Schools, Public Health

Abstract The Department of Public Health and Preventative Medicine (PHPM) was officially founded at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now OHSU) in 1941 to examine social hygiene (later known as public health), family life, and sex education, especially the prevention of venereal disease. It expanded throughout the 20th century and has become an integral part of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. This collection houses departmental records of PHPM as well as administration and...

Abstract Kenneth D. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.H. worked in maternal and child health epidemiology and collaborated with many public health institutions locally and nationally. His work led to the creation and collection of much of this material, including public health reports and promotional publications, work files that lead to a published article, and papers from his work and professional service with Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Public Health...