Rural Colorado Chronic Disease Care Initiative

This work is part of the Rural Colorado Chronic Disease Care Initiative. This Initiative is a statewide effort to strengthen rural health systems and improve access to care across Colorado’s rural and frontier communities. The Initiative focuses specifically on strengthening chronic disease prevention and management by improving coordination across healthcare providers, public health agencies, and community-based organizations.

Rural Chronic Disease Consortium

The Consortium brings together a diverse group of public health, healthcare, community, and organizational leaders to collaborate on improving access to services for the prevention and management of chronic diseases across rural Colorado.

The Rural Colorado Chronic Disease Care Initiative is staffed and supported by a project team at CU Anschutz which includes members from the Colorado Ambulatory Partnership for Health Innovation and Research Excellence (CAMPHIRE), the Farley Health Policy Center, and the Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center.

Chronic Disease focus: 

Within the Rural Colorado Chronic Disease Care Initiative, chronic disease refers to ongoing health conditions and related prevention needs that can affect people over time. The Initiative's areas of focus include: 

• Diabetes and prediabetes (ex. DPP, DSMES) 
• High blood pressure and cardiovascular disease (ex. SMBP) 
• Obesity and healthy weight (ex. Family Healthy Weight Program) 
• Asthma, COPD, and other chronic respiratory diseases 
• Tobacco use 
• Colorectal cancer 
• Breast and cervical cancer 
• Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias 

Consortium Members

Information coming soon! 

Upcoming Consortium Meetings

Rural Chronic Disease Consortium meetings are held monthly and are open to the public. Public comment will be allowed in the last 10 minutes of the meeting. Please email [email protected] for Zoom information to join a meeting. 

• Wednesday, November 18 - 9:00-11:00 a.m.
• Friday, December 11 - 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Starting in 2027, meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month from 9:00-11:00 a.m. All times are in MT. 

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