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We will be regularly updating this space with profiles that feature the people, programs, and policies that support public health in Oregon. As we launch our new website, it is only fitting that we start with OPHA:

The Oregon Public Health Association works to ensure that every Oregonian has the opportunity to live a healthy life. We do this by promoting laws, policies, and programs that protect the health of our families, communities, and workplaces. Our focus is on preventing disease and injury.

Our membership includes individuals and organizations in regions across the state, providing OPHA with a strong combination of grassroots strength and technical expertise. We succeed by bringing together the power of our members with community organizing, coalition building, public and professional education, and advocacy.

2009 OPHA Board of Directors

Founded in 1944, the OPHA is an affiliate of the American Public Health Association, the oldest and largest public health association in the nation.

The mission of the Oregon Public Health Association is to protect and promote the health of all Oregonians, to educate and support public health workers, and to advocate for just and equitable health policies.

What's Happening

2010 Annual Conference

Save The Date: October 18 - 19, 2010
To download a "Save the Date" flyer for 2010 click here.

Call For Proposals: Open through July 16, 2010
To submit a proposal for consideration, please use our online form.

Legislative Activity

The OPHA health policy and advocacy group is actively involved promoting just and equitable public health policy on a variety of issues. Learn more...

Join us on April 8, at Portland State University, for a noon-hour presentation on the implications of the recently passed federal Health Care Reform for Public Health. Our speaker, Jeffrey Levi, PhD, brings particular expertise to this subject in his roles as the Executive Director of Trust for America's Health and as a professor of Health Policy at George Washington University. The presentation will begin at 12:00, in the Vanport Room at Smith Memorial Student Union (SMU-338) on the Portland State Campus. You can download/ print a copy of Dr Levi's hand out for this talk here.

Interest Groups

OPHA sections are sponsoring projects, forums, and developing proposals addressing a variety of public health issues. Learn more...

Preventing disease will decrease our health care costs. It will improve the productivity of Oregon employees. And it will create an environment where overall health -- not a trip to the doctor -- is the overall goal.

Bill Thorndike,
President of Medford Fabrication

Contact Administrator

OPHA is a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit organization

818 SW Third Avenue, #1201
Portland, OR 97204

info@oregonpublichealth.org

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