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December 23rd, 2011
Health Care Reform is Working in Oregon
NWHF senior program officer Chris DeMars writes in the Salem Statesman-Journal that no matter what’s happening — or not happening — on the national stage, Oregon is working to create a better health care system for everyone in the state.
November 30th, 2011
Health Coach Seeks to Improve Health of Cowlitz County Community
Elizabeth Haeck is a “Community Coach” in Longview Washington, part of a grant from the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund.
September 28th, 2011
Thomas Aschenbrener Announces 2012 Retirement from NWHF
Thomas Aschenbrener, founding president of the Northwest Health Foundation will retire from the foundation in June 2012.
September 23rd, 2011
Philanthropy and Business: It’s personal AND professional
According to Kevin Johnson’s piece in the Portland Business Journal, we may be in for new changes in philanthropy that could be even more dramatic than what the world witnessed in Carnegie and Rockefeller’s time.
September 7th, 2011
NWHF and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnership Announces 11 New Grants for 2011
NWHF and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation partnership announces 11 new grants across 12 States.
August 14th, 2011
Senator Mark Hatfield: An Appreciation
Senator Mark O. Hatfield served as the founding board chair for Northwest Health Foundation from 1998-2005. NWHF president Thomas Aschenbrener wrote this remembrance of the Senator, which was published in the Oregonian online on Sunday, August 14.
July 14th, 2011
Can Produce Stands at a Convenience Store Improve Community Health?
Through a Northwest Health Foundation grant, Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth has helped install produce stands at select Dari Mart locations in the Eugene-Springfield area. As a Community-Based Participatory Research project, the effects of placing these stands will be studied in relation to purchasing choices, and even the health of the local population.
March 31st, 2011
Oregonian: Access to Care Not Only Key to Health
In a front-page article in the Oregonian on the recently released County Health Rankings, David Rebanal, NWHF’s senior program officer points out that, “Much of the opportunity for improving health exists in our schools, our homes, our jobs and other settings outside of doctors’ offices.”
March 29th, 2011
Oregon Health System Stronger for WIIN Program
Judith Andersen, Director of the NWHF-funded Workforce Improvement with Immigrant Nurses (WIIN) program, discusses the history of the concept, and its positive role in the Oregon health system.
March 10th, 2011
Northwest Health Foundation provides $260,000 in Health Care Reform Grants
NWHF awards $260,000 in grants to raise the consumer and community voice in the health-care reform process.
February 21st, 2011
Mi más distiguida Señora presidente
Creating an aspirational vision for the future is often at the heart of philanthropy. Here NWHF president Thomas Aschenbrener shares one vision for the future, which he developed after participating in the annual meeting of NWHF’s Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future program.
December 1st, 2010
Tobacco Tax Poll December 2010
A new NWHF-funded poll reveals that 71 percent of Oregon voters favor a one dollar cigarette tax increase to fund Oregon’s tobacco prevention program. A proposed tobacco tax would bring in $77 million in new revenue, and reduce youth smoking. View the entire poll here.
November 27th, 2010
Program Allows Belarus Native to Quit Making Artificial Flowers and Return to Nursing
WIIN Program allows nurses from all over the world get back into their chosen profession.
November 22nd, 2010
Convergence Partnership Grants Address Health Equity in Multnomah County
Northwest Health Foundation awards $600,000 in grants to seven local initiatives that aim to improve health equity in Multnomah County.
November 8th, 2010
Investing in Lasting Change - Opinion Piece for “Insight into Diversity” Magazine
Thomas Aschenbrener writes on the importance of health advocacy for communities of color in “Insight into Diversity” magazine.
October 15th, 2010
Lights, Camera, Take Action! by Thomas Aschenbrener
NWHF president Thomas Aschenbrener’s observations on engaging youth in public health system will-building - Part of Grantmakers in Health’s “Views from the Field.”
September 30th, 2010
The Skanner: Health Advocacy Grants Will Allow to Lobby Lawmakers Community Groups
The Skanner reports on NWHF’s Health Care Advocacy Grants provided to partnerships among organizations advocating for health equity and public health.
August 31st, 2010
2010 Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) Grants Announced
Northwest Health Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announce nine new grants as part of the Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) initiative.
August 26th, 2010
NWHF Provides Health Advocacy Grants to Uncommon Partnerships
$500,000 Health Care Reform Advocacy grant portfolio targets communities most affected by lack of health insurance.
July 26th, 2010
NWHF Announces Grant to Clackamas Community College to Expand Nursing Program to Clark County, WA
The innovative Workforce Improvement with International Nurses (WIIN) Program expands from Clackamas Community College to Clark Community College in Vancouver, WA.
