglesbee
UNMHSC
Don Haverkamp
CDC
Eileen Goode
NMPCA
Monica Toquinto
Nuesta Salud
Chris Lucero
Christine Calvin
DOH- DPCP
UNMH- Center for Diabetes and Nutrition Education
Leonard Thomas
IHS- Albuquerque Area
Ruthy Watson
NMHU
Ron Hale
NM Alliance of Health Councils
Ana Portillo
UHC/NM Cancer Council
Sharon Notah-White
Molina Healthcare
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Agenda
1:00
Maria Otero
Nuestra Salud
Alex Tavarez
NMCC Foundation
Leigh Caswell
PHS
Susan Baum
NMDOH
Mbaember DavidWnam
OAAA
Susan Yelton
HealthInsight New Mexico
Dovya Friedman
DFL Branding
Patricia Torn
Cancer Support Now
Carol Hanson
Office of Community Health Workers
Vonnell Bettencourt
DPCP/DOH
Jorge Otero
Nuestra Salud
Bambi Bevill
NMDOH
Laura Hellwig
NMDOH-DPCP
Willa Ortega
NMDOH- Comp. Cancer
Jennifer Marberry
NMDOH, HDSP
Beth Pinkerton
NMDOH
Paul Sanchez Hindi
NM Cancer Center
Tempa Tate
DOH DPCD
Carol Hanson
DOH
Scott Oglesbee
UNM
Introductions
Moment of Silence: Gena Love Remembrance
1:20
Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
Agnes Vallejos, Executive Director, American Heart Association
1:40
DOH Super Strategic Priorities of Obesity, Diabetes, and Substance Misuse
Mark Williams, Director Public Health Division, DOH
Retta Ward, Cabinet Secretary, DOH
2:10
2:20
Break
Workgroup Updates
Million Hearts Update- Bambi Bevill, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Coordinator, DOH
Proposal for a Collaborative Statewide Chronic Disease Transportation Needs Study?- Patricia Torn and Ana
Portillo, NM Cancer Council
New Childhood Obesity Workgroup Introduction
2:50
Environmental Strategies to Reduce Chronic Disease: Policy Opportunities for the 2016 Legislative Session
Sandra Adondakis, NM Government Relations Director, ACS CAN
3:20
Council 2015 Review and Announcements
Slides
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Welcome & Council Updates- Laurel McCloskey, Susan Yelton, and Jorge Otero
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Million Hearts Update- Bambi Bevill
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Enviornmental Strategies to Reduce Chronic Disease: Policy Opportunities for the 2016
Legislative Session- Sandra Adondakis
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DOH Super Strategic Priorities of Obesity, Diabetes, and Substance Misuse- Mark Williams
and Retta Ward
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Three DOH super priorities of obesity, diabetes, and substance misuse
Also working to reduce the teen birth rate, a driver of generational poverty, looking to
change the landscape and reduce by 50% in four year, currently there is 2,600 per year
Looking at the root causes, lower health status than other states, want to do differently
Want a fresh perspective, looking to work collectively out of silos and build coalitions
Public health is the largest division of the Department of Health
This is one of the most exciting moments in history of public health with chronic disease
breakthroughs and the changes that need to be made, look upstream for prevention, need a
payment system
Previously the Department of Health had 7-8 areas of focus, now 3, aligning in an annual
plan
New Mexico is ranked as the 33-45th healthiest state
DOH is working to improve the contract process, getting more effective ways of working
Looking at innovation, such as fitness monitoring in a scalable way, a rural health individual
is team with someone in the country and fitness goes up 10%
Need to use resources in the best possible way, do more with less
Looking at alternative funding sources, such a funds from the philanthropic foundations for
the reduction of teen birth rates, use private capital to leverage resources
Only $.02 of every dollar is spent on preventative health care, need more marketing and
branding
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