Category Archive: Interviews
Tricia Tillman: “Social Determinants of Health” and Equity Not Always Aligned
Health advocates tend to agree that addressing the social determinants of health can be an effective path to health equity. Public investments in affordable housing, education, transportation, and economic justice can reduce disparities by race, ...
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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 ...
Kids Say the Darndest Things - And they know what they’re talking about
Community Health Priorities recently participated in OMSI’s “Crack the Case of Good Health,” where the CHP display helped start a conversation with kids about healthy and unhealthy neighborhoods. One of the goals of the effort was to get kids to ...
Coos County Non-Profit Cushions Blow to Public Health
Public health agencies across the state could learn something from the bootstrap efforts in Coos County.
BY DAVID ROSENFELD – Special Correspondent to Community Health Priorities
These days, county public health agencies throughout Oregon ...
Interview: Alexis Gomez, Student Photographer
Alexis Gomez, age 16, was the winner of our Student Photo Contest for her two-part work, “Confidence” (part one of which is pictured here). CHP’s Chris Palmedo caught up with her at the First Thursday contest celebration at the Northwest Resource ...
Interview: Banlin Garcia, Student Photographer
Banlin Garcia, 16, earned second place in “The Way I See It” Student Photo Contest for her entry entitled “Are you my mother?” (pictured here). CHP’s Chris Palmedo interviewed her at the First Thursday contest celebration which took place at the ...
Interview: Vishnu Rajan, Student Photographer
Vishnu Rajan’s arresting photo, “Demonstration of a Lost Mind,” took third-place in CHP’s Student Photo Contest “The Way I See It,” A Teenage Perspective on Public Health. Chris Palmedo interviewed the 18-year old at the Northwest Resource Credit ...
Deborah Cohen on OPB’s Think Out Loud radio program Friday, April 10!
Obesity prevention expert Deborah Cohen will be on OPB’s Think Out Loud radio program to discuss obesity, the myth of willpower, and ways to help people make healthy choices. The show will also cover proposed policy solutions in Oregon, such as ...
Speaking Truth to Power: An interview with Mary Lou Hennrich
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
If you’ve ever wondered if your best days were behind you, you can draw inspiration from Mary Lou Hennrich. After retiring from thirty ...
The future of cancer prevention: An interview with Brian Druker, M.D.
On October 29, 2008, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Phil and Penny Knight pledged to give $100 million to the OHSU Cancer Institute. According to OHSU, the largest gift in its history “represents a critical step toward ...
How - and Why - the Children’s Levy Works: An interview with Alissa Keny-Guyer
Alissa Keny-Guyer has served as staff director, board member and consultant to foundations, including the Hanna Andersson Children’s Foundation, Nike Foundation, Northwest Health Foundation, and the Penney Family Fund. She currently serves on ...
From Good to Great: An interview with Dr. Tammy Bray
Dr. Tammy M. Bray wants to help change Oregon’s health from “good” to “great,” but she knows she can’t do it alone. A leader equally comfortable taking charge or collaborating, she is the Dean of College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon ...
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