Colorado State University Health Extension FY: 2023-24 impact report

Abstract

CSU's Rural Health Initiative significantly enhanced Extension's capacity for improving health across rural Colorado and was instrumental in establishing our new Health Extension system. This system builds on the longterm successes of Family and Consumer Science while incorporating approaches based on prevention science and Cooperative Extension's National Framework for Health Equity and Well-being. CSU Extension elevated its national presence by hosting a group of Health Extension leaders from across the country at Spur in October 2023, to engage in a strategic planning process for implementing the health equity framework. Then, in January of 2024, our Health and Well-being Program and Research Unit (PRU) was launched to coordinate and uplift CSU Extension's health-related efforts statewide. This PRU focuses on five key areas of health and well-being: Behavioral Health, Financial Well-being, Healthy Aging, Food Safety/Preservation, and Nutrition/Chronic Disease Prevention. Learn about some of the FY 2023-24 highlights in this report.