New Mexico § 24-1-36 - Statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program

§ 24-1-36. Statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention program

A. By January 1, 2015, the department of health shall establish a statewide community-based

adult fall risk awareness and prevention program. B. In implementing the statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention

program, the department of health shall: (1) contract for the development of a culturally competent and literacy level-appropriate

statewide community-based adult fall risk awareness and prevention media campaign,

to include a web page, a referral clearinghouse and statewide media placement of print,

radio and television messages; (2) conduct program outreach to the public, to groups or to organizations that advocate

for adult fall risk awareness and prevention and to health care providers; (3) arrange for and coordinate adult fall risk awareness and prevention training and

workshops; (4) serve as a resource for information and written materials on adult fall risk awareness

and prevention; (5) act as a liaison between the New Mexico healthy aging collaborative, the New Mexico

older adult falls prevention coalition, groups or organizations that advocate for

adult fall risk awareness and prevention and sources of funding for adult fall risk

awareness and prevention programming and activities; (6) contract with one or more universities, colleges or other institutions of higher

learning to provide educational programming in evidence-based fall risk assessment

and fall prevention strategies; (7) contract with one or more area agencies on aging, community hospitals, the federal

Indian health service, tribally operated 638 health programs or urban Indian health

programs to provide fall risk awareness and prevention programming and literature

to the public; (8) conduct trainer instructional workshops and booster training for evidence-based

fall risk awareness and prevention programs; and (9) contract with one or more senior centers, community centers, parks and recreation

departments or other local, county, municipal or tribal organizations providing services

to senior citizens to implement evidence-based interventions for adult fall prevention.