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Passing Along Good Dental Health Habits from One Generation to the Next: A Research Collaboration Between the Colorado Health Institute and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
A first-of-its-kind analysis from CHI and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment finds that expanding access to dental care for adults could help improve their children's oral health.
When Denver wanted to assess the health of its young people, it turned to some residents particularly well-suited for the job: the city's youth.
This Valentine’s Day, let’s show a little love for the large drop in medical bankruptcies that came with expanded health coverage.
"People impacted by health problems should be engaged to help shape and change policy or improve implementation."
How a battle with hearing loss gave CHI's newest policy analyst Liana Major a new perspective on her work.
It’s Valentine’s week, and what better way to celebrate the importance of relationships, communication and compromise than with a look into Colorado’s 2018 legislative session?
Let’s look at some early-session stats:
A Report for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Conducted by CHI
Update 2/9: The Senate passed a two-year spending bill that includes funding for community health centers and CHP+ before 2 a.m. Friday in a 71 to 28 vote. The House followed suit around 5:30 a.m., voting 240 to 186 in favor, and President Donald Trump signed the bill around 8:40 a.m.
Those were huge sighs of relief you heard across Colorado a couple weeks ago when Congress finally extended Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) funding for six years.
In the first year terminally ill Coloradans could legally end their lives with the assistance of a prescription drug, Colorado appears to be mirroring the experiences of other states where aid in dying is legal.
In 2017, most of the 69 prescriptions were written for people over the age of 55 struggling with cancer, heart disease or ALS, the degenerative neurological disorder. The vast majority of patients who died after seeking a prescription were white, under hospice care and residents of Front Range cities or suburbs.