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State Assessment and Planning

Colorado's Current Public Health Improvement Plan

Every five years, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment works with partners from across the state to assess how Colorado is doing related to health and environment. The resulting community health assessment (CHA) and public health improvement plan (PHIP) are required by both the 2008 Public Health Act and the national Public Health Accreditation Board. 

Progress on the 2023-2024 State Health Assessment: 

In January of 2023, the Office of Public Health Practice, Planning, and Local Partnerships convened a Public Health Improvement Committee (PHIC) to guide the next planning cycle from 2023-2024. The PHIC includes members from the following external organizations: 

Adams County Public Health 

Colorado School of Public Health

Servicios de la Raza

Broomfield Public Health and Environment

Eagle County Public Health and Environment

The Health Partnership 

Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials (CALPHO)

Groundwork Denver 

Trailhead Institute

Centennial Area Health Education Center (CAHEC)

Jewish Family Service 

UC Health

Children's Hospital Colorado

Metropolitan State University of Denver 

West Central Public Health Partnership 

Colorado Black Health Collaborative

Northeast Colorado Health Department

 

A representative from each of the following CDPHE offices, programs, and divisions are also included on the PHIC: 

  • Center for Health and Environmental Data (CHED)
  • Disease Control & Public Health Response Division
  • Environmental Health Division
  • Maternal and Child Health Program
  • Office of Public Health Practice, Planning, and Local Partnerships
  • Office of Strategy, Performance and Innovation
  • Prevention Services Division

A high-level timeline for the statewide assessment and planning process can be seen below

This image is a visual timeline of the work of the 2023-2024 Public Health Improvement Committee

 

As of August 2023, OPHP and the PHIC have completed the following work: 

  • Contracted with Civic Canopy to facilitate PHIC meetings and support development of various materials, agendas, and PHIC activities 
  • Developed a project charter and determined a decision-making structure
  • Determined methods for quantitative data collection, selected quantitative metrics for the assessment, and identified existing data gaps 
  • Explored and selected additional metrics to address quantitative data gaps 
  • Developed a Communications and Engagement Plan 
  • Determined the purpose and audiences for community engagement and qualitative data collection 
  • Developed a survey tool for qualitative data collection 

 

Upcoming for September - December 2023: 

  • The PHIC will lead community outreach to organizations working with populations who are frequently left out of traditional quantitative data collection efforts 
  • Quantitative and qualitative data will be compiled for the 2023-2024 State Health Assessment 
  • The State Health Assessment will be published as both a written report and a dashboard in early 2024

 

Come back to this page for updates on the State Health Improvement Plan to be developed in 2024! 

 

Colorado's Public and Environmental Health Improvement Plan (PHIP) 2020-2024:

Colorado's 2018 Community Health Assessment (CHA):