Category Archive: Economic Issues
What do driver’s licenses have to do with healthy food?
I first heard this provocative question during a food systems summit organized by the Northwest Regional Convergence Partnership - a collaboration that includes the Northwest Health Foundation, the Meyer Memorial Trust and Kaiser Permanente ...
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Will Oregon Allocate Tobacco Settlement Money to Tobacco Prevention in 2013?
Back in the 1990s, states began to realize that smoking was not only bad for people’s health, it was also bad for fiscal health. So large was the impact of tobacco use on state coffers that attorneys general from more than half the states ...
Can Oregon Learn Health Transformation from Alaska?
Three NWHF staff - president Nichole Maher, program officer Alejandro Queral and I - have just returned from a three-day visit to Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native-owned, nonprofit health care organization serving nearly 60,000 people ...
Portland Has Chance to Make an Impact on Oregon’s Dental Health Crisis
Oregon is now in the national spotlight with two major initiatives: the transformation of the health care system, and an ambitious plan for dramatically improving education system. However, while Oregon is proudly wearing its badge as a ...
“Grab ahold of your privilege and take to the streets!”
A report from the City Club of Portland’s Action Summit, June 1, 2012
By McKenzie Ingram, NWHF Intern, Spring 2012
“The greatest threat to constitutional government is a lack of civil discourse.”
So said one member of Lincoln High ...
A Report from Curry County
As Jan Kaplan, director of Curry County health department, explains how the county got into its financial mess and what it means for the future of public health, it dawns on me that perhaps the timing couldn’t be better. With health care ...
On the Road … to Exit Strategies
I’ve been thinking about transitions, retirement and leadership lately with Northwest Health Foundation’s founding president, Thomas Aschenbrener retiring at the end of June.
Over the past fifteen years, Thomas has encouraged the Foundation ...
Public Health Accreditation: Why? A conversation with Alejandro Queral
In March 2012, Northwest Health Foundation announced a grant opportunity to support public health accreditation efforts at county and tribal health departments.
Alejandro Queral, NWHF program officer, sat down with public health consultant ...
Public in Favor of Soda “Fee” to Cover Health Programs
In an April 2012 survey, 62% of California voters supported a “special fee” on soda and soft drinks to fight obesity among children. The survey was conducted by Field Research Corporation on behalf of the California Endowment.
Meanwhile, ...
Hunger and Obesity: Two Sides of the Malnutrition Coin
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” - Wendell Berry
This January, Laurie Trieger, executive director of the Lane Coalition for Healthy ...
Thoughts on 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 ...
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 ...
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