Brain Health
..... .. .Enrich the environment to empower the brain (excerpt)
Schooling the Aging Brain by Paula Span, The New York Times
The Four Pillars of Brain Maintenance Excerpt from The Sharpbrains Guide to Brain Fitness
Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery National Institute on Aging & National Institutes of Health
The Built Environment & Obesity Prevention
..... . . The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity
..... . .. in Children American Academy of Pediatrics
Designed for Disease: The link between local food environments and obesity and diabetes Examines the correlation between the health of nearly 40,000 Californians and the mix of retail food outlets near their homes. The key finding: People living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes.
Is Geography your Health Destiny?Promising Strategies for Creating Healthy Eating and Active Living Environments
Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States Department of Health & Human Services Center for Disease Control and PreventionSB 931: Task Force for a Comprehensive Obesity Prevention Initiative
Policy recommendations from the Oregon Department of Human Services
Strategies for Enhancing the Built Environment
Focuses on opportunities to support healthy eating and active living through the built environment and emphasizes cross-sectoral and environmental change approaches
Child Development
. . . . ..Caring Communities, Executive Summary
From Risk to Resilience: Building the Social & Emotional Health of Oregon’s Most Vulnerable Young Children
Harvard Family Research Project - Family Involvement in Elementary School Children's Education
Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today
The Science of Early Childhood Development
What It Takes to Make A Student
Quality Healthcare
..... .. .Aligning Forces for Quality: Local Efforts to Transform American Health Care
..... .. .Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care This New York Times article sets the stage for an interesting discussion about the need to consider looming health care workforce shortages as part of the national debate on health care, and how OHSU fits into that bigger picture
Perspectives on the development of imatinib and the future of cancer research Commentary by Brian Druker, M.D., after receiving the Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award
We Can Do Better: Improving the Health of the American People
Steven A Schroeder, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine
Social Determinants of Health
..... .. .Creating Health Equity; Social Justice, Human Rights & the Social
..... .. .Determinants of Health Dr. Adewale Troutman, Community Issues Forum,
..... .. .Portland, OR
Knowledge to Action: Social Determinants of Health
Unnatural Causes. . .is Inequality Making Us Sick?
A seven part PBS documentary and website exploring racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health
Education Matters for Health Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSocial Factors Affecting Children's Health Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Health Care Equity and Access
..... .. .The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care
..... .. .The New Yorker Magazine
..... .. .How would you get health care if you were uninsured?
..... .. .United Way of the Columbia-Willamette 211info
Organizations that are Building Healthy Communities
..... .. .Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute
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..... .. .Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
..... .. .Multnomah County Health Department
Because together, we can do more.