Our Work
This three-year Colorado Health Institute project tracked the impact of policies, programs and politics on statewide efforts designed to make Colorado a healthier state.
Along the road to this year’s “Reaching Our Peak,” we met Coloradans who are taking health and well-being into their own hands.
Colorado’s Hispanic community faces unique and substantial barriers to achieving good health, according to data from the latest Colorado Health Report Card Data Spotlight.
March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is Make it Happen, and it is all about closing the gender gap. In order to close these gaps, we need to know where they are.
Colorado is home to 413,271 veterans, 7.8 percent of the state population.
Fifty years ago, the Beatles sang, “I don’t care too much for money, ‘cuz money can’t buy me love.” While that’s still true, it’s also true that in 2014, money can mean better health.
Nearly a quarter (23.5 percent) of Colorado children 12 and under live in households with incomes below the poverty level.
It’s National Public Health Week and here at the Colorado Health Institute we are celebrating with business as usual – helping to advance the health of all Coloradans by supporting health policy discussions with evidence-based analysis.
The Colorado Health Institute, in partnership with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), unveiled a statewide strategic plan to create jobs and economic growth in the health and wellness industry on December 11, 2013.
What we do outside of the health care system – things as simple as eating right and exercising – matter at least as much as what happens in the doctor’s office.