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Director
William Burman, M.D.

Associate Director
Judith Shlay, M.D.
5280 Top Doctor in 2011

Denver Public Health
605 Bannock Street
Denver, CO 80204-4507

Phone
303-602-3700

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New Funded Projects
CDC Funded Community Transformation Grant
CRAFT: Cardiovascular disease Redcution: A Focused Transformation

Read about this newly awarded project....



Tuberculosis Epidemiologic Studies Consortium (TBESC)
CDC funded project to improve the diagnosis and treatment of Latent TB Infection

Read about this newly awarded project....
DIRECTOR'S COLUMN

A Needs Assessment of Intentional and Unintentional Injury in Denver County Youth Ages 10-19  
Click here to learn more about the burden of and trends in injury among Denver youth and recommendations for primary prevention.

Visit from the Director of the CDC Division of STD Prevention
In late October, Denver Public Health and the Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center were honored to host Dr. Gail Bolan, the Director of CDC’s Division of STD Prevention.  Read more.... 

 

Denver Public Health
Welcome to Denver Public Health !

Denver Public Health is committed to promoting, improving and protecting the health and well-being of the residents of Denver and beyond.

We do that in partnership with Denver’s diverse communities, through education and health promotion activities, direct clinical care, and other disease prevention services.

At Denver Public Health we strive to:

Create a strong infrastructure that supports, evaluates and improves internal operations, communications, and information systems including timely data on health issues, financial systems, and facilities.

  • To develop robust information systems that monitor the health status of our communities.
  • To create an integrated team that diagnoses and investigates health problems and health hazards in the community.

Maintain our leadership, educational and service role within the City and State.

  • To assure a competent public and personal health care workforce.

Develop strong partnerships with the community, academia, health care delivery systems, and business community.

  • To inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
  • To mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
  • To develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.

Conduct focused investigations, evaluations, quality improvement and perform critical research.

  • To evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services.
  • To perform research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

Expand public health services while maintaining expertise and interest in our current focus areas.

  • To link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when unavailable.
  • To enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
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This is Public Health:

http://www.aphaportal.org/generationpublichealth/pg_gphvideo.htm

A Healthier America Begins with You:

www.generationpublichealth.org