public health

Treatment Facility Lets Women Parent While Kicking Their Habit

Letty Owings Center was one of the first residential drug and alcohol treatment facilities in the nation to provide on site childcare
May 10, 2013 – Ten years ago, Leah Hall was using intravenous drugs every day, and turned to crime to support herself and her daughter, who was then just one year old. Eventually, Hall went to jail and her daughter went into foster care, and she called her daughter's paternal grandmother and said she wanted to go into treatment. Read More >>

Youth Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers Push for Higher Reimbursement Rates

Current state reimbursement rate is about half the actual cost of providing services
May 2, 2013 – In the 28 years that De Paul Treatment Services has provided youth alcohol and drug treatment services, it's only seen a minor increase in reimbursement rates from the state. Now its future, along with the future of other youth treatment facilities around the state, is uncertain, according to Sheila North, executive director. Read More >>

Periodontal Hygienists, Kaiser Likely to Face Arbitration Over Union Contract

Kaiser is planning to eliminate the classification of periodontal hygienist from its next union contract, instead sending periodontal patients to the general hygienist pool
  April 26, 2013 – Jackie Farlinger-King has worked for Kaiser Permanente Northwest as a periodontal hygienist – treating only patients with gum disease – since the mid-1980s, and has been a hygienist with Kaiser for 32 years.
 
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Med Students, Rural Providers Continue to Question Future of Rural Clerkships

Students are circulating a petition asking OHSU to keep rural clerkships, but the administration says the program will expand, not contract
April 23, 2013 – Medical students at Oregon Health & Science University are circulating an online petition asking the school to keep the five-week rural clerkship that has been a required part of OHSU's medical curriculum since 1994 – but the university's administration maintains it doesn't intend to reduce or eliminate the clerkships, and in fact plans to offer more rural clerkships. Read More >>

Southeast Health Center Reopening Represents 'Triumph of Can-Do Attitude Over Austerity,' Says Jeff Cogen

The county has been able to reinvest in the clinic due in part to partnerships with CareOregon, Kaiser and Providence
April 20, 2013 – Nine years ago, the Multnomah County Health Department's Southeast Health Center – situated at the intersection of Southeast Powell and 34th Avenue – fell prey to a series of drastic cuts to county-funded services – keeping dental care services but sending patients elsewhere for county services. Read More >>

Two Opposing Views on Fluoridating Portland's Drinking Water

The first commentary, by Rick North, encourages voters to defeat the ballot measure because of health concerns, lack of effectiveness and higher costs, while the second commentary, by Claudia Colen and Dr. Teran Colen insists the science is clear that fluoride doesn't have any negative health or environmental impacts and is a safe and effective option.
OPINION – APRIL 19, 2013 --On May 3, ballots will be sent to all Portland voters asking them to vote on fluoridation. The last day to vote will be May 21. Read More >>

Playworks Emphasizes Safer, Healthier Schoolyard Play

In-school coaches, training help reduce the discipline problems associated with recess – which pediatricians say is critical to healthy development, but can also be the crucible of conflicts between kids
  April 17, 2013 -- Just a few years ago, Susan McElroy wouldn't schedule anything at Grout Elementary, where she serves as principal, for the period immediately following recess.
 
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Dr. Howard Frumkin Urges Medical, Nursing Students to Consider Human Habitats

During a keynote address at the 10th annual Western Regional International Health Conference, he stressed the need to build healthier cities
April 10, 2013 -- Dr. Howard Frumkin, MPH, opened his address to a crowd of 300, most of them medical and nursing students, assembled last week at the Portland Art Museum, to imagine that they were zookeepers anticipating a new shipment of frogs or butterflies. The first priority, he explained, would be to create the right habitat for those animals before they showed up. Read More >>

One Home Visit at a Time, Public Health Nurses Emphasize Prevention

Nurse-Family Partnership emphasizes early intervention, long-term results
April 5, 2013 – Once a week for the past two years, Sarah Braxton – a public health nurse employed by Multnomah County's nurse-family partnership – has checked in for an hour long appointment with Jasmine Tavera-Ruelas, a college student and first-time mother living in East Portland. Read More >>

Family Providers Question Potential Changes to OHSU's Rural Curriculum

The school is expanding its rural clerkships, with many new positions in specialty practices
April 1, 2013 – While Oregon Health & Sciences University is pushing for free tuition to students who choose to serve in underserved areas – including rural Oregon – it's also revising its curriculum in ways some doctors fear will affect rural rotations, also called clerkships. Read More >>
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