Public Health Modernization

Upgrading Oregon's Public Health System

Oregon counties, tribes and community partners are using a 2019 legislative investment to continue modernizing the state's public health system, including expanding interventions to prevent and respond to infectious disease threats. The Oregon Legislature’s 2019 allocation for public health modernization, the initiative launched seven years ago to upgrade the state’s governmental public health system, provides an investment of $15.6 million for the 2019-2021 biennium.

• 2019 Regional Partnerships
• Map of 2019 Regional Partnerships

Public Health Modernization Resources

Please contact publichealth.policy@state.or.us if you have any problems opening these links. All documents are in PDF format.

Modernization Manual

• Public Health Modernization Manual, September 2017

Public Heath Modernization Evaluation

• Public Health Modernization: Report on 2017-2019 Legislative Investment

Accountability Metrics

Oregon’s Public Health Advisory Board (PHAB) has established a set of accountability metrics to track progress towards the modernization of Oregon’s public health system.

• 2020 Public Health Accountability Metrics Annual Report, Technical Supplement
  
• 2019 Public Health Accountability Metrics Annual Report
• 2018 Public Health Accountability Metrics Baseline Report

Local Public Health Authorities and Regional Partnerships

• Regional partnership project descriptions
• Map of regional partnerships
• Materials: January 2020 Smartsheet training for Program Element 51 reporting
• Video: January 2020 Smartsheet training for Program Element 51 reporting
  

Modernization Assessment Report

• Full Assessment Report, June 2016
• Executive Summary
• Summary Report
• Assessment Fact Sheet

Modernization Plan

• Modernization Plan 2017 progress report
• Statewide Public Health Modernization Plan - December 2016
• Statewide Modernization Plan Fact Sheet
• Oregon Public Health Modernization Roadmap for Local Public Health Authorities

Case Studies

• Modernizing the Public Health System in Oregon - From PHCNI
• The Road Ahead: Rural Health in Oregon website
• Communicable Disease
• Emergency Preparedness
• Environmental Public Health
• Obesity
• Tobacco
• Transforming Public Health Systems: Stories from 21st Century States
• 21st Century Learning Community Case Study: Oregon

Stories from the Field

• Coast-to-Valley Partnership: Lane County's Public Health Division had a dilemma
• Eastern Oregon Collaborative: Collaborative kicks sexually transmitted disease reduction efforts in to high gear
• Central Oregon: Regional staff helps tackle infections at long-term care facilities. See video

Related documents

• 2020 Report to Legislative Fiscal Office
• Public Health Modernization Overview, January 2019
• 2018 Report to Legislative Fiscal Office
• 2016 Report to Legislative Fiscal Office
• The Health and Economic Benefits of Public Health Modernization in Oregon, September 2016
• Vision
• Public Opinion Polling Results - Public Health Departments

Guiding Principles for Collaboration

• Guiding principles for public health and health care collaboration
• Case study: Improving food security in Hood River
• Case study: Improving the health of mothers and babies in Central Oregon
• Case study: Increasing access to physical activity and healthy food in eastern Oregon
• Case study: Supporting preconception health in southern Oregon 
• Case study: Addressing childhood obesity in the Columbia Gorge 
• Summary report: the challenges, benefits and value of cross-sector partnerships

Task Force Report

• Modernizing Oregon's Public Health System, September 2014
• Executive Summary

National Resources

Foundational Public Health Services

• RESOLVE
• Public Health National Center for Innovations
• FPHS Factsheet

Aligning National Public Health Initiative

• Aligning National Initiatives to Foster Improvement
• Aligning Accreditation and the Foundational Public Health Capabilities