A new resource is bringing the appropriate cultural health care provider to Black Colorado. It is known as the Colorado Black Health Resources Directory – a collaboration between Colorado Black Health Cooperation and Colorado Connect. The 108-page guide is Colorado's most comprehensive source of black health information and provides a list of doctors and experts from Fort Collins to Pueblo.
“It's all included,” said Dr. Terri Richardson, co-founder of CBHR. “We're shaking, and that's what we say.”
Recently, she gathered with a group of black women to celebrate the release of CBHR.
Richardson said the idea first appeared in 2010, a response to requests for Black Colorado information, trying to connect with health care providers who understand their unique concerns. Now is the fifth edition.
“People say, ‘You know what we can use? A holistic view of health.’ Wizard, we want to cover African Americans from all over the world.
According to Colorado, in 2023, 4.18% of our population is only black or African American. Richardson said it was a group of people who needed these resources.
“Sometimes, we feel like we’re lost in Colorado, with only a small portion of the population, but our health disparity is what we used to call the top or bottom.”
Lielt Bedilu knows the fight very well. She said finding the current pediatrician, Dr. Sophia Meharena was a prayer to answer. “Some things are black people who have to be explained every day. “Divine, intimate and vulnerable, and I hope we don’t have to do that in that field.” ”
“It’s not about being a better doctor,” Mehalina explained. “It’s about being able to connect with patients in the way they look for.”
But the doctor's directory is designed to make the office more popular. Richardson added: “It's very important for people who have that kind of life experience. You don't have to explain to me what it means to be black in the United States. I already know.”
Mekialaya White
