Happy HEAL-IDAYS! Post your tips in the lobby!

Weight Watchers at Work - 12/19 - A5A - 50% Discount for State of Colorado Employees

Alive Inside - A film on Music and Memory - December 15, noon - 2pm

RSVP to Greg, x2683 greg.schlosser@state.co.us

CDPHE Caregiver Support Group - Betsy.Stephens@state.co.us

Alzheimer's Association - Colorado Chapter

Lead Prevention Art Contest for K-6 grade students!

Celebrate a Healthy and Safe Halloween this year! Share your ideas below.

Do you have an idea or experience with healthy and/or safe Halloween celebrations or trick-or-treating?
Share your healthy and safe halloween ideas here!

Dementia Risk Webinar - Sept 22, 1-2pm

Dementia risk webinar

People Want to Know: How Do I Reduce My Risk of Dementia?

Webinar on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm Eastern

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

Increasingly, scientific evidence indicates that uncontrolled high blood pressure is not only the leading cause of stroke but may also be linked to cognitive decline and dementia. Join the SOPHE Healthy Aging Community of Practice (CoP) to learn about new resources that health educators can use to help people understand how they can reduce risk for stroke, cognitive decline, and potentially dementia. Presenters from the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer's Association will provide research highlights, discuss the public health implications, and identify free, educational materials and messages.

http://www.coprevent.org/2016/09/dementia-risk-webinar.html

Colorado Springs Vanpool Openings

Join the CDPHE AIDS Walk Team, August 20 at Cheesman Park

Join the CDPHE AIDS Walk Team this weekend, August 20 at Cheesman Park.

www.aidswalkcolorado.org

Text HBP CO to 97779 for blood pressure reminders and health tips.

What's one of the easiest health metrics to measure and improve? Your blood pressure! Just a 5-point drop in diastolic blood pressure can reduce your risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke by 30% to 50%. CDPHE has partnered with the American Heart Association to station easy-to-use automatic blood pressure cuffs in the core rooms in Buildings A, B and C. You can now also text HBP CO to 97779 for blood pressure reminders and health tips.

Circuit Training in the Wellness Room Tuesdays and Thursdays

Ask a Master Gardner! - Thursday, August 4, 12-1 pm, C1A

Do you know your behavioral health resources? Wednesday, July 20, 11:30-12:30, C1E

5 Steps to Build Your Emotional Intelligence, Lunch-n-Learn, July 14, 12-1 pm, C1C/C1D

Garden Club Lunch-n-Learn with Audubon Habitat Hero Don Ireland June 30, 12-1pm.

Free Dental Screening: Newborns - 3 years, July 29

Reminder: Free Bike Check Today from 11 am-1 pm, Flagpole-Building A

Summer of Cycling, Weigh and Win Photo Contest, Submit by June 29

Bike to Work Month, Free Bike Check, June 15, 11 am- 1 pm

Bike to Work Month- Map Your Ride, June 8, 11-1

Hands Only CPR Training, Thursday, June 9, 12-1 C1C/C1D

Please register here

June 22 is Bike to Workday in Colorado. Sign up and select company affiliation with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Work for CDPHE?
Register at http://biketoworkday.us/ 
Select your company affiliation as
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Contact: Megan Snow or Daniel McKenna

Mental Health Awareness Month, Lunch-n-Learn Series, Suicide: The Facts & What You Can Do, May 26, 12-1pm, C1C-C1D

Mental Health Awareness Month - Lunch-n-Learn Series - Perinatal Depression, May 25, 12-1pm, Carson

Colorado State Employee Assistance Program - Matt Steinkamp - Wednesday, May 18, 12-1pm, C1E

Xeriscape Gardening Lunch-n-Learn, Thursday, May 19, 12-1pm, C1A

Check.Change.Control - Kickoff - May 11 12:30-2:30 pm

Qigong - Fridays at Creekside Park or in the Wellness Room - Beginning May 13

Urban Waters Bike Tour

Free Qigong class Friday, April 22, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Wellness Room- A4

RSVP - Here

April 2016 CDPHE Wellness Events

April 2016

Ongoing Programs:

-Caregiver Support Group - Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado. Contact Betsy Stephens.

-State of Colorado Mindfulness Program -  20 minute drop-in sessions: Monday’s 10am, Tuesday’s 11am, Thursday 11am.

