Community Health Priorities: A Resource for Oregon in Action

Public Desires For Health Care Reform Go To Congress

Findings from five years of grassroots health care public engagement across the United States were shared today as CodeBlueNow! released “In Their Voices: Common Ground, Common Sense and Consensus on Reform.” The report consists of the words of the American people as they have expressed their values, concerns, and wishes for a reformed health care system.

“The people’s voice has been largely marginal in past health care debates. This report, spare as it is, demonstrates how pragmatic and flexible Americans are in considering solutions,” said Thomas Aschenbrener, President of the Northwest Health Foundation, an early funder of CodeBlueNow!

Read the rest of the article on the blog A Highly Placed Source.

Bill aims to get food from Oregon served in schools.

By By Peter Wong of the Statesman Journal. Northwest Health Foundation funded pilot projects that pay for local Oregon food to be served in school cafeterias. This should lead to better food for our kids, increased support for local agriculture, and job creation. Read more about it here.

Cambodian community talks about troubled past, looks to the future

In Street Roots by Mara Grunbaum. Northwest Health Foundation has given a grant to the Cambodian-American Community of Oregon (CACO) to fund an oral history project that will let Cambodian refugees tell their stories on film—to their own children. Read the full story here.

The calorie battle: Is knowledge willpower?

by Bill Graves of The Oregonian —

Would you be more inclined to try the 80-calorie nonfat cappuccino if you knew your favorite white chocolate mocha came with 500 calories? Oregon legislators use Northwest Health Foundation poll data to argue the issue.  Read the rest of the story here.

Think long term on tobacco tax

Letter to the Oregonian about tobacco taxes written by Thomas Aschenbrener, President Northwest Health Foundation

Read entire letter here