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Funding Period:
2003–2008
The Steps Program in Teller County, Colorado
CDC’s Steps Program funds states, cities, and tribal groups to implement
community-based chronic disease prevention programs to reduce the burden of
obesity, diabetes, and asthma by addressing three related risk factors:
physical inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use. Steps-funded programs
are showing what can be done locally in schools, work sites, communities,
and health care settings to promote healthier lifestyles and help people
make long-lasting and sustainable changes that can reduce their risk for
chronic diseases.
Background
Teller is a small Colorado county with an area of 559 square miles and a
population of about 22,500; 26% of residents are younger than 18. Less than
half of the county’s residents live in three small incorporated cities
within Teller County: Cripple Creek, Woodland Park, and Victor. According to
the Pike’s Peak Area Council of Governments, about 95% of residents are
non-Hispanic white, less than 1% are black or African American, 2% are other
races, and nearly 4% are Hispanic or Latino. According to 2005 U.S. Census
Bureau estimates, the median household income is $56,557 and almost 7% of
county residents live below the federal poverty level. The Teller County
Steps Program focuses on interventions in schools and work sites.
Spotlight on Business
- With Steps Program support, the two Teller County school districts
implemented practice and policy initiatives that provide coordinated
school health programming for 3,552 students. District wellness
committees were created, and every school building has a health team and
health-related goals and objectives, newsletters, and nutritional
guidelines that are set by the school and evaluated at the district
level. Both districts have compiled and reported body mass index data on
almost 93% of the students since 2003.
- In 2006 the Steps Program in Teller County provided nutrition
education activities to 1,332 people and created or assisted with
work-site physical activity programs that reached 1,387 county
residents.
Community Partnerships
Key partners include the Teller County Commissioners, the new Pikes Peak
Regional Hospital, the two school districts, the two parks and recreation
departments, the three incorporated city governments, Park State Bank,
Vectra Bank, Community Partnerships, the Aspen Mine Center, and three senior
centers.
Contact
Steps to a Healthier CO–Teller County
Teller County Public Health
Telephone: 719-687-6416
www.tellersteps.org*
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service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization
by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is
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at this link.
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Page last reviewed: July 31, 2008
Page last modified: July 31, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult and
Community Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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