By Wyatt Stayner, The Columbian, August 19, 2019
The Healthy Columbia Willamette Collaborative has identified discrimination, racism and trauma as the main drivers of health concerns for people in Clark County and the Portland metropolitan area, according to the recently released 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment.
The Collaborative is made up of four Public Health departments — Clark County and Oregon’s Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties — as well as 15 hospitals and one coordinated care organization from those four counties.
According to a Clark County Public Health news release, seven other core issues explored in the assessment were: chronic conditions, sexually transmitted infections, behavioral health, community representation, culturally responsive care, access to health care, transportation and resources and isolation.
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