Reports
Community Health Priorities: A Report to the Community
This initial report from 2007 contains results from our key informant interviews, polling results, and information about our initiative.
Community Health Priorities: A Report to the Community (2007)
Northwest Health Foundation Releases Report on Obesity’s Effect on Rising Medical Spending in Oreg
The Northwest Health Foundation has released a report commissioned from Dr. Kenneth Thorpe, Professor and Department Chair at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. The key - and unfortunate - finding of the study is that 34% of the increase in Oregon’s health expenditures between 1998 and 2005 can be attributed to rising obesity prevalence.
The Impact of Obesity on Rising Medical Spending in Oregon from 1998 to 2005
Oregon’s Nursing Shortage: A Public Health Crisis in the Making
Recognizing the importance of an adequate nursing workforce, and in response to growing concerns about a nationwide nursing shortage, Northwest Health Foundation commissioned a study of the nursing workforce in Oregon to develop a framework for discussion of potential initiatives that could have a substantial impact on the shortage. research from the report, published in 2001, continues to influence decisions about funding workforce programs.
Slideshow Presentations
A Brief
Slideshow from 2006 CBPR Conference
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Handbooks
Electronic Health Record Resource for Community Health Centers
A new Northwest Health Foundation resource is now available to assist community health centers in deciding if, when and how to implement an electronic health record system. Developed by a team at Portland State University with support of the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund, this handbook is intended to provide an overview of the key factors for community health centers to consider as they anticipate adopting electronic health record systems.
The need for such a technical resource is essential today for a number of reasons, including the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which was signed by President Obama in early 2009.
Community Health Centers and Electronic Health Records: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
Program Evaluation Handbook - A Free Resource for Nonprofits
Interested in learning about program evaluation? Download the second edition of Program Evaluation: Principles and Practices. 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.
Outside Publications and Research
Closing the gap in a generation - Health equity through action on the social determinants of health
World Health Organisation's Sir Michael Marmot's keynote address at the Grantmakers in Health conference in 2009.
NWHF CBPR Grantee Publishes Resarch Results: Arthritic Pain Among Latinos
Latino residents partnered with researchers from Portland State University and conducted a community-based participatory research study to examine factors associated with pain among Latinos with arthritis, identify common coping strategies and potentially effective interventions, and determine whether pain levels affect the level of interest in potentially useful programs. Their results are published her in the Journal of Arthritis Care & Research.
Arthritic Pain Among Latinos: Results from a Community-based Survey