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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Office of Health Equity
Denver, CO 80246 Project: Colorado State Partnership Program to Improve Minority Health Amount: $150,000
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Office of Health Equity (OHE) coordinates, educates and builds capacity for state and local public health programs and communities. The Office of Health Equity’s focus has recently been expanded to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations, and disabled and low-socioeconomic -status communities.
Project Abstract
The project is intended to improve service to customers with limited English proficiency across Colorado’s public health system; promote use of social determinants of health data; reduce health disparities as they relate to cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity and overweight; and educate underserved communities regarding the Affordable Care Act and Colorado’s health insurance Marketplace . The project’s target population includes racial and ethnic minorities and linguistically diverse communities; LGBT communities; communities with low socioeconomic status; and individuals and organizations.
The Office Health Equity will provide centralized language services (interpretation and translation), technical assistance and training, education and screening sessions, and data sheets related to the social determinants of health for four chronic illnesses (cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke and obesity/overweight). The office will also work with the Cancer Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Grant Program and the Health Disparities Grant Program to make changes to the RFA and contracts to ensure better saturation and reach for education, screening and referral related to these issues.
The Office of Health Equity hopes to:
The office will use the following performance measures:
To collect and assess these measures, the Office of Health Equity will use data collection forms including tracking spreadsheets, participation surveys, qualitative reports and meeting notes.
Objectives