Community Health Priorities

Community Health Priorities (CHP) is a project of the Northwest Health Foundation. Our goal is to engage people all over the state to articulate a vision of a healthier life for everyone, and then develop policies that help us achieve that vision. On this site you can participate in surveys, share feedback, read news stories about related issues, learn about grant opportunities for your neighborhood organizations, get more information on how to become involved or help mobilize your community and ensure that its voice will be heard. Join the conversation!

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From the Conversation

Funding available to improve Children’s Oral Health in Benton, Douglas, Lane, and Linn Counties

Our friends at the Oregon Community Foundation asked us to share with CHP readers a new funding opportunity for Benton, Douglas, Lane, and Linn Counties. Dental disease is an issue that affects many children in Oregon, and often times, could ...Read more >

Northwest Health Foundation releases new CHP public opinion poll

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. Among the ...Read more >

Is a Soda Tax Paternalism? Victim Blaming?

The CHP Twitter feed recently received a message from @erinashmiller, who tweeted that “taxing junk food violates horizontal & vertical equity, also paternalistic.” The tweet included a link to an article she wrote on agriculture policy ...Read more >

Oregon Legislators Discuss County Health Rankings

On February 18, Mary Lou Hennrich of Oregon’s Public Health Institute led a discussion for Oregon legislators about the recently released County Health Rankings, which compares Oregon counties against each other in various categories of health ...Read more >

Citizens United v. FEC: Is it a public health issue?

Is it a simple defense of free speech as protected by the first amendment, or an egregious example of right-wing judicial activism? While that may be one way of framing the recent Supreme Court ruling “Citizens United v. Federal Election ...Read more >

Oregonians Speak:

Creating a new culture of good health

Karen Levy Keon, Health Equity Alliance, Corvallis

Creating a new culture of good health: A healthy lifestyle isn’t always easy given the barriers that exist in our communities. People need homes that are affordable, clean and safe. They also need dependable transportation. We used a CHP grant to host community discussions that led ...Read more >

About The Project

How can we all achieve a healthy life? What will it take for all Oregonians to be able to live in environments that sustain us and promote our well-being — where we can all breathe clean air, drink pure water and eat nourishing food — and where it’s safe for each and every one of us to walk or ride a bike? What must we do for good preventive care to be available to everyone in all corners of the state?

Community Health Priorities (CHP) is a project of the Northwest Health Foundation, based on work completed in partnership with the Oregon Public Health Division and the Oregon Health Policy Commission. Our goal is to engage people all over the state to articulate a vision of a healthier life for everyone, and then develop policies that help us achieve that vision.

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