Public Health Institute at Denver Health

11/21/2025

Help us spread the word about this free resource we offer for the Denver community! Testing and prevention saves lives💙

11/18/2025

We agree with this parent—all families should consider Family Connects! A visit from a registered nurse for your newborn all in the comfort of your own home at no cost to you thanks to support from Illuminate Colorado.

Learn more at denverhealth.org/familyconnects

11/14/2025

With the holidays just around the corner, it’s a good time to check in on the vaccines that can help keep you and your family healthy.

Vaccines for flu, COVID-19 and RSV offer important protection, especially for older adults, young children, pregnant people and anyone with chronic health conditions. But recommendations can vary based on your age, health status and risk.

To make sure your at-risk loved ones stay safe and healthy this holiday season, take a moment to learn which vaccines are recommended for you and when to get them. A quick conversation with a trusted health care provider or a visit to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment vaccine guidance webpage can help you make a plan that protects the people you care about most.

A healthier holiday season starts with all of us.
🧡 Learn more about staying up to date: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/immunizations/seasonal-respiratory-vaccines

Experienced health care professionals in Colorado share their thoughts on the influenza virus, the risks of infection, and the benefits of seasonal vaccinati...

10/31/2025

We’re grateful to work with so many new parents in the comfort of their own homes through our Family Connects program.

The service is simple: A registered nurse visits your home around three weeks after birth to check on parent, baby and the whole family. There is no additional cost to you, and anyone with a newborn can participate after giving birth at Denver Health.

Get connected at denverhealth.org/familyconnects

10/24/2025

In the U.S., polio once changed lives in an instant. Today, thanks to vaccines, many have never seen its devastating effects. That’s a victory worth celebrating and sustaining, even while we still work to eradicate polio globally.

At PHIDH, we’re proud to help keep polio in the past by making routine immunizations accessible for every family in our community. Public health works when we all benefit from progress and help protect it together.

As we recognize , we honor the generations who lived through polio outbreaks and the science and partnership that brought us to where we are today.

🧡 Let’s continue the momentum. Healthier communities start with prevention.

10/10/2025

Come work with us! We’re currently hiring a Registered Nurse for our TB Clinic and a Medical Assistant for our Infectious Disease Clinic.

More details here: https://denverhealth.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/DHHA-Main/details/Medical-Assistant---Infectious-Disease-Clinic_R13347-1?_gl=1*1naewua*_gcl_au*Nzg5MDc0OTQxLjE3NTUxMTgwMzU.*_ga*MTY1MjA1NjA1OS4xNjY3OTIxODEx*_ga_484V9EBXC6*czE3NTkzNTIxNzMkbzQxOSRnMCR0MTc1OTM1MjE3MyRqNjAkbDAkaDA.

10/08/2025

📣Free Continuing Education Opportunity: Innovative State-Wide Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)

🗓 Tuesday, Oct. 14
⏰ 12 - 1 p.m. MST
📍 Zoom
💰 Free | CE credit available
👉 Register: https://courses.denverptc.org/upcoming_classes.html

Join us to exchange ideas, build partnerships and strengthen Colorado’s OUD response. You’ll leave with tools to:

✔ Compare innovative MOUD service delivery models in urban and rural settings.
✔ Understand how extended hours and telehealth reduce barriers to treatment initiation and retention.

Who should attend: ROACs, funders, hospital & clinic leaders, behavioral health providers, public health partners and community organizations working to expand MOUD access.

10/06/2025

🎓 In the close quarters of college life, meningococcal meningitis can spread fast and strike without warning.

At PHIDH, we work to bring preventive care into schools, clinics and communities—because protecting young people means meeting them where they are.

This , learn the symptoms, know the risks, and make sure you’re protected against meningitis serogroups A, B, C, W, and Y.

In the close quarters of college life, meningococcal meningitis can spread quickly and strike without warning. This video highlights the heightened danger of...

09/30/2025

✨Feeling informed and inspired after our Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention team’s Overdose Prevention Peer Training. Denver Health staff got a special look into this training written by youth with lived experience.

From hands-on overdose intervention exercises to coping strategies and mindfulness techniques, this training reaches youth with expertise and lived experience to remind everyone why we’re .

👉More on EYE for Prevention’s work here: https://strongerwithout.com/

09/28/2025

We know scientific claims that make headlines can lead to uncertainty. That’s why Bob Belknap, MD, chair of PHIDH, spoke with 9NEWS (KUSA) and CBS Colorado to reaffirm that Tylenol (acetaminophen) remains safe for pregnant people when used appropriately and cautioned against drawing unproven links between its use and autism.

Dr. Belknap also emphasized something every parent, patient and community member deserves: a health care provider you trust—someone you can turn to with questions any time you’re uncertain about your health.

Full story: https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/president-trump-pregnant-autism-tylenol-link/73-a3af0f12-862b-40b4-8e9d-69413c453774

09/26/2025

As federal vaccine advisory structures shift, Bob Belknap, MD, chair of PHIDH, spoke with Colorado Public Radio to emphasize the importance of evidence, transparency and continuity in vaccine guidance.

Dr. Belknap applauded Colorado’s steps to protect vaccine access and flexibility—pointing especially to the state’s standing orders and policy adjustments that help ensure Coloradans can still get recommended vaccines.

The evidence is clear that vaccines help build healthier communities, and PHIDH will continue working in partnership with the communities we support to ensure vaccine access, clarity and trust.

Last week, a key federal vaccine panel made some significant changes and recommendations that were once closely followed by states like Colorado.

09/17/2025

🏫💉Another day, another PHIDH team meeting people where they live, learn and grow.

Our In-School Immunization Program (ISIP) brings vaccines directly to Denver Public Schools—making it easy for students to stay protected and parents to have one less worry.

✅ Age-appropriate, school-required vaccines
✅ Convenient clinics during school hours (just 15 minutes out of class!)
✅ No missed work for parents or school days for kids

It’s one more way we go beyond the hospital walls to build healthier communities. 💜