Spring 2025 Newsletter

Health Statistics Regional Profiles
SEOW

The Colorado SEOW is excited to announce the release of the Health Statistics Regional Profiles on the SEOW website!

In 2021, the Colorado SEOW conducted a needs assessment with local and state public health representatives to understand current data use, capacity to access and analyze data, and how data were used in decision-making. Findings from the needs assessment revealed that professionals working around substance use need timely and localized data to understand the needs of their community. Therefore, the Colorado SEOW decided to dedicate fiscal year 2024 to the creation of the first-ever regional profiles.

The purpose of the regional profiles is to provide an overview of localized data by Health Statistics Regions (HSR) to community members and individuals working around substance misuse prevention and treatment. These profiles are intended as a resource for understanding substance use trends that can be used to inform local initiatives, programs, policies, and other activities.

Explore the profiles on the SEOW website.

SEOW Health Statistics Regional Profile Session
Title: Data Source For You! Regional Profiles 
Shared Risk and Protective Factors Summit
March 21, 2025, Time TBD
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO 81501

Abstract
Ever wondered what data is out there that you can use to tell the story of why your program/service exists to address substance use in Colorado? The State Epidemiology Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) has created new interactive Regional Profiles that can help you tell the story of your community and why everyone should be invested in the work that you do. Having the data is only the beginning of your story to show the importance and connections to why you do the work that you do. Learn about the SEOW Regional Profiles and how the data was gathered and learn some tips on how to use this data to tell the story of the work you do in your community. This session will help you acquire tangible skills to advance and adapt prevention work and inspire and reinvigorate the passion you have for prevention work by honing in on the data story of your community and how important it is to invest in prevention programs and services.   

Presenters:
Jeff Proctor, Executive Director, The Evaluation Center, School of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado Denver
Sharon T. Liu, Director, Community Prevention and Early Intervention, CDPHE

Registration is open until March 7th. For more information and to register for the conference, click here.

Shared Risk and Protective Factors Summit - May 2025
May 21 - May 22, 2025 
Pueblo, CO

The ninth annual Shared Risk and Protective Factors (SRPF) Summit will bring together community members, public health professionals, and local leaders to advance strategies for preventing violence, injury, and substance abuse across Colorado. This year’s event will focus on fostering meaningful connections in an intimate, community-driven environment with a select number of sessions, workshops, and dedicated networking spaces.

Summit Focus: This year’s theme, Adapt to Thrive, emphasizes building resilience through practical, locally-adapted strategies. Attendees will be equipped with tools, inspiration, and support to enhance their SRPF initiatives, celebrate accomplishments, and form new connections.

Summit Tracks:

• Foundations for Thriving – Building sustainable SRPF initiatives through cross-sector collaboration, equity, and capacity building.
• Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide – Addressing the unique needs of rural, frontier, and tribal communities.
• Youth-Driven SRPF – Empowering youth with the skills to lead, facilitate, and build coalitions.

2025 CPHA Culture of Data Conference
April 24-25, 2025
Virtual

The 2025 Culture of Data Conference will explore the essential role of data science in advancing health justice by addressing the social determinants of health. This virtual event will focus on using data to better understand and tackle the social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to inequities in access to care, housing, education, and more.

Conference Focus: This year’s theme, Data Science for Health Justice: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health, will bring together public health professionals and community leaders to examine how data-driven insights can be used to identify and address systemic inequities. The discussions will center on how data can drive collective action to combat the harmful effects of racism, sexism, classism, and other forms of oppression.

Conference Objectives:

• Strengthen the use of data to advance health equity and public health strategies.
• Share innovative practices for improving data accessibility and collaboration between communities and professionals.
• Highlight tools and methods to identify community assets and measure health equity.

For more information, visit the Culture of Data Conference page. 

2025 Public Health in the Rockies Conference - Call for Abstracts
September 9 - 11, 2025
Theme: Building Resilience - Public Health in the Heart of the Rockies 
Keystone, CO 

The 2025 Public Health in the Rockies (PHiR) Conference, hosted by the Colorado Public Health Association (CPHA), will take place from September 9th - 11th in Keystone, Colorado. The conference will focus on building resilience in public health and strengthening community health strategies, offering networking and educational opportunities for professionals across public health disciplines.

CPHA is now accepting abstracts for the conference in the following categories:

• Program/Research “Showcase” Sessions (30 minutes and 1 hour)
• Skill Building Sessions (1.5 hours)
• Poster Sessions
• Emerging Leader Showcase Presentations (15 minutes)

All abstract submissions are due by Sunday, April 20th, 2025, at 12:00 pm MST. For more details and submission information, visit the Public Health in the Rockies landing page.