Healthy People in Healthy Communities
Health Assessment & Evaluation
This unit of the Multnomah County Health Department conducts health assessments and research, and analyzes and provides data to the Health Department and the general public.
About Us
Our mission is to work collaboratively with Health Department programs and the community to provide quality data analysis, health assessment and evaluation.
Our goals at HAE include the following:
- Assess public health strengths and needs through data collection, analysis, and dissemination;
- Assist the Health Department to develop programs, acquire external resources, and monitor and evaluate selected grant-funded programs;
- Conduct evaluation of selected Health Department programs and community partnership programs;
- Engage in research of pertinent public health concerns, promoting community partnership in the process.
Highlights
The Spring 2008 Health Assessment Quarterly examines Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke) Mortality.
Issue 1, Spring 2008 (PDF ~108KB) Cerebrovascular Disease Mortality in Multnomah County
10 December 2007.
The Health Assessment Quarterly examines Coronary Heart Disease morbidity, mortality, and costs.
Coronary Heart Disease.
(PDF ~100 KB)
28 February 2007.
This edition of the Health Assessment Quarterly looks at how schooling impacts health.
Education and Health: An Area-Based Analysis of Mortality Data (PDF ~110 KB)
02 February 2007. Read the latest findings on communicable diseases in Multnomah County
Multnomah County Communicable Disease Assessment, 2007 (PDF ~100 KB)
Page updated March 20, 2008