Access to healthcare is important, but being truly healthy requires so much more! At Tri-County Health Network, we know that having stable housing is a key component to living a healthy life. A new report that studied housing in communities around the state of Colorado shows a direct connection between housing and health outcomes. You… Continue Reading
Community Health Workers Provide Wellness Screenings to Local Businesses
When was the last time you received a wellness screening? Tri-County Health Network offers free wellness screenings for residents and employees in San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose, and Delta counties. Our Community Health Workers (CHWs) will give you a small prick in your finger and ask a few questions regarding your health history and diet. Part… Continue Reading
Tri-County Health Network Expanding Award Winning Multicultural Advocacy Programming
Earlier this year, the Colorado Nonprofit Association awarded TCHNetwork with the 2019 Inclusiveness and Racial Equity Award at the Colorado Nonprofit Week Awards Luncheon. This prize is sponsored by the Denver Foundation and recognizes organizations working to engage community members in their health equity work and make racial equity a critical component of their programs… Continue Reading
Adult Teletherapy Services
In a region with a severe shortage of behavioral health specialists — only one mental health provider for every 6,000 individuals — and a staggering one psychiatrist for every 20,000 individuals — there is a significant need to increase access to behavioral health services in our region. Teletherapy helps to fill that void. Teletherapy utilizes videoconferencing communication technology… Continue Reading
Cooking Matters
Cooking Matters is a 6-week evidence-based course that teaches participants how to eat and cook healthy meals while on a budget. Participants cook and eat in class together, take groceries home to make the recipe on their own, are given kitchen essentials throughout the course, and learn how to compare prices, read labels, and much… Continue Reading
September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month!
TCHNetwork has five important events coming up for Suicide Prevention Month. We will collaborate and engage our community members to spread awareness and hope, end the stigma, educate each other on suicide, and raise money for suicide prevention, research, education, advocacy, and support. To begin, during the week of September 15th, 2019, we are holding free safeTALK suicide… Continue Reading
Immigration and Health
What does immigration have to do with health? What does health have to do with immigration? The more you know about how these two systems relate, the more you realize the answer is everything. Immigration policy IS healthcare policy. Health insurance, through the marketplace or government benefit programs (e.g. Medicaid and Medicare) is not available… Continue Reading
Thirteen with a Mental Illness: Hope and Recovery
“I was thirteen when I first noticed the nagging urge to wash my hands after I touched doorknobs or my locker. What started as a small problem spiraled out of control very quickly. I spent hours washing my hands. No one could touch me. My parents couldn’t hug me.” Today, Lisa, a former Telluride resident,… Continue Reading
May Mental Health Month
May has been nationally recognized as Mental Health Month for the past 70 years. A person’s overall emotional and mental functioning can yield great impact on the physical health of their body and vice versa. This connection between the mind and body is extremely fascinating and currently a hot topic for discussion and research. With… Continue Reading
Platicando con Marlen
Marlen Olivas Romero, Navegadora Cultural – Cultural Navigator ¿Que he aprendido de trabajar informando a la comunidad inmigrante? Que a veces en es un reto tratar de llevar información a mucha gente, aun haciendo publicaciones en Facebook o en otros medios, ya que la mayoría de la comunidad latina trabaja todo el tiempo y nunca están… Continue Reading
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