The University of Colorado system — including CU Boulder, CU Colorado Springs, CU Denver and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, along with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado — was responsible for $13.3 billion in economic impacts during the most recent fiscal year.
By Jonathan Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. As a Boulder resident and public health physician, I urge the Boulder City Council to take an action needed to protect Boulder’s youth — pass a policy that bans all flavored nicotine products in all locations. While the Food and Drug Administration took jurisdiction over electronic cigarettes in 2016, action at the national level will likely be delayed for years, and in the meantime communities can take steps to protect youth, as proposed for Boulder.
The app, which was designed in collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Colorado and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, is being tweaked, said Manatee CEO and co-founder Dama Dipayana. The app is part of an effort to make mental health care accessible for kids, she said. It is focused on the emotional well-being of kids dealing with anxiety, autism, ADHD or other behavioral issues. Clinicians have helped create different categories of goals, such as communication skills and social skills, in the app that would respond in the way a therapist does.
