Addressing Mental Health with The Center for African American Health
By Cara Marranzino, Mental Health Center Denver As the community mental health authority for the City and County of Denver and the Rocky Mountain region’s largest provider of behavioral health services, serving over 20,000 persons annually, Mental Health Center of Denver is pleased to provide two Mental Health First Aid training [...]
Stopping Childhood Obesity with the Community’s Help
by Rochelle Cason-Wilkerson, MD I’m excited to discuss the innovative and exciting things to come as The Center for African American Health continues to develop partnerships and collaborations to improve the health of the community. The Center, now a member of the Family Resource Center Association of Colorado, has programming which touches lives [...]
Celebrating Life; Honoring Your Health and Your Family
By Toni Baruti, Board Member for The Center for African American Health May 23, 2018 was the date that forever changed our lives. My stepfather, Robert Charles Ennis, III was scheduled for a routine colonoscopy. When I arrived to pick him up for his appointment, he didn’t seem like [...]
What’s New for You at The Center for African American Health
By Deidre Johnson, CEO & Executive Director In 1997, under the leadership of Grant Jones, The Metro Denver Black Church Initiative was established to help build the capacity of Black churches in providing programs for at-risk youth, academically struggling students, and ex-offenders as well as health education and health screening programs. In [...]
What We’re Reading: Unhealthy state of affairs regarding Black health
By Glenn Ellis There is no disagreement that African Americans have worse health outcomes across the board. Researchers, scientists, sociologists, and doctor all agree. Data and statistics reflect the dismal reality that if you are African American, you will be more likely to die at birth, die giving birth, grow up sicker, be diagnosed [...]
Why Is It So Risky to Be a Black Mother?
By Dwyer Gunn Reprinted with permission by The Colorado Trust When Deidre Johnson gave birth to her first child—a baby boy—in July 2003, she and her husband were ecstatic. It had taken the 35-year-old a while to conceive, but the labor and birth had gone quickly and relatively smoothly. The new [...]