In 2015, OPHI partnered with Klamath County (OR) Public Health to conduct a rapid Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a model Tobacco Retail Licensing Ordinance. The purpose of the HIA was to provide information...
Since 2010, Lane County (OR) leaders in health, economic development, higher education, transportation, affordable housing, water and energy, and social equity have being working to integrate plans and strategies through the Lane Livability Consortium...
Oregon Public Health Institute and its partners completed a health impact assessment of the City of Portland’s rental housing inspections program. This HIA was funded by a grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration...
The SE 122nd Avenue Pilot Project is a neighborhood planning study that was completed by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning the Sustainability in 2011. The purpose of the Pilot Project was to...
The Consumer Confidence Project (CCP), housed at OPHI, has released a report of its pilot evaluation of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). The evaluation assesses CCO consumers’ access to information and CCO governance transparency....
Urban Food Zoning Code: Improving Access to Healthy Food In 2012, the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) updated zoning codes to accommodate urban food production and distribution activities throughout the city. While...
Between 2008 and 2012, OPHI collaborated with the City’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and various stakeholders to ensure that health objectives and actions were integrated into the citywide, strategic planning process called...
In 2012-13, OPHI was part of a consultant team led by Kittelson & Associates tasked with leading the update of Clackamas County’s Transportation System Plan. OPHI staff developed composite maps and criteria for rating projects...
After ten years of citizen advocacy led by Nursing Mothers Counsel of Oregon, the 2007 Oregon legislature passed the Rest Breaks for Breast Milk Expression Law that sets a minimum standard for accommodating breastfeeding...
Oregon Public Health Institute, along with Upstream Public Health and other partners, successfully advocated for menu labeling laws in Multnomah County in the fall of 2008. Chain restaurants of 15 more outlets must now...
