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The health of a community is measured in how well the community works together to maintain its quality of life and resolve problems. Every person in the community is important to its health. We may not solve all problems, but we can individually and collectively work on those issues closest to us. We can be healthy.

Success stories of collaboration in Mesa County

Mesahealth.org is reserved for community collaborations to maintain a website.  Success stories of collaboration are described in all of them.

  1. Our Picture of Health Successes http://www.mesahealth.org/httpdocs/1998-appendix.htm
  2. Mesa County Underage Drinking Task Force http://www.mesahealth.org/httpdocs/generation/DFMCReport/AppendixD.pdf
  3.  Build A Generation 2002 http://www.mesahealth.org/httpdocs/generation/DFMCReport/AppendixE.pdf
  4. Colorado Prevention Partners  http://www.youthisallthat.org/
  5. Quality Health Network http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/documents/2_2Thompson1006.pdf
  6. Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/atlases/98Atlas.pdf
  7. Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado http://www.hospicewco.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3306

Air Quality Planning

Mesa County has a long history of implementing proactive strategies for the protection of the air quality in the Grand Valley.  Air quality in the Grand Valley has been the subject of the systematic approach to solving an environmental problem since 1992 when the Grand Valley Air Quality Planning Committee was formed as an advisory committee to the mesa County Board of Health.  Since it was created, the committee has been an important catalyst for community awareness and political support for air quality protection. 

References
DeFeyter, S. and Mohr, R., Improving Air quality in the Grand Valley: A Collaborative Approach to solving an environmental problem. Presented at the National Environmental health Association, 58th Annual Educational Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, June 18-22, 1994.  http://neha.org/

_____________, Grand Valley Air Quality Planning Committee in Fresh Air: Innovative State and local Programs for Improving Air Quality.  Environmental Law Institute Research Report Project #9519-01, December 1997, p. 113-117.  http://eli.org/


Since 1992 Mesa County has tracked its progress toward a healthier community.   Those qualities that make Mesa County so attractive today need to be monitored with an eye toward preservation.  On the other hand, those measures that, when not controlled, seriously impact the future of our quality of life need to be monitored with an eye toward improvement. Those measures we monitor are called indicators help us to create a snapshot of our picture of health.

Community Health Assessments

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