social determinants of health

For the first time, the atlas maps access to healthcare and health outcomes

January 2, 2013 -- Growing up in southwest Portland – and later studying political science at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. – Tricia Tillman didn't realize public health was an occupation, much less the one where she’d end up. “I kind of stumbled into public health,” Tillman said. “I didn't know it was a field at all.”

May 2, 2012 -- Good health is more than individual choices, said Kathleen O'Leary, public health administrator for Washington County, addressing a crowd of more than 300 people at the Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation's Fourth Annual Health Care Symposium yesterday in a conference hall at the Oregon Zoo.

April 12, 2012 -- TriMet released its final budget proposal yesterday which is intended to save $12 million next fiscal year.