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Welcome to Denver Healthy People 2020

 


Denver Healthy People 2020 organizes collaborative partnerships dedicated to making Denver a healthy place for all. The initiative, launched in 2001 as Denver Healthy People 2010 by the Denver Department of Environmental Health, outlined a set of guiding principles for building a healthier community in the report “Healthy Denver 2010—What We Know”. Denver Healthy People is based on the goals of Healthy People 2020, the Nation’s agenda for promoting health. We are health promotion and prevention oriented.

 

 

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 Our Mission:

 

We Support a Healthier Future - Healthy People 2020

To make Denver a healthy place for all by:   promoting a better quality of life and  eliminating health disparities
  •  Denver Healthy People works by blending partnerships, best practices and health promotion to build actions for change. Starting in 2001 Denver Healthy People engaged residents and over 100 organizations in the Denver area to create the following list of six recommendations for improving the health of Denver residents. We encourage their use by health leaders and their partners and use them to guide our initiatives:

  1. Collaboration - Improve communication and collaborative efforts for health with traditional and nontraditional partners.
  2. Data - Build better health data systems.
  3. Educate Leaders and Public on ways to improve health.
  4. Financial Resources - Increase resources dedicated to health promotion.
  5. Use Multidimensional Health Promotion Approaches - Address policy, people's economic, social and physical environments, as well as behavior change.
  6. Address Root Problems of Health - including social, physical, psychological and environmental issues.

PLEASE NOTE: This website does not provide medical advice. Use of the site and its content is at your own risk. Please refer to our full disclaimer for more details.

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Announcing

  • A Denver Healthy People Park Hill Thriving Communities (PHTC) report on the use of Northeast Park Hill’s City of Axum Park shows that public use of the park skyrocketed by 500% since the city completed a nearly $500,000 overhaul in October of 2010. In Summer 2007, the City of Axum Park was identified by local residents through PHTC as a “trouble spot” and an underutilized community resource. PHTC led resident advocacy for improvements, building partnerships with Denver Parks and Recreation and others for action. The renovation came to fruiting thanks to the 2007 voter-approved Better Denver Bond Project and in-kind support from Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC), Park Hill Thriving Communities (PHTC) and LiveWell Colorado. Axum Park Utilization FINAL Report.pdf

  •  Healthy Food for All: Encouraging Grocery Investment in Colorado. The Denver Food Access Task Force, a public-private partnership led by the Department of Environmental Health Denver Healthy People Program and The Food Trust, with funding provided by the Colorado Health Foundation, developed this report to recommended policy solutions for expanding grocery retail in underserved communities.  

  •  Denver Healthy People 2010: Analysis of Perceived Progress --- A  Capstone project completed by Annie Jean Sanko for her master’s degree from the University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs. July 26, 2010. This report explores the progress made among the Denver Healthy People key recommendations within the community at large since 2003 as perceived by health and community leaders in Denver and Colorado.

  • Data Report: A Report on the Health Status of Denver - 2008 Report provides a picture of the health status of Denver in relation to key National Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives.

     ALSO: Updated Healthy People 2010 Health Status of Denver 2010 Statistics. This University of Colorado School of Public Affairs student Capstone project provides updated statistics of the 2008 Health Status of Denver report.
  • Health Impact Assessment: Westerly Creek Health Impact Assessment - The July 2009 health inpact report on the proposed renovations to the Westerly Creek floodplain of east Denver.
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