Category Archive: Public Health
Topics dealing with public health.
What a NWHF Small Grant Can Do - To Educate Oregonians about Toxics
The following is a report from Lisa Arkin, Executive Director, Oregon Toxics Alliance, about a small community engagement grant received in 2011:
Oregon Toxics Alliance, based in Eugene, is educating thousands of Oregonians by way of a film & ...
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Sen. Wyden and Rep. Ryan Release Plan to Reform Medicare
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan have released a new plan to reform Medicare. Starting in ten years, seniors would have the option of staying in traditional Medicare or entering a privately-run healthcare ...Marketing Sugary Drinks to Youth
A new study shows that young people are exposed to an increasing amount of marketing for sugary drinks, including sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and fruit drinks.
From 2008 to 2010, children’s and teens’ exposure to full-calorie soda ...
Multnomah County Considers Ban on BPA
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic hormone that is widely used to make hard plastic and epoxy resin. BPA makes plastic clear and rigid in water bottles, baby bottles and reusable food containers, and is also used in the lacquer that lines food ...
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 ...
Comparing Apples to Twinkies
by Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
We’ve all heard the admonishment “comparing apples to oranges.” What about comparing apples to Twinkies?
CALPIRG and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund just released a report, Apples to Twinkies: Comparing ...
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 ...
Contagion: Public Health Goes to the Movies
By Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
The theater lights dimmed, and the contrasting health messages began: “No smoking in the theater,” “Buy candy,” and “Buy Coke.”
Then Contagion begins.
The first part contains good information about the ...
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 ...
Friday Funnies
By Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
Public health is serious business. But, sometimes we need a good laugh.
New York City has been a leader with many public health policies, including menu labeling, eliminating trans fats, and banning smoking in ...
Do Bad Habits Happen to Good People?
By Craig Mosbaek, CHP Contributor
When my daughter was in first grade, she came home and told me about a kid who misbehaved. I said something like, “that’s a bad kid.” She immediately came back with, “He’s not a bad kid. What he did ...
Fox News Picks Up on Corn Subsidy Issue
Recently, Joshua Viertel, Slow Food USA’s President, appeared on Fox Business News to discuss the connection between U.S. government corn subsidies and the American obesity epidemic.
“When you take $20 billion of taxpayer money and you pump it ...
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