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 Colorado 100k Lives Campaign summarizes the efforts of Colorado hospitals to strengthen their quality improvement systems to further ensure patient safety. |
 Colorado Healthy People 2010: Obesity Prevention Evaluation reports on the National Research Center’s four-and-a-half year longitudinal study of what individual, community and programmatic characteristics contributed to sustainable obesity prevention behavior changes. |
 Equality in Health: An Annotated Bibliography with Resources on Health Disparities, and Cultural and Linguistic Competency is a compilation of resources that explore ways to improve cultural competency and address health disparities. |
 Gatekeepers: Helping to Prevent Suicide in Colorado is an evaluation report which shows that gatekeepers – community members trained in recognizing individuals at-risk of suicide and referring them to professional caregivers – use their understanding and skills to positively intervene and prevent suicide deaths. |
 Governor’s Dialogue on Health Care Vision and Values is a discussion guide that was used to provide a baseline of information about the health care system in Colorado and to stimulate creative thinking around the topic of health reform with participants in community convenings. |
 Governor’s Dialogue on Health Care Vision and Values – Final Report summarizes the key messages heard from Coloradans in meetings across the state, and was used to inform the Ritter Administration on its health reform strategies. |
 The Importance of Culture in Evaluation: A Practical Guide for Evaluators provides insights to help evaluators better understand the influence of different cultures, and assess their own work and how they work with others with the goal of creating more useful evaluations for all stakeholders. |
 Solving 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. |
