The Communities Partner for Better Health in Oregon and Southwest Washington

Events and Training

FREE Resource for Nonprofits! Program Evaluation Handbook

Interested in learning about program evaluation? Download the second edition of Program Evaluation: Principles and Practices (pdf). The handbook was developed for participants in a training workshop sponsored by NWHF, and is intended for use by a wide audience of nonprofit health services providers. Authors: Sherril B. Gelmon, Anna Foucek, and Amy Waterbury.

UPCOMING EVENTS

4th Annual Fall Forum:  Spotlighting Oregon's Heath Care Safety-Net

September 12, 2008 in Portland, Oregon

Convened by Community Health Advocates of Oregon.  This year's theme:  "It's Time...Health Reform that Works for People."  Expected highlights include: 

  • Emily Harris of OPB’s “Think Out Loud" will host a conversation with key officials about the safety-net in the context of current reform efforts.
  • A dialogue about the role of the safety-net and vulnerable populations in a reformed system among a panel of patients, providers, and other key players.

25th Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference

September 25-27, 2008 in Bend, Oregon

The ORHC is the largest gathering in Oregon dedicated to the important issues of rural health care. Bringing together providers, administrators, patients, activists, policy makers and others who are concerned about health care in rural Oregon, it is an opportunity to help set the agenda. In collaboration with the Oregon Rural Health Association (ORHA), Oregon Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) and the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN), the Oregon Office of Rural Health (ORH) strives to bring you the most innovative approaches to addressing today's needs.

Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference

October 6-7, 2008 in Corvallis, Oregon

Join your public health colleagues for the 64th Annual OPHA Meeting and Conference.  These will be exciting and stimulating days of education, networking and shaping the future of public health in Oregon.

2008 Healthy Environment Forum
A program of the Oregon Environmental Council, the Healthy Environment Forum series brings health professionals and environmentalists together to learn about emerging issues, to exchange views openly and honestly, to build understanding and cooperation, and to forge consensus about the linkages between some of Oregon’s most difficult environmental and health challenges. The series is designed for physicians and other health care providers, especially those in Family Medicine and Pediatrics, and for environmental professionals and interested citizens.

All events are from 6-8 pm at the Doubletree Hotel-Lloyd Center in Portland.

RECENT EVENTS

Western States Center:  Community Strategic Training Initiative (CSTI) 2008

August 1-3, 2008 in Portland, Oregon

Policy Analysis and Advocacy Training for Community-based Participatory Research Practitioners

July 10 and July 11, 2008 in Portland and Eugene, Oregon

Social Forces and System Dynamics that Influence Health: An Experiential Conference
July 17 - 19, 2008 in Troutdale, Oregon

10th Annual Northwest Nursing Education Institute
Transforming Nursing Education: Leading Edge Models
June 16 - 19, 2008

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