Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Alamosa County, Conejos County, Costilla County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Saguache County
Since 1978, the SLV AHEC has been a leader of healthcare workforce development and community health programs throughout Colorado's San Luis Valley. All six counties in the Valley are federally identified as medically underserved, and the AHEC's goal is to strategically address this problem. The SLV AHEC is affiliated with the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus AHEC Program Office. Some of the recent and ongoing programs of the SLV AHEC designed to improve health outcomes in the San Luis Valley include:
Workforce pipeline programming for youth to cultivate interest in the healthcare field and improve health and education outcomes; Professional development activities for health care providers and the community; Community health programming addressing the opioid crisis with health care providers, first responders and community to respond to the current opioid crisis; Naloxone overdose-reversal education and distribution; Participation in the state's first rural comprehensive harm reduction program partnership; advocacy for those who are using opioids and their families; Community collaboration programs aiming to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral problems; Other community health programs such as a community health worker cardiac risk assessment program and a home visitation program catered to the needs of the communities we serve. We have jail-based advocacy for non-violent drug misuse, a harm reduction program and we host the SLV American Indian Center.----------
Desde 1978, SLV AHEC ha sido líder en el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral de atención médica y en programas de salud comunitaria en todo el Valle de San Luis de Colorado. Los seis condados del Valle están identificados a nivel federal como médicamente desatendidos y el objetivo de AHEC es abordar estratégicamente este problema. El SLV AHEC está afiliado a la Oficina del Programa AHEC del Campus Médico Anschutz de la Universidad de Colorado. Algunos de los programas recientes y en curso de SLV AHEC diseñados para mejorar los resultados de salud en el Valle de San Luis incluyen: Programación de recursos humanos para jóvenes para cultivar el interés en el campo de la atención médica y mejorar los resultados de salud y educación; Actividades de desarrollo profesional para proveedores de atención médica y la comunidad; Programación de salud comunitaria que aborde la crisis de opioides con proveedores de atención médica, socorristas y la comunidad para responder a la crisis actual de opioides; Reversión de sobredosis de naloxona,
educación y distribución; Participación en la primera asociación del programa rural integral de reducción de daños del estado; defensa de quienes consumen opioides y sus familias; Programas de colaboración comunitaria destinados a prevenir problemas mentales, emocionales y de comportamiento;
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Area Health Education Center (AHEC) 300 Ross Street Alamosa, CO 81101
Alamosa County, Conejos County, Costilla County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Saguache County
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Since 1978, the SLV AHEC has been a leader of healthcare workforce development and community health programs throughout Colorado's San Luis Valley. All six counties in the Valley are federally identified as medically underserved, and the AHEC's goal is to strategically address this problem. The SLV AHEC is affiliated with the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus AHEC Program Office. Some of the recent and ongoing programs of the SLV AHEC designed to improve health outcomes in the San Luis Valley include:
Workforce pipeline programming for youth to cultivate interest in the healthcare field and improve health and education outcomes; Professional development activities for health care providers and the community; Community health programming addressing the opioid crisis with health care providers, first responders and community to respond to the current opioid crisis; Naloxone overdose-reversal education and distribution; Participation in the state's first rural comprehensive harm reduction program partnership; advocacy for those who are using opioids and their families; Community collaboration programs aiming to prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral problems; Other community health programs such as a community health worker cardiac risk assessment program and a home visitation program catered to the needs of the communities we serve. We have jail-based advocacy for non-violent drug misuse, a harm reduction program and we host the SLV American Indian Center.----------
Desde 1978, SLV AHEC ha sido líder en el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral de atención médica y en programas de salud comunitaria en todo el Valle de San Luis de Colorado. Los seis condados del Valle están identificados a nivel federal como médicamente desatendidos y el objetivo de AHEC es abordar estratégicamente este problema. El SLV AHEC está afiliado a la Oficina del Programa AHEC del Campus Médico Anschutz de la Universidad de Colorado. Algunos de los programas recientes y en curso de SLV AHEC diseñados para mejorar los resultados de salud en el Valle de San Luis incluyen: Programación de recursos humanos para jóvenes para cultivar el interés en el campo de la atención médica y mejorar los resultados de salud y educación; Actividades de desarrollo profesional para proveedores de atención médica y la comunidad; Programación de salud comunitaria que aborde la crisis de opioides con proveedores de atención médica, socorristas y la comunidad para responder a la crisis actual de opioides; Reversión de sobredosis de naloxona,
educación y distribución; Participación en la primera asociación del programa rural integral de reducción de daños del estado; defensa de quienes consumen opioides y sus familias; Programas de colaboración comunitaria destinados a prevenir problemas mentales, emocionales y de comportamiento;