Our Work
The word “health” probably brings to mind a visit to the doctor, health insurance or a prescription for medicine. But many other things influence good health.
For instance, the physical environment matters. A lot.
Few policies intended to help people live longer are more effective than those targeting teen pregnancy rates. Yet even when those policies work, they are fraught with controversy and conflict.
Why is there so much difference in the health of residents in one county compared to other counties in the same state? This look at Colorado comes from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program.
What if Colorado could avoid 4,800 premature deaths? What if 247,000 Coloradans could cut back on their problem drinking? And what if 149,000 households could find a safe and reasonably priced place to live?
If access to care were an Olympic sport, Colorado would score a 7.9, according to the Colorado Health Institute’s newly updated Colorado Access to Care Index.
Colorado may have the nation’s lowest adult obesity rate, but that rate isn’t budging - resting above 20 percent for the past four years.
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.
This week, our team is trekking up to Vail for the Public Health in the Rockies (PHIR) 2015 Annual Conference. Health professionals in Colorado and surrounding states will network, get educated, develop their skills, and have the opportunity to attend seven – yes, seven! – CHI presentations.
Deaths involving heroin have quadrupled since 2000, according to shocking new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).