Interagency Health Disparities Leadership Council

The Interagency Health Disparities Leadership Council provided a formal mechanism for fellow state agencies within Colorado to develop coordinated strategies to address the antecedents to health disparities, i.e., the social determinants of health e.g., poverty, lack of education, unemployment, difficulties in accessing healthcare, mental, etc. The council is co-chaired by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Chief Medical Officer.

Sample Council Functions:

• Create a shared vision and mission on addressing health disparities in targeted populations

• Determine ways to develop culturally innovative data collection strategies within their agencies and to share the data with one another without violating HIPPA regulations

• Strengthen collaborations between this department and other state agencies to meaningfully address the health disparities of communities of color

• Council's Health Disparities Strategic Plan 08 Draft

• Colorado Interagency Health Disparities Leadership Council Monograph