public health

Governor's Office Waiting for Federal Report on Environmental Impact of Coal Trains

Health, environmental justice and neighborhood groups point to the hazards of coal dust and increased rail traffic
July 26, 2012 -- A group of doctors, environmental activists, neighborhood activists and Indian tribes has called on the governor's office and the Oregon Health Authority to perform a health impact assessment before granting permits for coal exports by rail to the state's ports – which a spokesperson for the governor's office has called “premature.”   Read More >>

CDC Grant Program Focuses on Improving the Health of People with Disabilities

Oregon is one of 18 states to be funded for a project emphasizing prevention of secondary disability, including chronic conditions
July 19, 2012 -- One in five adults lives with a disability – and many more are likely to acquire a disability at some point in their lives either through illness, injury or the aging process, according to numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People with disabilities are two and a half times more likely than non-disabled peers to report unmet health needs, and more than four times as likely to report fair or poor (as opposed to good) health.   Read More >>

Salem Resident Talks About Breaking the Smoking Habit

She says what helped her the most was an advertising campaign launched by the Center for Disease Control
June 28, 2012 -- After 28 years of smoking, a TV commercial from the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) new advertising campaign convinced at least one Oregonian, who lives Salem, to try to quit.   Read More >>

Northwest Health Foundation Invites Letters of Interest for Healthy Eating Active Living Grants

First round of grants will focus on community engagement, allowing communities to decide what they need for healthier living
June 21, 2012 -- The town of Odell sits just five miles away from the famously active community of Hood River. But until recently, Odell residents – 40 percent of whom are Latino – lacked one of the key components to staying active themselves: a city park.   Read More >>

Urban Sprawl Leads to Poor Health Outcomes

Dr. Richard Jackson, who chairs environmental health sciences at UCLA, believes we need to design healthy cities
June 21, 2012 -- One day, while stuck in Atlanta traffic, Dr. Richard Jackson had an epiphany. He was working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, en route to a meeting focused on threats to public health. He saw an elderly woman walking along the Buford Highway – a seven-lane expressway with one of the highest pedestrian death rates in the nation.   Read More >>

TriMet adopts $2.50 flat fare, kills free rail zone after heated four-hour meeting

Public testimony stressed effects on transit-dependent riders, including health effects
June 14, 2012 – At the end of a meeting that lasted more than four hours, the bulk taken up by public testimony, TriMet's board of directors voted Wednesday to adopt the last draft of its budget – which was released in April.   Read More >>

States Encounter Obstacles Moving Elderly and Disabled Into Community

Republished courtesy of Kaiser Health News June 13, 2012 -- A multi-billion dollar federal initiative to move low-income elderly and disabled people from long-term care facilities into the community has fallen far short of its goals, as many states have struggled to cobble together housing and other services.   Read More >>

Immigrants Barred from Healthcare Coverage

Some counties in Oregon provide pregnant women primary care, but advocates demand more services
June 13, 2012 -- Immigration status puts another layer of complexity on an already overly complex system for medical insurance coverage in Oregon and across the U.S. Read More >>

Oregon Youth Sexual Health Plan Stresses Community Infrastructure

Objectives include reduction of dating violence along with reduction of teen pregnancy and STDs
June 7, 2012 -- Oregon's youth sexual health plan has received high praise from STD prevention officials at the national level for bucking a major trend in youth sexual health programs. Read More >>

Public Health Division Looks to Improve Breastfeeding Rates

Numerous grant-funded projects throughout the state are aiming to reduce barriers, increase awareness of breast feeding, and encourage mothers
June 1, 2012— Although 90 percent of Oregon women start out breastfeeding their newly born infants, only 21 percent continue breastfeeding until their infant is six months old. Oregon’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program hopes to get that number higher with the help of additional dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.   Read More >>
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