Oakland, CA – Today the American Public Health Association announced that Rachel A. Davis, executive director of the national nonprofit Prevention Institute is receiving the 2019 APHA Award for Excellence.
Moore guided the city’s development of its first comprehensive violence prevention plan
Prevention Institute is pleased to announce that Reggie Moore, director of the Office of Violence Prevention at the Milwaukee Health Department, will be joining...
As the government shutdown reaches its 20th day, leaders across a spectrum of health, public health and civil rights organizations call on Congress and the President to immediately reopen the government.
Prevention Institute, with funding from the Blue Shield of California Foundation, has launched Safety Through Connection, a new program to catalyze community-based approaches that can help prevent domestic violence.
Oakland, CA—Rachel A. Davis, longtime managing director at the national nonprofit Prevention Institute, has been named the organization’s executive director, the board of directors announced today. Manal J. Aboelata, Prevention Institute’s managing director in Los Angeles, became the organization’s deputy executive director.
Prevention Institute strongly opposes California Senate Bill 872. New language in this budget trailer bill would block California cities and counties from passing new taxes on soda and other sugary drinks. California’s communities need the flexibility to pass local policies to protect health—and soda taxes are one of the most effective tools a community can leverage against a powerful and exploitative industry.
This week, Larry Cohen, founder of Prevention Institute, announced that he will be retiring from the organization in October and handing over its leadership to Managing Director Rachel Davis. “I’m extraordinarily proud of what PI has achieved so far and deeply appreciative of the tremendous...
Statement from Trust for America’s Health, American Public Health Association, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Prevention Institute, and Public Health Institute
Yesterday, President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency. This provides critical recognition for what has long been clear to those living on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic, but the administration’s response so far is too small and narrow to meet the scale of the challenge we face. Fifty-seven thousand dollars in a Public Health Emergency Fund and increased ‘flexibility’ to shift much-needed funding away from other health priorities like HIV/AIDS, as could result from the administration’s order, will not even begin to address this crisis.
Graham-Cassidy is Legislative Malpractice - It Would Greatly Harm the Nation's Health: Joint Statement from American Public Health Association, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute, and Trust for America’s Health
We were shocked, but not surprised, by the horrific hate-driven violence in Charlottesville and the motivations behind it. We reject hatred, racism, white supremacy, and white nationalism. Sadly, the violence and unrest perpetrated this weekend reminds us that what happened in Charlottesville could happen at any moment anywhere in the United States. Every city, every community in our nation is vulnerable as we are living at a time when hate groups, who have a long history of discriminatory policies on their side, have been emboldened by the divisive words and inactions of political leaders whose responsibility is to ensure justice and safety for all—including communities of color and Native American communities, people who are LGBTQ+, low-income communities and people living in poverty, people of various faiths, and immigrants. Both the hate and the devastating outcomes of the ‘Unite the Right’ rally are politically unacceptable and deeply personal to all of us.
For Immediate Release: August 2, 2017
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Read a joint statement on the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act from American Public Health Association, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute and Trust for America’s Health.
”We are extremely disappointed in today’s U.S. House of Representatives vote to pass the American Health Care Act.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act does not make our communities healthier or safer. Instead, our elected leaders have taken a step that threatens to undo years of progress in...
As Earth Day approaches, Prevention Institute founder Larry Cohen emphasizes that we must protect the environment to preserve public health:
“There is no question that the health of our environment is tied to the health of our people. Climate change threatens to increase deadly weather...
We watched with horror and deep sadness this weekend as news emerged about the deadly warehouse fire at an Oakland artists’ collective a few miles from our main office. Our heartfelt support and condolences go out to the victims, their loved ones, and the Oakland community as a whole....
As Veterans Day approaches, we’re highlighting the work of the national Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys initiative, which includes veterans among its populations of focus. Military members and veterans don’t just experience war, loss, injuries, and fear during service. Their social connections are disrupted when they are deployed, and again when they are discharged home. They return to communities where most people are not able to relate to their experiences, and they experience trauma-related symptoms at a disproportionate rate.
We are deeply saddened by the news that Alfred Olango, a Ugandan native living in El Cajon, Calif., was shot dead by police following a call from his sister asking for assistance with a mental health crisis. Olango's death does not stand alone, but rather is the latest in a long line of deaths of mentally ill people at the hands of police, a burden that falls most heavily on communities of color.
The National Collaborative for Health Equity, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, and Prevention Institute announced the launch of a new project to examine the potential for public health departments to actively pursue racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic equity in health, as well as in the systems and conditions that produce health.
