Health Elevations, a Quarterly Journal: Past Issues Online
Each issue of Health Elevations is devoted to a theme that is approached from a variety of perspectives. Feature stories are accompanied by experts’ viewpoints and real-life success stories.
Archives
Winter 2013: Does Health Live in Your ZIP Code?
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For good or ill, where you live determines health
Fall 2012: A Pound of Prevention
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Ignore the old adage: Our health needs more than an ounce
Summer 2012: Aging Well
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Getting better at getting older
Spring 2012: The Food Maze
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The complex route our food travels
Winter 2012: Shopping for Coverage
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The promise of online health insurance exchanges
Fall 2011: Primary Care Evolution
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Team-based, integrated primary care looks to be the wave of the future
Summer 2011: Building Better Health
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Infrastructure can lead to healthier lives
Spring 2011: Bridging The Gap
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Colorado strives to integrate mental and physical health care
Winter 2011: In the Driver's Seat
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Why you should take charge of your health
Fall 2010: A Family Affair
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Together we can build healthier lives for Colorado's children.
Summer 2010: Bearing the Burden
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Businesses cope with health care costs conundrum.
Spring 2010: Health Care Plugs In
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Health information techology is tranforming health care for the better.
Winter 2010: Health Policy
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Examines how positive policy changes can improve the health care delivery system.
Fall 2009: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Public Health!
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Highlights the role that public health plays in our lives.
Summer 2009: Weathering the Storm
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Looks at the recession and how it is affecting Colorado nonprofits and ranks of the uninsured and underinsured.
Spring 2009: Good Health Goes to School
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Examines the resources needed to overhaul school health.
Winter 2009: Miles to Go
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Addresses Colorado's health care workforce shortage and solutions to this growing problem.
Fall 2008: Mind & Body
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Explores mental health and the importance of treating the mind as well as the body in a coordinated care approach.
Summer 2008: Is Colorado Getting Healthier?
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Grantees and funders work together to see if nonprofits are making a difference by finding yardsticks that are meaningful and accurate.
Spring 2008: Coordinating Care in Colorado
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Our current “dis-integrated” health care system is in need of an overhaul and our grantees are working to coordinate care through the use of electronic health records and medical homes.
Winter 2008: Grading Colorado
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The results of The Colorado Health Report Card show how Colorado is doing compared with the rest of the nation and our nonprofit partners are making strides toward improving health coverage and childhood immunization rates.
Fall 2007: Children's Health
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The future of Colorado is our children and their health is paramount to their developing into healthy and productive adults; four innovative programs that are making a difference.
Summer 2007: Obesity
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Even though we are the leanest state in the nation, Colorado’s obesity rates, especially among children, are rising and we must take steps to prevent and treat obesity in adults and children; our grantees are finding success using novel techniques.
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