OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION'S APPLICATION FOR STRENGTHENING U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS (CDC-RFA-OE22-2203) - CDC-RFA-OE22-2203 – PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY CENTURIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, SETTLER COLONIALISM AND, OPPRESSION AND UNDERLYING SOCIAL AND HEALTH INEQUITIES, COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS HAVE ONLY EXACERBATED THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS OREGON. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED THE INABILITY OF THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO ENSURE EQUITABLE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE STATE. IN OREGON, COVID-19 CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS ARE HIGHEST AMONG THE PACIFIC ISLANDER, LATINO, LATINA, LATINX BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. WITH SUPPORT THROUGH STRENGTHENING U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS, THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY’S PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION (OHA-PHD) WILL EXPAND ITS MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY TO ELIMIN

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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION'S APPLICATION FOR STRENGTHENING U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS (CDC-RFA-OE22-2203) - CDC-RFA-OE22-2203 – PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY CENTURIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, SETTLER COLONIALISM AND, OPPRESSION AND UNDERLYING SOCIAL AND HEALTH INEQUITIES, COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS HAVE ONLY EXACERBATED THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS OREGON. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED THE INABILITY OF THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO ENSURE EQUITABLE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE STATE. IN OREGON, COVID-19 CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS ARE HIGHEST AMONG THE PACIFIC ISLANDER, LATINO, LATINA, LATINX BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. WITH SUPPORT THROUGH STRENGTHENING U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, AND DATA SYSTEMS, THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY’S PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION (OHA-PHD) WILL EXPAND ITS MULTI-PRONGED STRATEGY TO ELIMIN