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New Evaluation Publications
The following publications were recently released by The Colorado Trust:

Solving Colorado's Health Professions Shortage - Initial Lessons Learned from the Health Profesions initiative EvaluationSolving Colorado’s Health Professions Shortage – Initial Lessons Learned from the Health Professions Initiative Evaluation explores promising strategies to strengthen health professions training, including creating awareness and readiness among students, supporting and expanding training opportunities, and promoting employer efforts and community partnerships to recruit and retain health professionals.
Gatekeepers: Helping to Prevent Suicide in ColoradoGatekeepers: Helping to Prevent Suicide in Colorado identifies promising practices of how gatekeepers – community members trained in recognizing and responding to individuals at risk of suicide – use their understanding and skills to positively intervene and prevent suicide deaths.
The Importance of Culture in Evaluation: a Practical Guide for EvaluatorsThe Importance of Culture in Evaluation: a Practical Guide for Evaluators provides insights to help evaluators better understand the influence of different cultures, and to assess and improve their own work based on this understanding. Equality in Health: An Annotated Bibliography with Resources on Health Disparities and Cultural and Linguistic CompetencyEquality in Health: An Annotated Bibliography with Resources on Health Disparities and Cultural and Linguistic Competency is a compilation of resources to help improve understanding of cultural competency and address health disparities.

For additional information about these evaluations, contact Nancy Csuti, Dr.P.H., Director of Evaluation, 303-837-1200 or nancy@coloradotrust.org.