September 13, 2019
What: Subcommittees of the 2020-2024 State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) tasked with identifying strategies and measures, and developing work plans for implementing the SHIP, are holding their second meetings. Each of the five subcommittees is focused on one of the following priority areas:
- Access to equitable preventive health care.
- Adversity, trauma and toxic stress.
- Behavioral health.
- Economic drivers of health.
- Institutional bias.
Agenda: Finalize priority goal and identify outcome measures.
Where: All meetings are held on the ninth floor of the Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon St., Portland. Meetings also are available remotely. For remote meeting attendance options visit the subcommittee's meeting page:
When:
- Behavioral Health Subcommittee -- Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2-4 p.m., Room 900.
- Access to Equitable Preventive Health Care Subcommittee -- Monday, Sept. 30, 1-3 p.m., Room 900.
- Adversity, Trauma and Toxic Stress Subcommittee -- Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2-4 p.m., Room 900.
- Institutional Bias Subcommittee -- Wednesday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m. to noon, Room 915.
- Economic Drivers of Health Subcommittee -- Friday, Oct. 25, 1-3 p.m., Room 900.
All meetings are open to the public. A five-minute public comment period will be held near the end of each meeting; comments are limited to one minute.
Background: Oregon’s SHIP identifies interventions and strategies to address health-related priorities in the state. The SHIP serves as a basis for taking collective action with cross-sector partners to improve heath of people in Oregon. The SHIP is based on findings of the State Health Assessment.
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