Oregon Health Authority Establishes Four New Regional Health Equity Coalitions

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) established four new Regional Health Equity Coalitions (RHECs), a program operated by OHA’s Equity and Inclusion division. RHECs are autonomous, community-led groups that are non-governmental in nature. Community members come together to identify the most pressing health equity issues affecting priority populations of minorities in their local communities and develop solutions through policy and systems changes. The RHECs are partnerships working to advance OHA's strategic goal of eliminating health inequities by 2030.

The four new RHECs and regions they represent are as follows:

Eastern Oregon Health Equity Alliance (Morrow and Union . . .