Cultural Navigation
This webpage provides cultural navigation resources to support health equity in newcomer communities for public health disease control and response activities, including public health investigations.
This section includes a variety of tools, resources, and information related to cultural navigation. Some resources support cultural navigators and public health teams who are currently participating in similar initiatives. Other resources are for agencies interested in implementing cultural navigation programs. These resources will be updated regularly to meet evolving needs.
About Cultural Navigation
The "About Cultural Navigation" page covers a variety of topics such as:
Who a cultural navigator is
When to consider engaging cultural navigators
How cultural navigation fits into public health and public health response efforts
How navigators can help public health teams
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Cultural Navigation Toolkit of Resources
This toolkit empowers public health teams, cultural navigators, and external partners, offering valuable insights and practical tools for cultural navigation programs. It covers early planning phases, implementation, and execution, serving as an essential resource for advancing community health with a focus on cultural understanding. Click on the button below to access the toolkit resources.
Colorado Specific Resources
The following page includes Colorado-specific resources for COVID-19 response efforts, public health interviewing, and immunization activities. Materials for navigator training, case interviews, contact tracing, and more are included.
Translated Health Education Materials
To support outreach and messaging to communities with limited English proficiency (including refugees, immigrants, and others) we have compiled a database of translated materials in 64 languages (fact sheets, posters, multimedia, and videos) covering a wide range of topics. Click the button below to access these resources.
Connections in Colorado
If you are an agency in Colorado working with communities with limited English proficiency and would like assistance connecting with culture and language experts, please contact CDPHE_Cultural_Navigator@state.co.us. To be most effective, the best practice for reaching out to communities is to engage individuals familiar with the culture and language of the community. The cultural navigation team provides consultation and/or connection to a cultural navigator for direct public health response efforts, planning, health education development, media campaigns, and more.
Press and Recognition
National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM):
Cultural Navigators to Liaise Between Communities and Public HealthMorbidity and Mortality Weekly:
Identification of and Surveillance for the SARS-CoV-2 Variants B.1.427 and B.1.429 -- Colorado, January - March 2021