Money Well Spent: Public Health Dollars Save Lives

Public health funding protects the health of Oregonians every day. Jean O'Connor, JD, DrPH, Deputy Director of the Oregon Public Health Division shared examples of the return on investment from public health funding on the CDC Public Health Matters Blog. Read the full article.

What is Public Health?

Public health touches every person, every day, and helps Oregon communities create healthy environments so those who live there can be well. Public health is based on science and focuses on population groups rather than on the individual. It emphasizes preventing illness and injury rather than treating a medical condition that has already occurred.

• How does your county measure up in vaccinations? Review these Population-Based Rates for detailed state, county and some census tract immunization coverage information.
• Read more about a day in your life with public health.

• See how exercise can help arthritis sufferers.
• Healthy babies: Not just a nine-month matter.
• See who was honored for their partnership work with immunization.
• We are improving health and lowering costs through "Living Well" programs.
• How WIC is working to working to lower obesity and improve health.
• Read about a recent panel discussion: treating the study and prevention of violence as though it were a preventable disease.