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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">To:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Stakeholders<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">From:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jane M. Moore, PhD, RD, Manager, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section<SPAN class=msoIns><INS cite=mailto:Patricia dateTime=2009-12-14T14:52><o:p></o:p></INS></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Subject:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New strategic planning process to begin in 2010 - you are invited!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 6pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please excuse any cross postings that you receive with this health promotion and chronic disease update.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We would like to inform you - </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">our key<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>partners and stakeholders - about an exciting new project to be launched in January 2010. We thank you for your contributions over the years and hope you will consider joining us as we create a statewide Health Improvement Plan to promote population health. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Opportunities to be a part of this process are listed below.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What -</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), a new state agency created by the 2009 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> state legislature, will lead a process to create a statewide Health Improvement Plan.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Divisions of the Department of Human Services that provide health services to Oregonians including the Oregon Public Health Division, the Mental Health and Addictions Division, and the Division of Medical Assistance Programs are a part of the OHA.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) is also included. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The statewide Health Improvement Plan will address priorities of the OHA including improving population health and reducing health care costs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information about the OHA and its citizen-led Board, go to <A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha">www.oregon.gov/oha</A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Oregon Health Improvement Plan will replace the current risk factor and chronic disease specific statewide plans (e.g. tobacco, physical activity and nutrition, arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease and stroke).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It will determine objectives and strategies that are known to work to prevent obesity and tobacco use and to detect and manage chronic diseases. These objectives and strategies include statewide and community-based policy, systems and environmental approaches, as well as addressing underlying conditions and social determinants of health.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">How you can be involved </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Respond to a Call for Nominations for the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> Health Improvement Plan Committee. Please go to <A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oha">www.oregon.gov/oha</A> and click on Oregon Health Improvement Plan Committee for the Committee Interest Form and Committee Information.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Committee Interest Forms are due Wednesday, January 6<SUP>th</SUP>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Participate in a planning committee for a Nov. 2010 statewide conference to launch the plan (to be convened in early 2010)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">To join the Oregon Health Improvement Plan Interest Group Listserv to receive updates about the planning process, please click on </FONT><A href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or_health_improvement_plan"><FONT face="Times New Roman">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or_health_improvement_plan</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For more information about this process and opportunities to participate, contact Patricia Schoonmaker, MPH, at </FONT><A href="mailto:patricia.schoonmaker@state.or.us"><FONT face="Times New Roman">patricia.schoonmaker@state.or.us</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">, 971-673-0984, Oregon Public Health Division, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention section. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jacqueline Villnave, MPH <BR>Community Programs Liaison<BR>Diabetes Program Coordinator<BR>Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program<BR>Oregon Public Health Services, DHS<BR>800 NE Oregon St., Suite 730<BR>Portland OR 97232-2162<BR>phone 971-673-1039</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>mobile 503-753-5421<BR>fax 971-673-0994<BR></DIV></FONT></o:p></SPAN></BODY></HTML>