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 Who We Are
Denver Healthy People 2010 is a community-wide initiative that engages partners dedicated to making Denver a healthy place for all by promoting a better quality of life and doing away with health inequalities. Formed in 2001 by the Denver Department of Environmental Health, Denver Healthy People conviened a coalition of Denver residents and over 100 organizations to set an agenda for making Denver the healthiest city in America. Based on a collaboratively developed set of guiding principles, Denver Healthy People has since produced informative reports and launched key initiatives designed to promote Denver as a healthier community.
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Our collaborative analysis has uncovered some very interesting things including:
    • Over a lifespan, income and education are the strongest predictors of health. The causes of good or poor health are rooted in people's social and physical surroundings, especially those related to income. To We need to be concerned about raising healthy, educated people and with the impact of the economy on public health.
    • Use social and physical factors to create effective prevention strategies. Factors that determine health include not only behavior choices, but also our social and physical environments. Indeed these environments have a direct impact on health related behavior and on health outcomes. Housing, safe and easy places to exercise, affordable and healthy food, quality childcare all impact health. Addressing these kinds of environmental factors is critical to helping prevent disease.
    • Public policy has tremendous impact on these social and physical environments. Public policy, such as transportation design or minimum wage, can be analyzed for its impact on the public's health through methods such as Health Impact Assessment.'
    • Health promotion works! Investment in health promotion initiatives have been shown to prevent illness, keeping people out of the health care system. We know more every year about what approaches work and how to mobilize action for change.
    • Collaborative partnerships are critical for creating a healthy community. The health community needs to reach out to partners throughout the community whose actions impact community wellness and engage them in efforts to work with community members for achieving health goals
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10 Major Health Concerns
Healthy People 2010 focuses on Ten Leading Health Indicators that reflect the major health concerns in the United States at the beginning of the 21st Century. The indicators are listed below with links to related focus areas and their data sources that could be used for HP2010 planning:
  1. Access to Health Care
  2. Environmental Quality
  3. Immunization
  4. Injury and Violence
  5. Mental Health
  6. Overweight and Obesity
  7. Physical Activity
  8. Responsible Sexual Behavior
  9. Substance Abuse
  10. Tobacco Use
Contact Us to learn more or to partner with Denver Healthy People 2010.


 

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