In Colorado, as elsewhere, the debate roils over gun laws, fueled by mass shootings so indiscriminate they have come to define random violence in America, so ubiquitous they have come to be known by a single name. Columbine. Virginia Tech. Aurora. Newtown. But the truth is the horrific events of Columbine and Aurora represent a [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS – Gunfire erupted without warning – a burst of rifle shots from a vehicle just 10 or 15 feet away that left two people crumpled on the sidewalk, bleeding and dying. It was 10:51 p.m. on a Friday in June 2008, and the first sound the emergency operator heard was a scream, followed [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS – Gunfire erupted without warning – a burst of rifle shots from a vehicle just 10 or 15 feet away that left two people crumpled on the sidewalk, bleeding and dying. It was 10:51 p.m. on a Friday in June 2008, and the first sound the emergency operator heard was a scream, followed [...]
Colorado is continually heralded as the fittest state in the country – but behind that ranking stand a host of health measures that paint a different picture, placing the state mid-pack or worse in things such as infant mortality and binge drinking. And even that No. 1 ranking – best – among the 50 states [...]
Two Colorado lawmakers plan to push for a comprehensive examination of racial and ethnic inequality in the state as a precursor to future legislation aimed at closing some of the gaps that separate Latinos and African Americans from whites. State Reps. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, and Angela Williams, D-Denver, said they plan to introduce the measure, [...]
Among the hurdles to attacking disparities in health between ethnic and racial minorities and whites are the confounding reality that some inequities have so far defied explanation and the differing views on what constitutes “fairness.” That’s the assessment of Dr. Paula Braveman, a national expert who has done extensive work on health issues that is [...]
I-News Losing Ground Health Disparities from I-News on Vimeo. Dr. Carolyn Chen, of Cinica Family Health Services in Denver, discussing health care disparities. Lucero Barrios is Latina and a new mother – circumstances that place her squarely in a group of people affected by a shocking reality in Colorado: A Hispanic baby born in this [...]
Despite immense gains made in overall health in recent decades, African Americans and Latinos still lag far behind whites in Colorado in a host of measures. For both groups, the rate of infant mortality – the death of a baby before reaching his or her first birthday – is starkly higher than it is for [...]
Lucero Barrios is Latina and a new mother – circumstances that place her squarely in a group of people affected by a shocking reality in Colorado: A Hispanic baby born in this state is 63 percent more likely than a white baby to die in the first year of life. And Latinos aren’t alone – [...]
