Making Healthier Communities

Healthy People 2010 & Denver Healthy People 2010

Denver Healthy People 2010 is a community-wide network of partners dedicated to making Denver a healthy place for all by promoting a better quality of life and getting rid of health inequalities.

This web site was created in cooperation with Denver Healthy People 2010 of the Denver Department of Environmental Health and residents of Denver's Whittier neighborhood. It was made possible by a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Whittier and other neighborhood residents report that while they do have concerns about personal and family health issues, they were also very concerned about having healthy communities. They want their children and neighborhoods safe from gang activity, firearm and motor vehicle deaths, crime prevention, pollution, lead poisoning, over-crowding and more. Denver Healthy People 2010 works with many organizations, and helps with grass-roots organizing of neighborhoods to promote healthy living in Denver. They have many reports and resources regarding the current state of Denver's community health at their Web site. A good place to begin is the report entitled "Healthy Denver: What We Know" (Executive Summary 2002).

See How To Do Health Promotion for information and resources to get started.

See Community Interests to see more about local concerns.

Healthy Colorado 2010

Healthy Colorado 2010 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment report compiling data, trends, state initiatives and promising practices for the 10 Leading Health Indicators. (158 page PDF file)

National Healthy People 2010 and 2020

Healthy People 2020 Healthy People 2020 is committed to the vision of a society in which all people live long, healthy lives.

Healthy People 2010 A project setting "national disease prevention and health promotion objectives to be achieved by the end of this decade" with the goal of increasing the "quality and years of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities."

Leading Health Indicators and Priorities for Action

Statistics for the Leading Health Indicators at a Glance Search the National Center for Health Statistics Database.

Healthy People 2010 Full Text of vols. 1 and 2 published in November 2000.

Other National and Local Initiatives

Around Denver - Just a Few of Many!

Denver City Neighborhood Organizations List

Denver Department of Community Planning and Development

Denver Department of Environmental Health

Brother Jeff Jeff Fard is an African American community organizer and speaker in Northeast Denver, with many local connections.

Clínica Tepeyac Church-based health clinic for Latinos in Denver.

Denver Public Schools, Department of Student Services

Denver Health Community Voices Community outreach effort of Denver Health helping people enroll in health programs for which they may be eligible.

Making Connections Denver "Unity Building Community" in four local neighborhoods.

Metro Volunteers Support for nonprofits, including where to volunteer or recruit volunteers.

Colorado – Not Limited to Denver

Colorado Legal Resources Legal assistance resource database for low income people throughout Colorado.

Colorado QuitNet Statistics, demographics and materials for public education. 1-800-639-7848 for free counseling and support.

Colorado Employee Assistance Professionals Association

Colorado Drug-Free Workplace Alliance

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment See their Source for Healthy Living, a go-to resource for information addressing chronic disease prevention and management in the State of Colorado, with data, research, news and success stories.

Colorado Office of Health Disparities

Interpreter Network of Colorado Commercial site with contact information to skilled interpreters in many languages.

Colorado NonProfit Association This statewide membership coalition connects nonprofits of all sizes, missions and geographic locations and provides tools for communication, networking and administration.

Rural Assistance Center Helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access available programs, funding, and research so they can provide quality health and human services to rural residents.

Network for Good Volunteer in your community - a nationwide searchable tool.

HealthierUS National effort to improve people's lives, prevent and reduce the costs of disease, and promote community health and wellness.

Best Practices

What We Know About What Works to Improve Community Health

Denver Healthy People 2010 Best Practices for Hot Topics and Populations.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: Putting What Works to Work

Promising Practices Network Credible, research-based information on what works to improve the lives of children and families.

RAND Corporation Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Prevention Institute Includes policy and best practice approaches to prevent violence, health disparities and much more. Lots about how to do health promotion.

Professional Resources

See Denver Healthy People 2010 for additional resources, and to connect with groups and professionals concerned with making Denver a healthier place for all.

The Denver Public Library provides many subscription databases. The Library pays subscription fees so that Denver residents may have free online access to hundreds of journals and other resources - many in full text. These require you to log-in with your library card for online access from home or work. Besides both popular and academic periodicals, these resources include local and national newspaper databases, congressional, statistical, and educational databases. See also our In-Depth Health Resources section and Government Documents at the Denver Public Library.

The Piton Foundation Denver data and information by neighborhood, school, or city as a whole, including crime, CSAP scores, and much more. Get email bulletins.

Colorado Health Information Dataset (CoHID) Allows access to local-level health data compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to help users determine the health status of a neighborhood, community, county, or region in Colorado.

Prevention Information Center Library and information center with resources on substance abuse prevention and health promotion topics.

National Institutes of Health Combined Health Information Database Model programs, chapters from books, some full-text, and the rest citations or abstracts.

Recommended Resources on Health Literacy From the Healthy People Library Project, a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science made possible through a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Universal Health Care Action Network

National Crime Prevention Council

Community Preventive Services

Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit

Grant Writing & Nonprofit Support

The Denver Public Library provides many print and online resources for nonprofits, as well as regular training sessions. Check out these services at our Nonprofit Resource Center or call 720-865-1363.

The Foundation Center A national nonprofit organization working to help grantmakers and grantseekers find one another. The Denver Public Library is a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Library.

Colorado Nonprofit Association Brings increased levels of advocacy and development to the support of nonprofits throughout the state.

MetroVolunteers Local support for nonprofits through seminars, a volunteer registry, and more.

Grants.gov The place for federal grant information and applications.

National Institutes of Health Grants information.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy News from the world of giving.

Writing Grants Guidance from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

Colorado Department of Local Affairs Many kinds of assistance available, including a Grant and Loan directory.

Government Documents at the Denver Public Library

The Denver Public Library receives many government documents. In the past most of these have been paper documents, and many still come in this format. Many are now coming as electronic resources, either as CD's or web sites.

You can search the DPL Catalog, and many will appear there - some available for check-out, some linked with a URL to the web site. Contact GovDocs at 720-865-1712 for search assistance.

Colorado State Publications Library

We have linked many government resources, including statistical sources, in the library's Government page. Some selected ones that may be of interest include:

Disclaimer

The Health and Medicine section of the Denver Public Library website is intended to provide easy access to quality health information of interest to residents throughout Denver who want to be informed about health issues for themselves, their families, and their community. It is not intended as an endorsement of all the information at each linked site or organization. The Denver Public Library does not provide medical or health care advice. We recommend that you evaluate all health information with care, and that you discuss what you find here with your doctor or licensed health professional before making changes involving your health.