Priority Areas
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s board of directors identified five priority areas to focus the Foundation’s work throughout the region.
Healthy Eating and Active Living
To make healthy eating and active living the easy choice for all people in the Paso del Norte region.
Initiative or Program:
Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL)
Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention
To eliminate tobacco use and reduce binge drinking particularly among youth.
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Mental Health and Emotional Well-being
To reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, increase training for mental health providers and explore structural changes in the region’s behavioral health treatment system.
Initiative or Program:
El Paso Behavioral Health Consortium
Healthy Kids
To work with families, community organizations, and schools to increase protective factors for youth.
Initiative or Program:
Health Leadership
To develop regional health leaders and respond to community requests to provide leadership for health-related initiatives.
Initiative or Program:
News
A Case for Public Multi-Unit Housing to go Smoke-Free
September 21, 2018
A few years ago, through the Smokefree Initiative of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation (Health Foundation), the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP) took all subsidized public multi-unit housings (MUH) smoke-free. Public health students were trained to survey public housing residents and built a case…
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