Category Archive: Rural Health
Calling Out Hypocritical Factory Food Industry
In a recent editorial in the Washington Post, Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, attacked the factory farming industry – in this case he was referring to American Farm Bureau president Bob Stallman – for misusing the term ...
2011 Youth Photo Contest Winners Announced
More than one hundred entries in the 2011 Community Health Priorities public health photo contest have provided everyone involved with an emboldened faith in today’s youth. And youth participation wasn’t limited to submitting photos - they also ...
What People in Oregon Said About Food Access - on “Think Out Loud”
We’ve been discussing the issue of food deserts and how access to food affects health for some time now. Yesterday, Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud program covered the issue, which was accompanied by a lively online discussion. When ...
What Can a CHP Grant Can Do - to discuss health in Oregon’s rural communities
Guest Author: Matt Webber, Community Organizer, Archimedes Movement
The resounding statement heard from the group of individuals gathered at the Crook County Library in Prineville, Oregon on a Tuesday night was: “These kids need a pool. One ...
What Can a CHP Grant Do- To discuss community services in Yamhill County
Guest Author: Teri Watson, Yamhill County Health Department
Yamhill County Public Health, Commission on Children and Families, Yamhill Community Action Partnership, United Way of Mid Willamette Valley, and Cooperative Ministries received a ...
Apply for a CHP grant to energize your neighborhood or community!
Would you like a kick-start the process of transforming your community into a more health-focused place to live?
Consider applying for a small Community Health Priorities grant to support your community engagement efforts.
We are looking for ...
CHP Grant Helps Latinos Influence New Park in Odell, Ore.
CHP grants are provided to communities that want to take action to improve health. If you want to host community meetings to brainstorm ideas and develop a plan for change, a CHP grant could help support flyers, publicity, and refreshments. In ...
Portland Public Schools and Physical Education: Progress but not total victory
Thanks in large part to the hard work of the Coalition to Save Portland PE, particularly the indefatigable Mary Lou Hennrich, Portland Public Schools will not completely gut its physical education programs in spite of upcoming budget restraints. ...
Nursing Policy: Is it a public health issue?
Northwest Health Foundation president Thomas Aschenbrener’s recent opinion article in the Oregonian generated varied responses both online, over the phone, and in person.
Clearly the extent to which our nation enables aspiring nurses, and ...
Photo Contest Winners Announced
On Tuesday night, April 6, in a jam-packed screening room at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon, the top three winners of the 2010 Public Health Photo Contest were announced and presented with their cash awards.
First place and $300 was ...
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85 Youth from All Over Oregon Use Camera to Show What Health Means to Them
- Scio
- Hood River
- La Grande
- Tillamook
- Lincoln City
- The Dalles
- St. Helens
- Clackamas
These are just some of the towns from which we received entries in this year’s photo contest. It was another success as we received 85 photos from ...
What a CHP Grant Can Do - For an Immigrant Community in Portland
According to Elizabeth Fussell, Development Director, at the VOZ Workers Rights Education Project, “our community conversations went extremely well! We had a total of 87 day laborers participate, of which 40 attended all three of the films and ...
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