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Partnerships for Health Initiative Grantees Announced
A strong public health system can protect Colorado from emerging health threats by helping to identify and monitor disease outbreaks, promoting healthy behaviors and improving health care.
The Trust's new $8.6 million, five-and-a-half-year new Partnerships for Health initiative - an expansion of The Trust's Colorado Healthy People 2010 Initiative - seeks to significantly strengthen the coordination of health services at the local level by convening partnerships made up of local health departments, nursing services and community-based organizations, such as businesses, schools, churches and nonprofit organizations.
Through a competitive process, the following 14 community partnerships have been selected to begin the work of this initiative:
- Centennial Area Health Education Center (serving Cheyenne, Kit Carson and Lincoln counties)
Healthy People 2010 (HP2010) focus: community-based prevention
- Chaffee County Department of Health and Human Services (serving Chaffee County)
HP2010 focus: health access
- Crowley County (serving Crowley County)
HP2010 focus: substance abuse
- Gunnison County Public Health (serving Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties)
HP2010 focus: public health infrastructure
- Lutheran Hospital Association/San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center (serving the San Luis Valley - Creede and South Fork, and Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande and Saguache counties)
HP2010 focus: health access
- Mesa County Health Department (serving Mesa County)
HP2010 focus: indoor environmental health
- Metro Community Provider Network (serving Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties)
HP2010 focus: health access
- Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association (serving Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties)
HP2010 focus: health access
- San Juan Basin Health Department (serving La Plata and Archuleta counties)
HP2010 focus: methamphetamine abuse
- Southern Ute Community Action Programs (serving La Plata County)
HP2010 focus: mental health
- Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center/Southeast AHEC (serving Huerfano and Las Animas counties)
HP2010 focus: health access
- Tri-County Health Department (serving Adams and Arapahoe counties)
HP2010 focus: senior injury prevention
- UCHSC Department of Psychiatry (serving Metro Denver)
HP2010 focus: child and maternal health
- UCHSC/WONDER Babies (serving Colorado statewide)
HP2010 focus: health access
Each partnership will develop and implement a strategic plan around its identified Healthy People 2010 focus area.
An independent evaluation of this initiative is being conducted by TriWest Group to examine the process of building community partnerships and to identify factors that lead to increased coordinated health and improved Healthy People 2010 outcomes over the life of the initiative and beyond.
For additional information about the Partnerships for Health Initiative, contact Susan Downs-Karkos, Senior Program Officer, susan@coloradotrust.org. For information about the evaluation, contact Nancy Csuti, Director of Evaluation, nancy@coloradotrust.org.
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