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OCHI makes an impact on Oregonians’ well-being and the state’s workforce

The Oregon State University Center for Health Innovation (OCHI) is partnering with OSU Extension and Family Health to provide Spanish language mental health first aid training.

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Mental health first-aid trainings enhance understanding of risk factors and warning signs

Oregon State’s Coast to Forest program is implementing a public education program that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses and builds understanding of their impacts.

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Retrospective: Our response to COVID-19

CPHHS faculty and staff reflect on the college’s outreach efforts

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Post-2020 wildfires, Santiam Canyon residents burned out by trauma, red tape

Residents are struggling to find housing, wrestling with government bureaucracy and worried about toxins in the water, air and soil, all while burdened by the trauma of losing their homes.

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Nearly $5M grant to establish children’s environmental health research center at Oregon State

The OSU center will be housed in the university’s Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families within the College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

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Center for Health Innovation connects students with the community for hands-on learning and outreach

Since August 2020, a talented team of students in OSU’s Center for Health Innovation have provided “surge” support to local public health departments in response to COVID-19.