There is a new resource that seeks to bring culturally appropriate health care providers to Black Coloradans. It's called the Colorado Black Health Resource Directory -- a collaboration between Colorado Black Health Collaborative and Connect for Health Colorado.
The 108-page guide is the most comprehensive source of Black health information in Colorado and provides listings for doctors and specialists from Fort Collins to Pueblo.
"It's all encompassing," said Dr. Terri Richardson, co-founder of CBHR. "We go cradle to grave, that's what we say."
Recently, she gathered with a group of fellow Black women to celebrate the release of CBHR.
Richardson says the idea first came about in 2010, a response to requests for information from Black Coloradans seeking to connect with medical providers who understand their unique concerns. It's now in its fifth edition.
"People said, 'You know what we could use? A holistic view of health.' A guide. We wanted to cover the Black diaspora not just African Americans. Folks from all over," she told CBS News Colorado's Mekialaya White.
According to the state of Colorado, in 2023, 4.18 percent of our population was Black or African American alone. It's a population that needs these resources, Richardson says.
"Sometimes, we feel like we get lost here in Colorado being only a small percentage of the population, yet our health disparities are at the top or the bottom as we always say."
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