Promoting Health Equity

We believe that every person deserves an equal opportunity to be healthy and safe. Health equity guides all of our work.

Advancing Prevention

We work with communities, organizations, government, and philanthropy to design comprehensive primary prevention strategies in several Focus Areas.

Our Tools and Services help strengthen community environments, so all people can be healthy and safe.

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Podcast: What Medellín can teach use about healthy and equitable land use

Blog: From McKinleyville to San Diego, five communities redefine intimate partner violence prevention

Spotlight

Video: Prevention Institute: Partnering to achieve thriving, equitable communities

Rachel A. Davis of Prevention Institute wins the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence

Op-ed: Opioid Settlement Funds Must Go Where They’re Needed Most—Treatment and Prevention

How communities working on mental health for men and boys build and sustain momentum

New Blog: From Emergencies To Equity: The Growing Role Of Hospitals In Community Health

New initiative: Visualizing and Powering Healthy Lives: Connecting parks to life expectancy in LA County

New podcast: How healthcare is partnering to improve community health

Book chapter: Addressing Community Trauma and Building Community Resilience to Prevent Opioid Misuse and Addiction

Op ed: The effects of housing discrimination on health can reverberate for decades

Blog: Overcoming Guns, Racism, And Hatred

Blog: Informal Gathering Spaces for Healing Community Trauma

East San Jose PEACE Partnership uses community strengths to counteract violence and trauma.

Commentary: A System of Prevention: Applying a Systems Approach to Public Health

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BLOG November 15, 2019

PI's Media Digest: Climate change will affect "every stage of the life" of children born today, EPA to undermine public health regulations

With @Movember PI coordinates "Making Connections," an initiative that brings together community orgs from across t… t.co/EaYj1eSm6J

Our friends @LibertyHill are hiring - Water Policy Advisor to The Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Read t… t.co/RUavm5gc0E

PI coordinates 'Making Connections,' an initiative that brings together community orgs across the country working o… t.co/JS0w11TPug

The @EPA has a mission: to protect #publichealth and the #environment. So why is it proposing to limit the science… t.co/MuIMCCK04C

West Basin Water District wants to spend half a billion dollars on ocean #desal in LA's South Bay. Ratepayers will… t.co/L7RkAiCgWn

This article in @NPR NPR explains-no matter what stance the #candidates take during the upcoming debates, the way… t.co/svaIMpm3N2

PI's Media Digest is up! In this week's edition: #ClimateChange will affect "every stage of the life" of children b… t.co/8ndr6oMlzL

Gun violence is predictable and preventable. There is much that we can do -- at all levels of society -- to reduce… t.co/iXPM27BejV