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Pub. Date
2012
Description
A doctor grapples with the challenges of mother and child health in the developing world. Recounting medical missions in half of the thirty countries in which she has worked for the past twenty-five years in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific - from Darfur in Sudan to Papua New Guinea and Bhutan - Dr. Gretchen Roedde shares the grim reality of world politics and bureaucratic red tape on the front lines as a doctor in mother-and-child health and...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
This plan addresses a variety of important needs including defining core services and standards, developing a system for assessing priorities, examining the funding processes, enhancing our workforce and increasing efficiency in using technology. In addition, the plan emphasizes the importance of sharing responsibilities and decision making among state and local public health agencies, across programs and organizations, and in conjunction with local...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
SB-194, Public Health Act of 2008, requires that each County, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, establish and maintain a county public health agency. Any two or more contiguous counties, by resolutions of the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties may establish and maintain a district public health agency.
Pub. Date
2019-
Description
These health indicators include county, regional and state level data on a variety of health, environmental and social topics. These data are used in Colorado's Health Assessment and Planning System, a standard process created to help local public health agencies meet assessment and planning requirements. These indicators are useful for anyone who needs Colorado health data for a community health assessment or for other research purposes. Health...
Pub. Date
2019-
Description
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has developed community-level estimates for a set of important health condition and risk behavior indicators. These four-year estimates are produced for each census tract in the State of Colorado based on modeled survey data collected in the Colorado Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and incorporating population, race, gender, and age estimates for each census tract from the...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Our environment affects our health, and we affect our environment. Find out more about how the environment may be affecting your health with this easy to use tool that lets you see health and environmental information in one place. Learn about environmental health issues in your community and what you can do to protect yourself and your family.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In an effort to provide local health partners comprehensive guidance for the investigation and control of communicable diseases in Colorado, the CDPHE Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program is creating the Colorado Communicable Disease Manual (CD). In general, these chapters pertain to sporadic cases of reportable conditions. Additional chapters and supplemental forms will be added as they are completed.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Recent years have presented many significant changes and opportunities for population health. Although Colorado has had great success in protecting environmental quality and population health, not all residents have the same opportunities to reach their best health or live in the healthiest environment. This plan elevates a shared vision and shared strategies on several key issues. It focuses in two flagship priority areas: obesity and mental health/substance...
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