HHS Region 8
Colorado
Lift You Up! Early Childhood Leaders in Health and Wellbeing
Jefferson County, CO
Cohort 7 - 2018
NLAPH
Overview
The team is proposing to develop a Health and Wellness Community Leadership Training Model for childcare providers and parents of young children that can be applied in rural and urban community settings. Through this model, providers and parents will have the opportunity to connect with other community leaders, learn strategies for self-care, engage in peer support groups, develop and enhance leadership skills, and elevate their self-efficacy to influence local programs and policies. This project will take a three-fold approach:
Conduct a community assessment to identify leaders in early child care health and wellness (providers, parents, etc.) in one rural and one urban area of Jefferson County.
Form a community leadership cohort to identify needed resources and supports related to social and emotional development of early childcare providers and families.
Train leaders on a strategic planning process to make systems-level changes in their communities and promote sustainable leadership skills. They will initially implement our pilot project in one rural and one urban community with strong evaluation processes utilizing the PDSA model. The goal is to develop a model that can be replicated around the state, extended to diverse community leaders in early childhood, and adapted for specific language and cultural needs.
Team members
Mary Margaret Fouse-Bishop
Jefferson County Public Health
Charlotte Farewell
University of Colorado Denver at Anschutz Campus
Tracy Doig
TRIAD Early Childhood Council
Shellie McKeown
Mountain Resource Center
Documents
Denver Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RETC)
Denver, CO
Cohort 5 - 2016
NLAPH
Overview
As a part of the Ebola LAPH program, this team focused on Ebola preparedness for the Denver Health Medical Center. This included establishing communication protocol, community containment, and other disease prevention measures regarding Ebola.
Team members
Bill Benerman
Denver Dept. of Environmental Health
Caroline Croyle
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Janell Nichols
Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment
Vivian Schemper
Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment
Charles Smedly
Denver Public Health
Let's Build Leaders—Colorado Leaders Helping Colorado Asians Thrive
Aurora, CO
Cohort 3 - 2014
NLAPH
Overview
The project focuses on improving the quality of life, English and life skills, health literacy, self-sufficiency, and independence of the target population. The team aims to achieve this through workshops and training grounded in a community-based participatory model in the AAPI community regarding mental health and primary care service provision.
Team members
Christine Wanifuch
Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
Gigi de Gala
Nelnet
DJ Ida
National AAPI MH Association
Annie Guo
Colorado Dept. of Public Health
Documents
Colorado Community Center Collaborative
Colorado Springs, CO
Cohort 2 - 2013
NLAPH
Overview
The project aims to work with community centers to improve the overall health and wellbeing of children under 18 through activities such as education, increased physical activity, healthy eating, psycho-social support, and academic counseling. The long-term goals are to decrease Body Mass Index scores, teen pregnancy rates, and substance abuse and arrests among youth while increasing civic engagement and graduation rates.
Team members
Barbara Joyce
University of Colorado
Brian Kates
City of Colorado Springs
Kelley Christians
El Paso County Public Health
Mia Ramirez
Kaiser Permanente
Emily Epstein
LiveWell Colorado Springs