Colfax County Maternal & Child Health Committee

Colfax County Maternal and Child Health Committee seeks to promote comprehensive community health improvement processes by: (1) promoting positive maternal, child, adolescent, and family health outcomes in Colfax County; (2)enhancing positive youth development and coordination of health services for youth; and (3) enhancing quality of life, prevention, and management of disability and infectious and chronic disease through coordinated efforts. We seek to empower families toward positive decisions by supporting their active membership in their community in order to promote the personal, physical, and social well being of all citizens. This will be accomplished through assessing need, developing resources, and coordinating services.

Strategic MCH Plan

History

 

The Colfax County Maternal and Child Health Program was created as a result of a grant proposal to the New Mexico Department of Health in October 2001. The MCHP is a comprehensive collaborative program promoting health services throughout Colfax County . The Colfax County Commission serves as the financial agent. The MCH program was designed to respond to a number of priorities identified by the Colfax County Health Councilthrough its assessment of the health needs of Colfax County . These are:

•  To develop a prevention program designed to decrease the number of births to teens..

•  To develop a system to ensure that all pregnant women in the county can be identified at the earliest possible date and make prenatal care available to them.

•  To make family planning services accessible and available to those residents in the county requesting the services.

•  To develop more parenting education programs throughout the county.

•  To work with the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (YSAP) program to address and reduce the use of substances by our young people.

•  To work with the Tri-County Cessation Coalition and Tobacco Use Prevention And Control (TUPAC) to reduce the use of tobacco products by county residents.

•  To assure identification and follow-up of high-risk mothers and infants by working with all agencies involved in delivery of relevant services to this population.

•  To address the high incidence of child death rate in this county.

•  To improve countywide access to breastfeeding support by hiring a breastfeeding educator to provide direct service.

•  To support the continuation of the Colfax County Health Council as the Countywide Health Council.

 

 

The Maternal and Child Health Program recognizes the value of human life and seeks to enhance the quality of life for all citizens of Colfax County by implementing programs which assess and address the health needs of families in Colfax County .

 

 

 

 

 

 

The MCH Program staff is committed to the following Code of Ethics:

•  To provide competent professional service to its customers.

•  To assess personal competence, recognize personal boundaries and limitations.

•  To not offer services beyond his/her skill or training level.

•  To not misrepresent his/her credential, qualifications or affiliations.

•  To not participate in discrimination on the basis of race, religion, age, gender, national ancestry, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, marital status, political belief, HIV/AIDS status, or physical/mental disability.

•  To broaden his/her understanding and acceptance of cultural and individual differences, in order to render services and provide information sensitive to those differences.

•  To possess knowledge of and comply with all applicable state and federal guidelines, regulations, statutes, and agency policies regarding confidentiality.

•  To advocate for consistent health promotion and awareness messages.

•  To provide factual, current, state-of-the-art prevention information to the general public.

•  To advocate public policy that would help strengthen the overall health and well being of the community.

•  To not subordinate service and public trust for personal gain and advantage.

•  To promptly alert a colleague to potentially unethical behavior.

•  To respect the integrity and protect the welfare of the consumer.

•  To not engage in any action that violates the civil and legal rights of consumers.

•  Above all, to DO NO HARM to the consumer.

•  To comply with all laws, codes, rules and regulations, which apply to professional conduct.

•  To report child abuse to appropriate authorities according to state and federal regulations.

•  To maintain an objective and non-possessive relationship with those he/she serves, and shall not exploit them sexually, emotionally, financially or otherwise.

 

  The Colfax County Health Council office is located at 210 Cook Ave., Room 230,  Raton , New Mexico . The telephone number is 505-445-8191. The Program Coordinator is Cynthia Kimbrough.