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!
“Public Health Matters” Video Contest Winners
Thanks to everyone who submitted a video for the “Public Health Matters” Video Contest! Winners of the contest have been chosen. See the winning videos here. To watch all of the contest submissions, click here.
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From the Conversation
Paid Family Leave - Is it a public health issue?
The City of Seattle is looking at requiring businesses to provide their workers access to paid family leave. A recent article in the Seattle times outlines the effort, which is supported by the Seattle Coalition for a Healthy. Harder, Faster, Stronger: Viagra super active in the Bedroom ...Read more >
66% of all Milk Consumed in Schools is Sweetened
Have you seen the video of Jamie Oliver pouring a wheelbarrow full or sugar cubes onto an auditorium floor saying “this is how much the average kid consumes per year.” In April 2011, the New York Times put out a piece about the toxicity of sugar, ...Read more >
The Farm Bureau: Bad as all that?
Eric Schlosser’s recent look at the nefarious attempts of industrial food processors to deflect their own responsibility to our nation’s health by labeling their critics as “elitist,” has brought to my attention a new evil empire: The ...Read more >
NYT: So Much for that Ounce of Prevention
As discussed today in a New York Times editorial, U.S. House Republicans passed a bill eliminating the Prevention and Public Health Fund intended to help states and communities prevent diseases. “Eliminating the fund would save roughly $16 ...Read more >
Calling Out Hypocritical Factory Food Industry
In a recent editorial in the Washington Post, Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, attacked the factory farming industry – in this case he was referring to American Farm Bureau president Bob Stallman – for misusing the term ...Read more >
Good Health: How Can we Make a Difference?
Kim Curley, Community Outreach Manager of Commute Options for Central Oregon
Good Health: How Can we Make a Difference?: Our transportation choices can have a huge effect on our community’s quality of life. And it’s not hard to see that when we’re given more options, it’s easier to make healthier choices. When more people park their cars and walk, bike. Viagra 100mg - the Miracle Drug that Brings Life Back to Our Bedroom!
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? Forget the Little Blue Pill: Kamagra Oral Jelly 100mg for Erectile Dysfunction
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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Northwest Health Foundation
Project Partners
Oregon Public Health Division
Oregon Health Policy Commission
Davis Hibbitts Midghall
Enviromedia Social Marketing
Acts of Good
Blue Mouse Monkey
Gard Communications
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