June 23rd, 2010
Poll: Obesity Seen as a Growing Problem in Northwest
A NWHF-funded poll conducted by Davis Hibbitts and Mighall, Inc. finds that Northwest residents see childhood obesity as a growing problem in their communities.
May 24th, 2010
Thomas Aschenbrener in the Oregonian - “The Nurse in Your Healthcare Future”
By 2025, can you imagine a health system where virtually all primary care in the United States is delivered by nurses and nurse practitioners?
May 24th, 2010
New Research: Oregonians Believe Soda Companies Contribute to Kids’ Obesity
Northwest Health Foundation releases results from a statewide study that presents Oregonians’ opinions about the relationship between soda advertisements, soda companies, and childhood obesity.
May 7th, 2010
Nurses Deserve Our Respect - Judith Woodruff
Portland Business Journal opinion article by Judith Woodruff, NWHF’s director of health workforce development.
May 3rd, 2010
Chronicle of Philanthopy - Five Great Program Officers
NWHF’s Chris Kabel profiled as one of the nation’s “Five Great Program Officers.”
March 17th, 2010
NWHF Poll: Smoking Ban Does Not Affect Lottery Revenues
According to the most recent NWHF / CHP poll, Oregonians are going to bars more often now that smoke-free law is in effect. News item is from the Lund Report. More information on the poll is in our “Resources” section.
March 11th, 2010
KGW Reports on Oregon Tradeswomen Grant
Joe Smith reports on a Kaiser Permanente Community Fund grant to Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. As reported, one of the goals of this grant is “to influence the public structures that enable more women to get on construction sites,” according to David Rebanal, program officer with Northwest Health Foundation.
March 10th, 2010
NWHF Releases Public Opinion Poll Revealing Health Priorities of Oregonians
Northwest Health Foundation, through its Community Health Priorities Project, has just released new public opinion research conducted by Davis Hibbitts Midghall, revealing areas where Oregonians want health dollars spent. Visit the NWHF “Resources Page” to view the complete poll.
February 24th, 2010
Kaiser Permanente Community Fund Provides $3 Million to 25 Oregon Nonprofits
Kaiser Permanente Community Fund provides more than $3 million in grant funds to organizations addressing the social determinants of health.
December 15th, 2009
Northwest Health Foundation Urges Yes Vote on Measures 66 and 67
Northwest Health Foundation urges Oregonians to vote YES on ballot measures 66 and 67 this January 2010
November 25th, 2009
Hood River News: La Clinica Receives NWHF Grant
Northwest Health Foundation has awarded $60,950 to La Clinica del Cariño, a migrant and community health center that is seeking to enhance health care delivery at its clinics in Hood River and The Dalles.
November 18th, 2009
Innovative Models Grants
Seven Oregon Health Care Projects have been awarded over $450,000 as part of the “Innovative Models in Health Care Delivery” grant program.
October 15th, 2009
Goodness Magazine
Goodness Magazine features article on NWHF’s Community Health Priorities project.
September 8th, 2009
NWHF Hosts Ladder to Leadership
Northwest Health Foundation hosts launch for the Robert Wood Johnson and Center for Creative Leadership’s “Ladder to Leadership” Program.
August 16th, 2009
Regional Foundations Collaborate on National Nursing Workforce Effort
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation announce ten grants to begin the fourth phase of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN), a national initiative to help address the national nursing shortage.
July 14th, 2009
Think Out Loud on Health Promotion Features NWHF’s David Rebanal
On OPB’s Think Out Loud, Northwest Health Foundation program officer David Rebanal discusses how the Foundation has moved its grantmaking toward policy advocacy and earlier interventions in health.
May 8th, 2009
Commonwealth Fund Grant Announced
Oregon Primary Care Association announces Commonwealth Fund grant for Oregon health care clinics to expand “patient-centered medical homes.”
Craig Hostetler, President, OPCA, thanks the Northwest Health Foundation. “They have been generous in supporting the medical home model, and they have also been key partners in our work regarding comprehensive health care reform in Oregon.”
April 6th, 2009
NWHF Releases Oregon Obesity Study
Northwest Health Foundation releases seven-year Oregon obesity study conducted by Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
March 30th, 2009
Street Roots Reports on the Cambodian-American Oral History Prioject
Street Roots reports on the Northwest Health Foundation-funded Cambodian-American Oral History Project.
March 30th, 2009
OPB Reports on Nursing Faculty Loan Program from NWHF Office
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on Oregon’s nurse faculty shortage from a press conference held at Northwest Health Foundation.
February 19th, 2009
“Think Long Term on Tobacco Tax”
“Think long term on tobacco tax,“ by Thomas Aschenbrener, Northwest Health Foundation president, argues that smokers are not paying the full costs of a pack of cigarettes, on the Oregonian’s “My Oregon” blog.