P002: Public Health Division
P002: Percent of female clients ages 15-19 seen in NMDOH public health office who are provided most or moderately effective contraceptives
Current Value
64.1%
Definition
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Story Behind the Curve
- Since 2012, the teen birth rate among 15-19 year olds in New Mexico (NM) has declined by 37% to 29.4 per 1,000. Despite this decline, New Mexico's rate continues to be among the highest in the nation. In NM teen birth rates are highest for American Indians and Hispanics.
- Teens who drop out of school are more likely to become pregnant and have a child than peers who graduate. Nationally, 48% of teen mothers aged 15-19 live below the poverty level. Some reasons for higher teen parenthood in mixed urban/rural areas include lack of health insurance, increased poverty, transportation barriers, and less access to services.
- The NMDOH Family Planning Program (FPP) continues to support the provision of family planning clinical services throughout the state.
- In FY18 Q2, the Family Planning Program expects to begin telemedicine services for reproductive health.
Partners
- Primary care clinics
- Community-based clinical providers
- Schools, after-school, and youth programs
- Community-based organizations
- County health councils
- School-based health centers
- Parent organizations
- Centers for higher education
- Indian Health Services
- University of New Mexico
- NM Public Education Department
- NM Human Services Department NM Children, Youth, and Families Department
What Works
- Confidential clinical family planning services including shared-decision making counseling, birth control and laboratory tests.
- Increased access to confidential, low- or no-cost family planning services through county public health offices, community clinics, and school-based health centers.
- Telemedicine services to increase access to birth control for high risk populations in areas with clinician shortages.
- Increased access to most and moderately effective contraceptive methods for teens.
- Social media with information on birth control and clinics.
- BrdsNBz, a text-messaging system that offers teens free, confidential answers to sexual health questions in English or Spanish.
Strategy
- Through shared-decision making counseling, increase teens’ access to birth control including the most effective contraceptive methods.
- Increased access with telemedicine.
- Social media campaigns about birth control and where to find services.
Action Plan
- Q1: Provide most- and moderately-effective contraceptives to teens equal to 58% of the total contraceptives provided. Completed.
- Q2: Provide most- and moderately-effective contraceptives to teens equal to 58% of the total contraceptives provided during the quarter. Incomplete.
- Q3: Provide most- and moderately-effective contraceptives to teens equal to 58% of the total contraceptives provided during the quarter.
- Q4: Provide most- and moderately-effective contraceptives to teens equal to 58% of the total contraceptives provided during the quarter.
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