Rickey Tolliver
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The medical home model of care is a partnership approach where care is both coordinated and family-centered. Several studies have shown that medical home activities improve access to health care, health-related outcomes, and family functioning for children and youth with and without special health care needs.
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Since 2005, Colorado's Health Disparities Grant program (HDGP) has been supporting programs and initiatives across the state to address the prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in underrepresented populations. The statute that created the program emphasizes a focus on racial and ethnic minorities and underserved/under-represented populations. Projects were designed to address cancer, cardiovascular...
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For years, Colorado has been labeled the "leanest" state in the United States for having low adult obesity prevalence. The adult obesity prevalence has been rising in the U.S. over the past three decades. Colorado is not immune from this trend. One theory is that the influx of migration to Colorado has brought in heavier people and contributed to the increasing obesity trend. The purpose of this report is to explore this theory by estimating the...