In Colorado, injury is the third leading cause of death, ranking below cancer and heart disease More than 3,100 Coloradans die from injuries each year, with an additional 32,000 hospitalized for non-fatal injuries and thousands more treated in emergency departments and physicians' offices. An estimated one in eight Coloradans seek medical treatment for injuries each year. Injuries impact not only the injured person, but also families, employers, and communities.
Colorado LINKS for Mental Health (Linking Interagency Networks for Kids Services) is an initiative seeking to create partnerships between state agencies and community groups working in the kids' mental health system. The purpose of the guidebook is to enable organizations to identify other planning groups working on youth health, mental health and co-occurring issues, so as to create opportunities to collaboration and avoid duplication in efforts. Hopefully, the guidebook will serve as a useful resource to state agencies, foundations, providers, policymakers, consumers, planning organizations, and community organizations.
This document defines the elements of a quality school-based health center. Those who participated in its development value the approach of locating the delivery of health care to children and adolescents in schools, and intend for these quality standards to foster a healthy, sustainable future for this approach.
The role of the public health nurse in the early identification of children with physical disabilities and/or developmental delays has been and will always be a vital component in assuring the early intervention and appropriate referral for further assessment and/or treatment. Part C challenges all professionals to work collaboratively in order to develop the best plan of care to "enhance the development of handicapped infants and toddlers; to minimize their potential for developmental delay" and to "enhance the capacity of families to meet the special needs of their infants and toddlers with handicaps."
The use of body worn cameras (BWC) among law enforcement agencies is growing rapidly. Law enforcement agencies are using BWCs for a variety of reasons, including improving evidence collection, evaluating and strengthening officer performance and accountability, enhancing transparency, documenting police-public encounters, and investigating and resolving complaints. However, it is important to note that the deployment of BWC systems is in its infancy and much remains unknown about their operational and total cost of ownership impacts. BWCs present important privacy concerns. Citizens may be less willing to provide information to law enforcement when the officer is recording the interaction. The potential for body-worn cameras to be coupled with other technologies, such as facial recognition software, may present additional concerns for citizen privacy.
