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We know that Denver’s neighborhoods differ in their socioeconomic characteristics and the health outcomes of their residents. My Colorado Health Institute colleagues and I were interested in understanding this relationship. As luck would have it, a new data source became available to inform our analysis.
The latest Data Spotlight of the 2016 Colorado Health Report Card shines a light on some of the everyday issues that play a big role in shaping health.
Health care jumped to the top of the list of contentious dinner table subjects, right up there with religion and politics, during the debate about the Affordable Care Act in 2009 and 2010.
Nearly one in seven Coloradans does not have a usual place to get care when health problems arise.
The Colorado Health Institute today launches a series of interactive dash boards, accompanied by in-depth analysis, focusing on the rich new dataset provided by the 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey.
Where you live in Colorado often provides one clue to your type of insurance coverage — or your lack of coverage.
Third in a three-part blog series on the impact of mental health policy changes in Colorado following the Aurora theater mass shootings four years ago.
The policy approaches in Connecticut after the Sandy Hook school shootings - five months after Colorado's Aurora theater shootings - can provide guidance to Colorado and other states that are working to provide better access to mental health intervention services.
Second in a three-part blog series on the impact of mental health policy changes in Colorado following the Aurora theater mass shooting four years ago.
In the four years since the deadly Aurora Theater shootings, many of the resulting policies addressing mental health care and crisis services in Colorado have started to show promise. Others, though, are designed to fix long-term systemic issues and will take much longer to implement and then assess.
First in a three-part blog series on the impact of mental health policy changes in Colorado following the Aurora theater mass shooting four years ago.
I was in Australia on July 20, 2012, studying community mental health and health psychology.