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!

Youth Photo Contest: Submit your Entries Here!

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As part of National Public Health Week (April 6-12), we are pleased to sponsor the 2009 Oregon Student Photo Contest!

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Oregonians Speak:

Creating a new culture of good health

Dr. Pierre Morin, Lutheran Community Services, Portland

Creating a new culture of good health: Refugees bring many talents to Oregon’s communities and add to our cultural diversity. When they get here, however, they often face discrimination, language barriers, feelings of isolation and emotional distress due to displacement. We hosted ...Read more >

From the Conversation

Blue Zones Vitality Project: Addressing Healthy Environments One Community at a Time

A recent article in Newsweek reports on the town of Albert Lea, Minn., the first American town to sign on to the AARP/Blue Zones Vitality Project—the brainchild of Dan Buettner, author of “The Blue Zones,” which looks at the health habits of ...Read more >

Lancet Retraction Good News for Vaccine Advocates – but will it have an effect?

The Lancet, a British medical journal has retracted a 1998 research paper that set off a sharp decline in vaccinations in the United Kingdom when the author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, suggested that the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine can ...Read more >

Abstinence-Only Education Proven Effective

It has been called the first-ever study demonstrating the effectiveness of abstinence-only sex education. A study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of has found that found that abstinence-only sex education helped to ...Read more >

Mout Hood and Tillamook Comm. Colleges Now Tobacco-Free

By Guest Author Katie Fidler Congratulations to Mt. Hood Community College and Tillamook Bay Community College for making their campuses 100% tobacco-free! Both colleges implemented tobacco-free policies in January 2010; No tobacco products of ...Read more >

Public Health Not Held to “Clinical Trial” Standards of Medicine, NY Doc Writes

Public Health Not Held to Same “Clinical Trial” Standards as Medicine, NY Doc Writes A retired pediatrician, in a recent letter to the New York Times about the city’s new salt recommendations, brings up an interesting point. Before the ...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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