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Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology 
Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Program
The Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention program works with local health departments, other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent and control communicable diseases and outbreaks of acute diseases in Oregon.
AWARE
The Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE) is a statewide coalition that promotes the appropriate use of antibiotics.
Center for Health Statistics
The Center for Health Statistics is Oregon's Vital Records Office. Each birth, marriage, divorce, and death that occurs in Oregon is registered and filed with our office.
Electronic Lab Reporting Program
A project to convert major labs and health departments to electronic data interchange. The Public Health Division functions as an electronic hub to accept, route, and process electronic HL7 messages containing lab and clinical data.
Emerging Infections Program
This program studies diseases of current public health concern as well as newly emerging infections. These data provide a starting point for studying risk factors and developing better strategies of prevention and control.
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention section monitors the occurrence of chronic diseases, deaths, health behaviors, and community conditions that support healthy lifestyles.
Health Statistics
The Health Statistics program is responsible for compiling and analyzing the data from vital records. These data are used throughout the state and nation for program planning and policy development.
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
Working towards a heart-healthy and stroke-free Oregon. We focus on developing partnerships and advancing policy to strengthen capacity, evaluate impact and take actions for a heart-healthy and stroke-free Oregon.
HIV Care and Treatment Program
The HIV Case Management program's vision is to create a program that provides high quality, cost effective services that promote access to and ongoing success in HIV treatment for people with HIV/AIDS in Oregon.
HIV Prevention Program
We focus prevention services based on: making HIV testing a routine part of medical care; implementing new models for diagnosing HIV infections outside medical settings; preventing new infections; and further decreasing perinatal HIV transmission.
HIV Surveillance - Data and Analysis Program
The mission of the HIV Program is to reduce the spread of HIV and promote the health of HIV-infected Oregonians. The HIV Surveillance - Data and Analysis - Section reports and records cases and incidence rates of HIV/AIDS for the state.
HIV-STD-TB Programs
Program efforts: Data and Analysis, HIV Client Services, HIV Community Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, and Tuberculosis Control
Injury and Violence Prevention Program
The Injury and Violence Prevention Program focuses on the identification and prevention of morbidity and mortality due to injury among Oregonians.
Injury Epidemiology
The Injury Epidemiology Program examines various data sources to describe injury problems among Oregonians, identify prevention strategies, and evaluate program effectiveness.
Living Well Program
Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, or CDSMP) is a six-week workshop that provides tools for living a healthy life with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma and heart disease.
National Electronic Data Surveillance System
NEDSS is the surveillance portion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Information Network (PHIN). Our mission is to better manage and enhance public health surveillance through electronic data exchange.
Oregon Arthritis Program
The goal of the Arthritis Program is to reduce the impact of arthritis in Oregon through a public health approach, working in collaboration with partners in the public and private sectors.
Oregon Asthma Program
The Oregon Asthma Program's vision is to improve the quality of life for Oregonians with asthma so that all people in Oregon live, work, play, and learn in communities that support health and optimal quality of life.
Oregon Comprehensive Cancer Control
The Oregon Parnership for Cancer Control (OPCC) formed to develop and implement Oregon's Cancer Plan. We are a vibrant partnership organization providing many opportunities to get involved.
Oregon Diabetes Program
The Oregon Diabetes Program goal is to reduce the burden of diabetes in Oregon.
Oregon National Violent Death Reporting System
The NVDRS will collect information from many data sources and compile incident-based cases for all violent deaths in Oregon in order to generate public health information on violent deaths and to develop violence prevention strategies.
Oregon State Cancer Registry
In August 1995, the Oregon Legislature unanimously passed legislation making cancer a reportable disease and established the Oregon State Cancer Registry (OSCaR) which began collecting information on all cancers diagnosed in Oregon as of January 1, 1996
Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
The Physical Activity & Nutrition Program works with partners in the community to promote daily physical activity and healthy eating through implementation of Oregon's Statewide Physical Activity and Public Health Nutrition Plans.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
This new program called the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) will help health care providers and pharmacists provide patients better care in managing their prescriptions.
Program Design & Evaluation Services
We provide ongoing evaluation support to county and state programs, initiate and conduct applied research studies, and contract with organizations across the country to improve community health, shape public policy, and reduce health disparities.
SAFE KIDS Program
Uniting public and private organizations including emergency responders, law enforcement, health and safety professionals as well as interested citizens to reduce unintentional preventable injury and death in Oregon's children ages 0 - 14.
Sexually Transmitted Disease Program
The Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) program prevents and controls infections with a primary focus on identification and treatment through screening and referral of exposed sex partners for evaluation and treatment.
Tobacco Prevention and Education Program
Oregon's Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) was launched in 1997 with a clear and simple mandate — to reduce tobacco-related illness and death.
Tuberculosis Program
To control the spread of TB in Oregon, the TB Program works to: identify and treat TB disease; identify, evaluate, and treat newly infected contacts to infectious TB cases; and screen high-risk populations for TB infection.
Vital Records
The Center for Health Statistics is Oregon's Vital Records Office. Each birth, marriage, divorce, and death that occurs in Oregon is registered and filed with our office.
Wellness@Work
A public-private partnership that aspires to reach Oregonians with workplace policies and programs that support employees to eat healthier, move more, quit tobacco, and use the kinds of health care that will improve and sustain their health
Youth Suicide Prevention Program
Oregon has developed a plan for communities to use to reduce youth suicide. The strategies require a commitment to partnership and shared responsibility among state agencies, between state and local governments, and between public and private sectors.
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