Despite decades on the books, and dispelling opponents’ fears, individuals, health care organizations and the country remain at opposite ends of the issue When Robert Fuller decided to die, it was a choice informed by personal experience. Fuller, 75, suff ...
5 Jul 2019 - Ashley Archibald
COMMENTARY | It’s an unhealthy coping mechanism – an addiction that requires support In late 2015, I sat in the front seat of my car after dropping my children off at daycare. As I had done many times before, I opened a small pouch in my handbag and took ...
28 Jun 2019 - Gabrielle Reid
Since it opened in 2017, the primary care clinic serving Portland’s LGBTQ+ community has seen more than 1,000 patients and has added two mental health providers Prism Health, Portland’s first allopathic health clinic focused on primary care for the LGBTQ+ ...
21 Jun 2019 - Ellena Rosenthal
Nearly every Street Roots vendor who was asked had a story to tell about problems with feet People experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness often suffer from foot problems caused by ill-fitting or worn out shoes, wet shoes, shelter showers shared by ...
14 Jun 2019 - Helen Hill
Dan Currin, an emergency department crisis intervention specialist, discusses ERs’ role when psychiatric patients have nowhere else to go For people on the streets suffering from mental health issues, a crisis often means a trip either to jail or to the e ...
24 May 2019 - Helen Hill
COMMENTARY | Undercounting these communities means less representation and ultimately fewer services Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau may not seem political or imminently relevant to your life, but I can assure you it is both. The census helps dic ...
5 Apr 2019 - Emily McLain
COMMENTARY | Oregon researchers are working to unravel the connections between personal health and societal influences Two Portland-based healthcare research organizations are collaborating to understand how social determinants of health impact measures o ...
29 Mar 2019 - Erika Cottrell and Jean Baker
COMMENTARY | They should have the knowledge, power and resources to make healthy decisions about their bodies What do you think of when you hear “sex ed”? Your own sex education classes? A condom demonstration? Maybe a movie scene with an uncomfortable gy ...
30 Nov 2018 - Hannah Sokoloff...
Concordia nursing students first came to Street Roots to understand the perspectives of people on the streets. Now they come to provide care. Concordia University’s community health nursing instructor, Kinara Fender, was attending a free health fair with ...
31 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
COMMENTARY | Abstinence-only agenda ignores progress made with sex education As the nation’s largest provider of sex education, Planned Parenthood knows that young people need to understand what a healthy relationship looks like and have the opportunity t ...
15 Jun 2018 - Jimmy Radosta