Oregon Health Consensus v0.2
From OHC
Vision: Health for Oregonians
Desired Outcome
A fully representative Oregon Health Consensus that leads to measurable improvement in Oregonians' health, and of their understanding of the health-related resources available to them.
Mission: The Oregon Health Consensus
We are committed to creating a statement that clearly articulates what all Oregonians want for their health and the health of their communities. We call this statement The Oregon Health Consensus. We will also research and document existing health care resources, as well as past and present efforts to reform health-related policy.
The Oregon Health Consensus will lead directly to legislation, health care policy, public initiatives, and programs that are aligned with our intentions for our health and the health of our communities.
Strategy
Create and moderate a web site where every citizen can productively contribute to The Oregon Health Consensus whether they have 5 minutes or 5 hours a week.
The web site will build The Oregon Health Consensus document in stages. Each successive stage will build upon the preceding stage, increasing the number of participants and the scope of the document we are agreeing upon. Each stage will conclude once 90% of all participants are satisfied with the current state of the document.
Documentation of past and present health-related issues will inform us in developing reform proposals, and will serve as a resource for all Oregonians as they make individual and/or collective decisions about their health.
Representation
In this section we will determine the minimum levels of participation and consensus we need from various groups in order to consider our final consensus of 25,000+ Oregonians to be fully representative. Please start brainstorming below. We can move stuff to the discussion page once we get too much material.
Demographics from [Wikipedia] might help us think about what our consensus would look like.
- There are about 3.6 million Oregonians
- 6.5% of us are 4 years or younger
- 12.8% of us are 65 or older
- We are 93% White (includes Mexican-Americans), 2.4% Black, 2.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 4.25% Asian, and 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- We might want to think along religious, political, socio-economic, educational level, and other lines as well to make sure we include a diverse spectrum
If you weren't already a participant, what would it take for you to feel like your interests were represented when you read the final Stage6 document?
Brandon says he would trust that the Consensus represents his interests if more than 90% of more than a dozen male professionals with young families from Portland were at YES and a handful of those were very active participants.
Shelley says she would trust that the Consensus represents her interests if more than 90% of more than a dozen female physicians with families were at YES and a handful of those were active participants.
Next
At least 90% of 200 Oregonians agree on the Vision, Representation, and Values sections of The Oregon Health Consensus (Oregon Health Consensus v0.3)
This line and the supporting information below are not part of the agreed upon document. The title of this page is also not part
- Who:
We need at least 40 Oregonians to participate in this stage of the consensus process. Since we are working on representation, it is important to include people from diverse organizations and demographics. Visit the Networking page to add your ideas of people to invite. Please invite the people/organizations you know!
- NotYet Brandon Sanders
- NotYet Sarah Rahkola
- NotYet Steven Walling
- NotYet Brigid Crowe
- NotYet Eliot Crowe
- NotYet Shirley Schoepflin
- NotYet Shelley Schoepflin Sanders
- NotYet Ray King
- NotYet MarkDilley
- NotYet Scott Yelton
- NotYet Pete Forsyth
- NotYet Bonnie Sanders
- NotYet Gerald Schoepflin
- What: Consensus on the Vision and Representation sections of The Oregon Health Consensus
- Done When: 90% of at least 40 Oregonians are at YES.
- Instructions:
- Edit the Vision and Representation sections until they work for you.
- Change your status from NotYet to YES.
- Listen to the others who are at NotYet and help them edit to get to YES.
