Thank you for visiting the Northwest Health Foundation website. We are currently conducting a strategic planning process to ensure that our resources are achieving the greatest possible impact for the health of the people in our region. Our new work will be framed around the idea that healthy “beginnings” — prenatal through youth — are necessary to achieve healthy communities across the lifespan. While our core values and principles remain the same, ...read on
In Washington County, research shows the health outcomes for Latinos are significantly worse than those of other ethnic backgrounds. The concentrated poverty for immigrant farmers, challenges of adapting to a new culture and poor urban planning have all added to the poor health of Washington County’s Latino population. However, it is also evident that lifestyle choices have also played a large role. For Adelante Mujeres, a Forest Grove, Oregon-based nonprofit, the ...read on
When the sun is out, the children of Portland’s Cully neighborhood transform parking lots into soccer fields. The neighborhood, which shines with cultural flare and ethnic diversity, still has concentrated poverty, and an overall lack of access to nature. In fact, Cully, in outer Northeast Portland, has the lowest income per capita in the City. Many of the streets are without sidewalks and streetlights, and many more aren’t even paved. While the regional average ...read on
What’s the best way to ensure that everyone gets good dental care? Hint: It’s probably not the system currently in place today. Northwest Health Foundation is now helping make space for the first new health profession in 50 years. The rain was cold and wet — another November day in the Pacific Northwest. One by one, two by two, and in families, people from all over Oregon and Washington began lining up during the evening, standing outside as the rain ...read on
During the mid-1970’s, the radical Cambodian Khmer Rouge killed nearly one-fourth of the entire Cambodian population through executions, torture, starvation, disease and exhaustion. The regime sought a nation completely exempt from Western influences such as education, religion, and city life. As a result, 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives. Many Cambodians escaped the war, and settled in Oregon and Southwest Washington in the early 1980s as refugees. Even ...read on
The Highlands neighborhood in Longview, Washington has, for decades, gone without many of the advantages enjoyed by other communities – a strong retail district, an adequate park, thriving social service organizations, etc. It’s also one of the poorest districts in the state and has some of the highest rates of unemployment, drug use, and debilitating medical conditions such as lung cancer and diabetes to be found anywhere. Clearly, the people who live there ...read on
We’ve launched Fluoride Facts Portland as a resource for all seeking the facts on fluoride. Every child deserves the opportunity to live a healthy life, and that the path ...read on
