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Improving Health, Advancing Equity, and Reducing Disparities: How OPHI is Living Its Mission Through Contact Tracing
The Oregon Public Health Institute is collaborating with the Public Health Institute on Tracing Health, a COVID-19 contact tracing initiative in Washington County, OR and Clark County, WA.
Black Lives Matter
Police violence is a public health crisis rooted in racism and white supremacy.
PHI’s COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Support Program, Tracing Health, Contributes to Reopening Efforts in Washington and Oregon
Press Release The Public Health Institute (PHI) has launched Tracing Health, its new COVID-19 contact tracing initiative, with work already started with its partners in Clark County, Washington and Washington County, Oregon to help...
Nutrition Activity Plan for Child Care Providers
OPHI’s RFTS (Right from the Start) and Multnomah County Health Department’s REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) programs have developed a Nutrition Activity Plan. This plan is meant to be implemented by child...
New State Health and Value Strategies Resource – Shared Measurement and Joint Accountability Across Health Care and Non-Health Care Sectors
Prepared by OPHI CEO Dana Hargunani, MD MPH, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new issue brief today aimed for states interested in using cross-sector partnerships to improve population health. The brief outlines...
Guidelines for Incorporating Health into Outdoor Education
A new Health and Outdoor Education Guideline has been released by the Health and Outdoors Initiative, a partnership between OPHI, Willamette Partnership, Oregon Community Health Workers Association, Oregon Healthiest State, Portland State, and the...
Consumer Confidence Report Guide now available
OPHI just published the Consumer Confidence Report Guide for creating consumer-focused materials, with support from OSPIRG. The guide is a checklist for CCOs to use when creating and updating informational materials such as member...
HEAL Cities Small Grants a Success
Each year, the HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) Cities Campaign offers small grants, generously sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, to cities for the implementation of HEAL policies in their communities. 2016 will mark the third...
Launch of Health & the Outdoors Framework
A letter from OPHI partner, Bobby Cochran, Executive Director of the Willamette Partnership: There is growing evidence that expanding greenspaces, and access to them, can increase physical activity, mental health, social cohesion, and air...