-Weigh and Win - Kiosk in the cafeteria and around Colorado. Winter Team Challenge ends April 30.

-Weight Watchers at Work - Monday 11am-12:15pm, C1B. Contact Donald Sutton.

-Yoga in the Wellness Room -

Hatha Yoga - Monday, 12-1pm,

Align & Flow Yoga - Tuesday, 12-1pm

Dahnhak yoga - Thursday, 12-1pm

Upcoming Events:

April 1 - 12-1pm, Carson. Mental Health and LGBT Community - LGBT Health Awareness Week, LGBT Employee Resource Group.

April 6 - National Walking Day, 11-1pm, American Heart Association and Runner’s Roost will be conducting free gait analysis and Renee Calanan will lead a walk along Cherry Creek.

April 6 - “Know the 10 Signs” of Alzheimer’s - Wellness Lunch-n-Learn, 12-1pm, C1E. Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado. Contact Betsy Stephens.

April 15 - “Know the 10 Signs” of Alzheimer’s - Wellness Lunch-n-Learn, 12-1pm, C1E. Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado. Contact Betsy Stephens.

April 18- Relaxation using Hypnosis, 12-1:00pm,DOC, led by Patrick Barnett, Registered Hypnotherapist.  RSVP here.

April 21 - Composting, 12-1pm, C1A, Denver Urban Gardens, Judy Elliott, Master Composter. Contact Julie Pfankuch (EARTH MONTH)

April 22 - World Tai Chi and Qigong Day, 12:30-1:30, Wellness Room, Anna Pergola.

April 27 - Check, Change, Control- Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Wellness Champions Training with American Heart Association, 2-3pm, A4D.
April 27- Relaxation using Hypnosis, 12-1:00pm,A4D, led by Patrick Barnett, Registered Hypnotherapist. RSPV here.

April 28 - Bring your Child to Work Day and Cherry Creek Cleanup (EARTH MONTH)

National Walking Day - April 6

Download the 5K Training Plan for the Denver Heart & Stroke Walk here.  

9Health Fairs: Prediabetes Risk Screening and Free A1C Testing

http://www.coprevent.org/2016/03/9health-fairs-prediabetes-risk.html

Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters - Alzheimer's Association Wellness Lunch-n-Learn

RSVP: Here

LGBT Health Awareness Week, March 28 - April 1

Skin Cancer Lunch-n-Learn, March 22 11:45 - 12:45, DOC

Friday March 4 is Dress in Blue Day

Friday is Dress in Blue Day to raise awareness of colorectal cancer via COPrevent

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and March 4th is Dress in Blue Day. Dress in Blue Day is a day when people across the country can unite in supporting a world free of colon cancer. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States for men and women combined. This year 1,790 people in Colorado are expected to be diagnosed with colon cancer and 650 will die from the disease. Hundreds of organizations, including the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, have committed to the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable’s goal of 80 percent screening rates by 2018 as a way to substantially reduce colon cancer as a major public health problem. Colon cancer screening may detect cancer at an early stage when treatment is most likely to be successful, and in some cases, it can be prevented through the detection and removal of precancerous polyps.

· For more information about colorectal cancer and screening options, visit the American Cancer Society atcancer.org

· For more information about Dress in Blue Day, visit the Colon Cancer Alliance at ccalliance.org

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - via COPrevent

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Colorectal cancer, often called colon cancer, is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, yet it is highly preventable, detectable, and treatable. Colon cancer can often be prevented through screening, which can find pre-cancerous polyps. Men and women 50 or older should get screened, and those with a family history of colon cancer should let their doctor know; they may have to begin screening at an earlier age.

http://www.coprevent.org/2016/03/march-is-national-colorectal-cancer.html

1-in-3 Adults don't get enough sleep! - via CO Prevent

Align & Flow Yoga - Tuesdays 12-1 pm in the Wellness Room, A4

CDPHE Winter Bike Fest starts with Jan 21 Lunch-n-Learn 12-1pm in B2A

Jan. 21: Winter Bike Commuting 101 | noon - 1 p.m., B2A

The CDPHE Winter Bike Fest will run from January 25 through February 12. Join your winter-riding CDPHE colleagues to learn how to dress for colder weather, stay safe, and stay fit year-round. Ride your bike through the winter: it's cool!

Heather Weir, Megan Snow, Steven Kirschner, and Clark Wilson will provide a great show-&-tell that'll get other CDPHE'ers interested in winter riding.