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Category Archive: Transportation
“There’s a growing recognition nationally that the environment is impacting the choices we make.”
This quote comes from Kate Wells, outreach director for the Heart Institute of the Cascades, and project director for Kids@Heart, a regional collaboration between advocates in central Oregon working to achieve environments more conducive for ...
“We’ve built America not for human beings, but for cars”
Here’s a shout out to Dick Jackson (Richard Joseph Jackson, MD. MPH, Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health) who has produced a television program: “Public Space/Public Health: How the built environment impacts ...
| New Study Confirms Neighborhood Can Correlate to Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Although there’s been a lot of discussion around the concept of “healthy” neighborhoods, no multistate studies have actually compared the extent to which features of residential environments contribute to the incidence of type 2 diabetes ...
Public Health Investment Fund: Enlightened Policy or “Slush Fund for Pork Barrel Projects”?
Right now, Congress is considering legislation that would allocate as much as $10 billion for a “prevention and public health investment fund,” which would be earmarked for infrastructure projects such as bike paths, sidewalks, farmers ...
Add car repair and new front porch to the true costs of smoking
Cancer, emphysema, stroke, forest fires, and now this: From the Oregonian: 5/25/09: “Man drops cigarette, crashes car” Christopher Clawson dropped his cigarette in his lap Sunday evening while driving his car south on 206th Avenue in ...
Upstream Public Health Releases Health Impact Assessment for Transportation Policy
Late in 2008, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski presented his “Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009” to the Oregon House and Senate Transportation Committees. The Governor’s office stated that the plan would create thousands of jobs, establish ...
Join Us in Salem for a Public Health Walk on April 6
As part of National Public Health Week 2009, Oregon’s Public Health Activities include a short walk around the Salem Capitol on Monday April 6. Come join legislators, public health advocates, and community organizations. You might even invite ...
Student Photo Contest: Submit Entries Here!
As part of National Public Health Week (April 6-12), Community Health Priorities, a project of the Northwest Health Foundation, is pleased to sponsor the 2009 Oregon Student Photo Contest! With this photo contest, we are looking at different ...
Recipient for Contest Week Two: GEARS
Thanks to the winning post by Shane Rhodes of Eugene, Oregon, $500 will be donated to Greater Eugene Area Riders, a recreation and advocacy organization working directly in that community to make cycling safe, accessible, and fun. Once again, ...
Congressman Blumenauer (and anyone else): Why is health important?
It can be interesting to observe how even some of our most progressive and intelligent politicians seem to gloss over the importance of health to our society. At the Portland City Club on December 5, 2008, Congressman Earl Blumenauer presented ...
Columbia River Crossing Update - What’s the Health Impact?
Earlier this year, we posted a story about local and community efforts to integrate the health of the public into the conversation about the proposed I-5 Columbia River Crossing. Since then, the US Environmental Protection Agency provided ...
Price of Gas: Public-health-related?
The price of gas: Is it a public health issue? For several years, the price of gasoline in Oregon has been on a steady climb. In July 2007, it averaged just more than $3 a gallon, but by the end of July 2008, according to the AAA, average prices ...
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