Oregon

Oregon's Public Health System

The Oregon Health Division (OHD), within the Department of Human Services, provides resources, technical assistance, and consultation in a wide variety of areas, including medical, epidemiological, and technical support. Local governments directly operate the 33 county public health departments and one multi-county health department, with or without a local board of health. In three counties, the local government contracts with private health clinics to perform public health clinical services, and one county has no health department.

Oregon Department of Human Services: Public Health Division

Activities

In Oregon, NWCPHP works actively with public health colleagues to design and implement specific training activities, assist in the development of a statewide workforce development strategy and support efforts to build greater capacity for public health education and training.  Examples include:

• Providing training in the areas of Health Alert Network (HAN); Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP); Mass Fatalities State Plan Seminars and Tabletop Exercises; and Incident Command System (ICS) Workshops.
• Numerous online courses from NWCPHP have been downloaded to the Oregon Learning Management Center.
• Co-sponsored the Oregon Public Health Workforce Development Conference in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Public Health, a workforce development conference focused on skill building and training for public health professionals.
• NWCPHP co-sponsored and recruited University of Washington faculty to teach at the Public Health Training Institute.