Connect with Us!
The Larimer County Department of Health and Environment's Office of Strategic Planning, Health Equity, and Partnerships connects with community partners to provide public health perspective and expertise to implement policies and programs that promote evidence-based, equitable, and proactive health outcomes. We work closely with community partners to coordinate, collaborate, and address emerging issues or gaps in services and resources. Supporting community partners by facilitating workgroups, sharing initiatives, and connecting organizations, including non-profits, government agencies, businesses, and funders. Areas of expertise include:
- Social determinants of health
- Positive youth development
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Workplan development
- Facilitation
- Research and best practices
- Equity and engagement
The Population Epidemiology team seeks to share and visualize data to answer questions and contribute to community goals by:
- Providing support in identifying data sources to answer the questions and needs of community members and our partner organizations
- Highlighting community health needs, goals, and progress by developing a dashboard display [pending launch of County-wide dashboard] of timely and actionable health data with input from our partners. Some initial areas of exploration for the dashboard include:
- Behavioral Health
- Access to Childcare
- Food Insecurity
- Climate Change related health concerns
- Poor air quality
- Excessive heat
- Social Influences of Health
- Other emerging Issues
- Facilitating sharing data across organizations while maintaining the confidentiality of data
