Talking with Your Parents about Your Sexual Decisions

The decisions you are making about your sexual behavior are an important part of becoming an adult. You may be asking yourself some questions:

Using your fireplace, wood stove or other fuel-fired devices can be a great way to provide heat and comfort during the cold winter months. Before you use your device, it is important to follow a few basic safety steps to avoid a dangerous situation.

Wear A Helmet!

The best way to reduce injury from bicycle crashes and outdoor recreation is by wearing a helmet.

Children should always wear a helmet for all wheeled sports activities. A properly-fitted bike helmet is just as effective when riding a scooter, roller skating or inline skating. However, when skateboarding and long boarding, make sure your child wears a skateboarding helmet.

Make it a Rule: Every time you and your child ride, wear a helmet. If your child is reluctant to wear a helmet, try letting him or her choose his or her own.

Beat the heat with these tips from Denver Health. Beating the heat can be challenging when temperatures approach 100º F.

Keep your family safe this Halloween with these simple suggestions.

Winter Sports Injury Prevention Tips: Frostbite

It only takes a few minutes for exposed skin to become frostbitten if the temperature is below 20 F and the wind is blowing at 20 mph or more.

What is Frostbite?

When outside in the cold, your body is focused on maintaining its core temperature. To do that, it shifts blood away from the extremities and toward the central organs of the heart and lungs. This increases the risk of local cold injury such as frostbite to your arms and legs.

What to do when your partner says YES and you want to say NO

Sexual activity can be a positive experience that makes couples feel closer to each other. Deciding to become sexually active with another person changes the way you think about and act towards each other, in ways you may not even expect.

In healthy relationships, both people decide together if and when they want to be sexual with each other. They want sex to be something that makes both of them feel good about themselves and where they are going in life.

If you are concerned that alcohol or drug use may have been a part of the cause of an injury or illness in your life, learn more about how to know if there is a problem and how to get help. 

How Can I Tell if I Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem?

Review these items as you think about your drug or alcohol use:

Take the Pledge with Denver Health. The fight to end distracted driving starts with you. Make the commitment to drive distraction-free today.

Texting takes your eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55mph, that’s like driving an entire football field blindfolded.

What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence is abuse by a spouse or partner. It can be physical or emotional. Things like hitting, constant put downs, withholding money, threats, bullying, isolation, sexual abuse or using children in harmful ways can all be acts of abuse. An abusive person uses these actions to maintain fear, intimidate and maintain power over the partner. Every 15 seconds the crime of battering occurs!