Across America, too many kids are carrying too much weight. It’s no different in Union County, where a 2005 study found that almost 35 percent of K-12 youths were either overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. Since there has been very little research in how to prevent childhood obesity in rural settings, the UC Fit Kids Coalition, a group of eight schools and health care organizations, invited local teens to take photos of what might be affecting kids’ ...read on
Demand for fresh, local, and affordable produce existed in Lents neighborhood of Portland, even thought there was no farmer’s market to provide it. That is, until a coalition called Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) came together, funded by the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Northwest Health Foundation. “Your environment is a significant factor in whether you can choose to walk instead of drive, or pick up healthy food for dinner. ...read on
National Nurses Week is celebrated every year, from May 6 (Florence Nightingale’s birthday) through May 12 (National Nurses Day). For Nurses Week 2010, Northwest Health Foundation highlighted the leadership role of nurses throughout the state of Oregon. As NWHF’s Judith Woodruff stated in an opinion piece in the Portland Business Journal on May 7, “nearly half of all nurses work outside hospitals — in urban and rural community settings providing care and ...read on
OSPIRG is a 35-year old advocacy organization, with a full-time legislative presence at the capitol, tens of thousands of members across Oregon, and an online activist network of thousands of people. In 2009, OSPIRG collaborated with Oregonians for Health Security (OHS), a leading voice in health care advocacy in Oregon, to split a one-year, $40,000 grant. The funding enabled the two groups to reach out to 30,000 Oregonians at community events, on the phone, online, ...read on
Hood River County has the highest proportion of Latino population for any Oregon county, many of whom harvest and process the orchard crops from the Hood River Valley. In some of the county’s elementary schools, Latino children comprise more than 50% of the students. In the late 1980s, the region’s growing Latino population founded Nuestra Communidad Sana (NCS) to address the health priorities of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In 2006 and 2007, the Northwest ...read on
As part of National Public Health Week, the Oregon Public Health Division wanted to spotlight the important role that government public health plays on improving health for all. However, fully capitalizing on this opportunity would require expenditures that were beyond the State’s budget. As a result, Northwest Health Foundation’s Community Health Priorities project served as a partner with the State on public health week, sponsoring several events. These ...read on
The innovative Workforce Improvement with International Nurses (WIIN) Program expands from Clackamas Community College to Clark Community College in Vancouver, ...read on
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