At the Public Health Institute at Denver Health (PHIDH), we believe that we are better together.
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to opportunity, such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences. Achieving equity also requires addressing the social determinants of health to better ensure access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education, housing, safe environments, and health care. Being as healthy as possible refers to the highest level of health that reasonably could be within an individual’s reach if society made adequate efforts to provide opportunities.1
The Public Health Institute at Denver Health has an equitable hiring toolkit that is given to all hiring managers when they request a position with Denver Health and Hospital Authority’s Human Resource Department. This provides a standard hiring process for PHIDH and creating a process that reduces bias from hiring managers and enhances inclusive recruiting and hiring practices. The Inclusive Hiring Toolkit includes the following elements: FAQs, Inclusive Hiring Action List, Sample Interview Questions, Sample Candidate Evaluation Form, evidence-based inclusive hiring practices and an internal hiring roles and responsibilities matrix.
The Advancing Racial Equity Webinar Series Discussion Guide is to be used in conjunction with viewing the APHA webinar series and includes a webinar summary, pre- and post-webinar questions, an activity and resources for each webinar in the series. Primarily designed for public health students and professionals, this guide can be used by anyone interested in having meaningful discussions about racism and racial equity.
The guide is designed to help viewers recap the content of the webinars as well as to provide a framework to invoke meaningful conversations about racism and its connection to health inequities in the United States. All recordings and slides are available at: https://apha.org/racial-equity
The purpose of the Building an Equitable Workplace at Local Health Departments Toolkit is to support the ability of local health departments to look inward, to consider how policy, practice, and culture are advancing equity and inclusion within their department and among their staff, and to take action toward positive change.
This one-page Anti-Racism for Medical Educators Checklist was distilled from a longer guide in the Anti-Racism Primer and Toolkit for Medical Educators in order to assist educators in reviewing their curriculum.
About three times a year, PHIDH holds a grand rounds lecture on a different public health topic for its employees, staff, partners and colleagues. Past topics have included sexual health, the results accountability framework, access to care/care coordination, digital and social media's role in public health, and creating a culture of health in America.
Contact the Public Health Institute at Denver Health
Clinics and Services are located at:
660 N. Bannock St., 2nd Floor
Denver, CO 80204
Administration and Community Programs are located at:
601 N. Broadway,
Denver, CO 80203
303-602-3700 Phone
303-602-3676 Fax
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At the Public Health Institute at Denver Health® (PHIDH), we connect public health, health care systems, and communities to improve health for all.
When communities and systems work together, care becomes more equitable, prevention more effective, and health stronger.
We provide compassionate, culturally responsive care through our clinics, including:
- Supportive care for reproductive and sexual health needs
- Immunizations and vaccine-preventable disease programs
- Infectious disease and tuberculosis testing, specialty care, and prevention
We collaborate with communities to co-create solutions, build trust, and support care that reflects people’s real lives. Our work includes:
- Community-led outreach, education, and public awareness campaigns
- Programs designed with lived experience and local knowledge
We strengthen the public health and clinical workforce through:
- Hands-on training, shared learning, and technical assistance
- Public health innovation integrated into clinical workflows
- Support for quality improvement, sustainability, and systems transformation
We lead and support applied research to bridge practice and policy:
- Piloting new models of care and public health programs
- Translating research into action
- Using data and community insights to inform smarter, more equitable solutions
Learn more about our skills and expertise on our Professional Services page.
Executive Director Bob Belknap, MD Shares His Background and PHIDH’s Next Steps
December 23, 2024
Robert Belknap, MD, is the Executive Director of the Public Health Institute at Denver Health (PHIDH). Including his residency and fellowship training, Belknap has worked at Denver Health for 26 years. He recently stepped down after 10 years as medical director of the Tuberculosis Clinic at PHIDH, handing over this leadership position to incoming medical director Amy Beeson, MD.
Empowering Youth: The Journey of the Eye for Prevention Team
August 08, 2024
Preventing Substance Misuse and Promoting Mental Health and Healing
What is EYE for Prevention?
Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention is a team of passionate young leaders and researchers aged 13 to 25 with lived experiences. Through a holistic and trauma-informed approach, the team focuses on preventing substance misuse and promoting mental health and healing. As a youth-led group, they focus on empowerment, advocacy, and equity in everything they do. The team acknowledges that each person comes with a unique background story, distinct needs, and challenges.
Mpox is still spreading in the United States and in Colorado. Public Health Institute at Denver Health is here to help.
June 21, 2024
Mpox is still with us here in Colorado, and we’re taking this time during Pride month to offer you resources to get vaccinated and for treatment if you have contracted the virus.