Category Archive: Education
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 ...
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Report from the field: Jackson County Addresses Teen Pregnancy
By Joanne Noone
In Jackson County in southern Oregon, the Latina teen pregnancy rates for 2008 and 2009 were double those for non-Hispanics. As part of a three-year Northwest Health Foundation Community-Based Participatory research (CBPR) grant, ...
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 ...
Lessons in Communications
By Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
I had the opportunity to attend the mid-year meeting of the American Public Health Association earlier this summer, where communications was topic of strong emphasis, particularly in a presentation by Rob ...
Oregon Farm to School Bill Alive but “Unlikely”
As the 2011 Oregon legislative session winds down, state policy makers are still considering a bill (HB 2800) that would use $2 million from state lottery revenues to encourage schools to buy Oregon food products and promote school garden ...
Junk Foods Still in Schools
The Oregon Legislature passed the Healthy Foods for Healthy Students law in 2007 to get junk foods out of schools. However, a recent article in the Portland Tribune reports that some schools are still selling soda and high-calorie snacks in ...
Students Design Projects to Improve Health
Oregon students recently received grants to promote health at school, including projects to track kids’ snacking habits and expand school gardens. A recent article in the Portland Tribune highlighted the grant program sponsored by FamilyCare, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Now Cooking: “Bite Size: The Movie”
I can’t remember a post-lunch afternoon meeting where I’ve felt as much energy as I did the other day, when I met with two young men who are in early stages of producing and directing a film about childhood obesity, called “Bite ...
Forks Over Knives Film: “We know what’s killing us.”
According to this new film playing in Portland until January 13, 2011, diet-related illnesses cost us more than $120 billion each year.
Some additional statements from the film’s trailer:
“Heart disease and many cancers need never to exist,” ...
2011 Youth Photo Contest: Entries due March 1
As part of National Public Health Week 2011 (April 4 - 10th), Northwest Health Foundation, the Oregon health Authority and the Oregon Public Health Association are pleased to announce the third annual Youth Photo Contest for 2011.
Entries will ...
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