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...
National Reach: There are five HEAL Nation states that are part of the Heal Cities Campaign the campaign (Maryland, Virginia, California, Colorado and Oregon). The national initiative is managed by the California Center for Public...
Health care costs for employers continue to soar, driven largely by ongoing, preventable health conditions, like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer. Employers can take action to reverse this impact on their employee's lives...
TheHEAL Cities Campaign is a partnership between the League of Oregon Cities and the Oregon Public Health Institute, made possible with generous support from Kaiser Permanente. The HEAL Cities Campaign is a resource to help civic...
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...
Let’s Move is a national campaign/initiative headed by First Lady Michelle Obama. The initiative aims to decrease childhood obesity through increasing access to healthy foods and promotion increased activity levels. There are multiple ways...
Let’s Move is a national campaign/initiative headed by First Lady Michelle Obama. The initiative aims to decrease childhood obesity through increasing access to healthy foods and promoting increased activity levels. Let’s Move: Museums and...
The Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program is a low cost way of increasing awareness of healthy menu choices at rural restaurants. These menu items are already offered at these restaurants, so they come at...
From EPPI Centre in the UK, this is a systematic review that identifies barriers and facilitators for healthy eating among children. Policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and families can use this information to increase children’s...
Food hubs are an effective strategy for connecting smaller farms to larger markets, and can positively impact the local economy and community health. A food hub is a physical space, and requires significant planning...
