From Our Team
Health Foundation announces new REALIZE Executive Cohort
Posted on August 27, 2024 by Dr. Michael Kelly
Leadership can be taught, and leadership can be learned. Using this premise, the REALIZE executive experience takes already good leaders and, over the course of nine months, helps them become transformational leaders for the benefit of the region’s health.
The Health Foundation’s REALIZE Executive program is a world-class experience established in 2010 and tailored specifically for the Paso del Norte region to inspire and train a cohort of up to 20 high-level leaders at a time to build upon existing leadership qualities and skills. Offered every 2 to 3 years, the more than 100 REALIZE…
A vibrant outdoor hike/bike space is emerging mile-by-mile through neighborhoods across El Paso
Posted on July 18, 2024 by Jana Renner
The Paso del Norte Trail is a regional landmark created to promote active transportation, preserve the region’s history and culture, support economic development, and make healthy living the easy choice for our bi-national community.
With more than 20 miles of the planned 68-mile county-wide Paso del Norte Trail completed and another 28 miles in design and construction, we have scheduled several meetings to inform the community about our progress and gather feedback on trail amenities and features. These meetings are crucial for us to ensure that the trail meets the needs of all…
Using data can improve the health of patients and our community
Posted on June 13, 2024 by Tracy J. Yellen
Data is more than numbers on a chart. By using data, healthcare professionals and advocates can improve the health of their patients and our community.
PHIX is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 by El Paso health leaders to improve health through collaboration and data technology. Based in El Paso, PHIX serves healthcare providers and patients in west Texas and southern New Mexico.
Specifically, PHIX facilitates data sharing between hospitals, emergency departments, clinics, public health organizations, laboratories, imaging centers, other health providers, and social service…
Improving Mental Health Education for Future Healthcare Providers
Posted on May 21, 2024 by Sandra Day
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Paso del Norte Health Foundation is pleased to highlight the work of one of our trusted partners: the Paso Del Norte Children’s Development Center (PDN Children’s), a 75-year-old organization committed to enhancing mental health education for the region’s future healthcare providers – including specialists in speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, applied behavior analysis for eating therapy, and early childhood education.
With funding from the Health Foundation, PDN Children’s has launched the Help Me Grow…
Nutrition Month spotlights the role of food in our lives, promoting healthier choices and building better eating habits.
Posted on March 19, 2024 by Jana Renner
Nutrition Month is about understanding nutritious food’s vital role in our health and well-being. Through a grant from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s Healthy Eating Initiative, Desert Spoon is doing just that through Taster Space.
In this food explorer program, children 5-11 years of age explore a different fruit or vegetable each week through hands-on activities and recipes to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and create home environments that promote healthy eating.
“Taster Space is essential for the PdN community…
Nominations open for next REALIZE Executive Cohort
Posted on February 19, 2024 by Dr. Michael Kelly
Leadership can be taught, and leadership can be learned. Using this premise, the REALIZE executive experience takes already good leaders and, over the course of ten months, helps them become transformational leaders for the benefit of the region’s health.
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s REALIZE Executive program is a world-class experience established in 2010 and tailored specifically for the Paso del Norte region to inspire and train a cohort of 20 high-level leaders at a time to build upon existing leadership qualities and skills. Offered every 2 to 3 years, the more than 100…
The diabetes journey can present challenges. But free programs like Project VyBE make the voyage easier.
Posted on January 25, 2024 by Dr. Michael Kelly
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation partners with the Texas A&M University Colonias Program, a diabetes initiative grantee, to offer Project VyBE. This new program helps participants, primarily residents of El Paso County colonias, learn to manage their diabetes while dealing with various factors that may impact their lives.
Project VyBE trains regionally certified Community Health Workers (CHW) as diabetes education coaches. The CHW then works to establish relationships with individuals wanting to improve their diabetic condition or prevent the onset of the disease. Once a…
Could you have diabetes? Take the Free Online Risk Test
Posted on November 17, 2023 by Audrey Garcia
Let’s face the facts. In El Paso, the prevalence of diabetes outpaces the national average of 11.3 percent, with 15 percent of El Paso adults living with diabetes.
A recent study using data from PHIX, the Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange, shared that Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes rates are significantly higher in the older neighborhoods along the El Paso border with Mexico, running from central El Paso to Socorro, Ysleta del Sur, San Elizario, Fabens, and Tornillo. The data set used by PHIX also revealed that among those aged 65 and older, 37% have diabetes. …
BOOST Celebrates the Vital Role of OST Providers in Paso del Norte, with a special guest appearance of “Little Amal”
Posted on October 12, 2023 by Sandra Day
In the Paso del Norte region, a commitment to community collaboration and youth empowerment shines a pathway toward a brighter future. The annual “Lights on Afterschool” event, with its celebration of Out-of-School Time (OST) providers, ensures the path stays ignited for our children and community.
OST providers offer an invaluable service by extending learning opportunities beyond traditional school hours.
This year, the Borderland Out-of-School Time Network (BOOST)-Lights on Afterschool initiative will transcend geographical boundaries with a three-city event – in El Paso, Texas,…
Investing in the community's health through nutrition education.
Posted on September 8, 2023 by Jana Renner
Common Threads, a national nonprofit with programming in El Paso, equips communities with the knowledge and skills to make healthy food choices with hands-on culinary and nutrition classes. These classes become even more vital when we consider that approximately one in five children in the U.S., ages 2 to 19, suffers from obesity – a concern made worse following the pandemic.
As September marks National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, it serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need to address and combat the escalating health challenges faced by our youth. Committed to…
