Welcome to the Denver Healthy People 2010 Website!

Denver Healthy People 2010 is a community-wide network of partners dedicated to making Denver a healthy place for all. The initiative is lead by the Denver Department of Environmental Health.

Our Mission: To make Denver a healthy place for all by:  promoting a better quality of life and eliminating health disparities

by blending partnerships, best practices and health promotion to build a healthier community. Denver Healthy People 2010 uses the following guiding principles to make Denver a healthier community: 1) Collaborate; 2)Generate and Use Data; 3) Educate Leaders and Public; 4) Build Financial and Other Resources; 5) Use Multidimensional Health Efforts; and 6) Address Root Problems of Health.

Denver Healthy People 2010 is based on the goals of Healthy People 2010, the Nation’s agenda for promoting health. We are health promotion and prevention oriented since we know that, while access to health care is very important, it only addresses 10 percent of the causes of poor health, mainly because it comes into play after people are already sick, and it does little to keep people from being at risk.

Our Website is designed to provide information to help those interested in making a healthier Denver community.

• SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Park Hill Thriving Communities! Grant - this grant, awarded through Kaiser Permanente, focuses on eliminating health disparities related to active living and healthy eating in the Park Hill neighborhood.

• The HEALTH AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TRAINING was held May 17 and 18 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre to introduce health; city, transportation and parks planniers, developers, community members, economic developers, and university researchers to the links between  physical, mental and social health, economic development and the built environment; how to affect these links; and how to measure these links.  Presentations from this training are available as well as literature about best practices in this field.  
   
• ANNOUNCING: Healthy People 2010 Health Status of Denver 2005 Report provides a picture of the health status of Denver in relation to the National Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives.
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
    
    
• Who We Are – Learn more about our strategies and activities focusing on a healthier Denver and how to join these efforts.
• Documents--Reports & Findings - A collection of the research guiding our work.
• Get Involved in Denver Healthy People 2010!
• National Healthy People 2010 - Information about our nation's health goals.
• Denver Public Library Health Web Site - Health information links for community members and health professionals in English and in Spanish.