Category Archive: Economic Issues
NWHF Introduces Points of View: Perspectives on Equity
Northwest Health Foundation is pleased to launch “Points of View,” an occasional series of communications around important topics that extend across all of our work. The first edition of Points of View focuses on the efforts of the foundation ...
The Time is Now to Think about Coordinated Care Organizations
Next month (February 2012), the Oregon version of health care reform, the coordinated care organization (CCO), will be acted on by our Legislature. They are now waiting for the report and recommendations from the Health Policy Board in response ...
YOU: Docs: Health = Money
by Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
Public health advocates often say that preventing disease is the best way to reduce the nation’s healthcare costs. Two recent columns in The Oregonian by the YOU Docs bring this point down to the personal ...
NY Times Addresses Environmental Causes of Obesity
The New York Times has now reported on how we perceive obesity now as environmentally affected, and not just about personal responsibility and education. While the public health community has known this for a long time, this piece, including ...
Study Shows Soda Bans Pay Off in Better Health
A new study shows that the Boston public schools’ ban on sugary drinks has paid off, with high school students drinking fewer sweetened drinks even when they’re not at school.
In 2004, Boston public schools banned the sale of ...
Wall Street’s Influence on Our Nation’s Health
A recent story on PepsiCo. in the Wall Street Journal shows how much influence large investors and Wall Street analysts can have on our nation’s health.
PepsiCo. was criticized for “taking eye off ball and focusing on healthy foods.” ...
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Housing, homelessness and health the focus at national housing meeting – In Canada
If it ever seems as if other nations are ahead of the U.S. in thinking about the social and environmental determinants of health, here’s more evidence: Close to 100 housing leaders and government officials from across Canada devoted day one of ...
Arizona’s $50 Medicaid Fee for Smoking and Overweight: Effective? Ethical?
Arizona’s Medicaid program is considering adding a $50 tax on single patients who smoke or are overweight and decline to participate in a doctor-supervised weight-loss regimen. Program spokeswoman Monica Coury told MSNBC that the tax is intended ...
Paid Family Leave - Is it a public health issue?
The City of Seattle is looking at requiring businesses to provide their workers access to paid family leave. A recent article in the Seattle times outlines the effort, which is supported by the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy ...
The Farm Bureau: Bad as all that?
Eric Schlosser’s recent look at the nefarious attempts of industrial food processors to deflect their own responsibility to our nation’s health by labeling their critics as “elitist,” has brought to my attention a new evil empire: The ...
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 ...
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