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Safety in All Policies: A Brief on Engaging the Education Sector in Preventing Violence in California focuses on the education sector and describes eight recommended actions at the local level and...
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In Healthy Development without Displacement: Realizing the Vision of Healthy Communities for All, we explore: What can people working on “healthy community” issues—like active transportation, parks,...
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Advancing Community Prevention through the Champions for Change Peer-to-Peer Projects explores interwoven policy, systems and environmental change strategies to advance health and nutrition in Los...
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Prevention Institute developed a Safety in All Policies framework and actionable recommendations to advance community safety and violence prevention in California through a multi-sector public health...
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A Healthy Future for California is a call to action that outlines key priorities and recommendations that California policymakers can use to create a healthier, safer and more equitable state.
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This workbook draws on the experiences and lessons of numerous communities working to advance place-based prevention efforts. It is designed to guide community health practitioners who want to learn...
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A Decade of Advocacy is a case study of the Strategic Alliance, a network of 15 California-based organizations that came together to promote healthy food and activity environments. This document...
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Listen to Prevention Institute's Juliet Sims on Childhood Matters as she covers how policies and environments can support healthy eating and physical activity for kids, families and communities.
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The places where we live, work, learn and play affect our health, but not all communities support healthy outcomes, equally.
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This document details priority areas for action in the following categories:
I. Administrative Actions. The Brown Administration can take the following steps to position community prevention as...
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This Strategic Alliance report is based on the premise that everyone should have access to safe places to play and be physically active. The evidence is clear: regular physical activity is critical...
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Listen to Prevention Institute's Linda Shak, Program Manager, as she discusses prevention models currently working in the state of California on a Government Action Communications Institute podcast.
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NPT Reports: Children's Health Crisis - Prevention explores what will it take to improve the health of all children in Tennessee.
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Parents shouldn’t look to the labels on the front of food package for guidance on picking the healthiest products for their kids.
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The report serves as a launching pad for action for practitioners and advocates who are interested in engaging in systems and environmental change approaches in four key arenas: schools, early...
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Co-published by Prevention Institute and Jossey Bass and APHA, Prevention is Primary describes the overarching foundation and principles guiding primary prevention efforts and highlights prevention...
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Breastfeeding undeniably has tremendous health benefits for both babies and mothers. Effective breastfeeding messages, however, must go beyond health to highlight the social and cultural context.
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Across the country, healthy food and activity leaders have identified violence and the fear of violence as major roadblocks to the success of chronic disease prevention strategies. This PI report...
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The paper outlines organizational practices and public policies to expand access to healthy foods in support of healthy eating and better overall health.
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In anticipation of Governor Schwarzenegger's Action Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity, the Strategic Alliance released a list of recommendations to urge the improvement of healthy food and...
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This document discusses health care leaders' broadening awareness to include the need to address the food system as a means to individual, public, and global health, above and beyond basic...
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Bay Area Dietetics Association interviews Prevention Institute's Managing Director Leslie Mikkelson on Setting the Record Straight: Nutrition and Health Professionals Define Healthful Food.
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Presents environmental and policy approaches to supporting healthy food and active living environments, with a presentation by Prevention Institute's Larry Cohen that also focuses on preventing...
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Describes how the soft drink industry creates new and effective ways to market their products to keep current customers and attract new ones, and strategies public health advocates can use to counter...
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This Rapid Response Framing Brief shows how framing can help or hinder people's ability to see the ways environments shape health.
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The objective of this community discussion series is to engage community residents in a dialogue about elements of the social and community environment that can be addressed to enhance quality of...
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Read our recommendations for swift action and investments that will improve health and safety for all Californians.
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The stage is set for health and nutrition professionals to ally with other groups advocating for healthful and sustainable food in calling for government and industry policies that reshape our food...
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Highlights California community summer nutrition strategies and policy opportunities to increase access to the Summer Food Service Program.
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This Q&A on fast food marketing offers recommendations for how community members and advocacy groups can work to reduce the negative health impacts of major fast food restaurant chains.
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Though this brief primarily views the built environment through a public health lens, it also describes built environment issues from the perspective of environmental justice, sustainable food...
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This brief from the Convergence Partnership delineates crosscutting strategies that have the potential to engage diverse constituencies and address a diversity of issues that impact healthy eating...
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This Rapid Response Framing Brief explains how food and beverage companies are borrowing the symbolism of the environmental movement to cast a favorable "green" light on themselves and their products...
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Offers a framework for creating food and activity environments in neighborhoods and institutions that will motivate and support families to adopt healthy behaviors.
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This publication summarizes the efforts of 11 organizations advocating for improvements in food and activity environments within predominantly low-income neighborhoods and with African American and...
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This paper identifies key investigations of the neighborhood food environment, examines current efforts to bring about improvements, and discusses new research and policy priorities.
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A policy paper discussing the connection between the obesity epidemic and the role of community.
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This document provides guidance for fostering the growing momentum around improving nutrition and physical activity environments in socially and economically disadvantaged urban communities.
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This 2007 study, released in conjunction with Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments, examines how the food and beverage industry continues to produce and market unhealthy...
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This Rapid Response Framing Brief describes how food and beverage companies are reacting to pressure from public health groups and explores the implications for framing public health's response to...
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This brief provides an overview of the deficiency of healthy eating and physical activity promotion in clinical practice and health care settings, with examples and recommendations for changing the...
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Using The Strategic Alliance’s Taking Action for A Healthy California priority checklist, this document takes stock of the progress made in creating environments that support nutritious eating and...
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The Community Food Security Coalition published two Prevention Institute authored articles on sustainable food systems and health (see pages 3 and 7).
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This document serves as a companion piece for Where's the Fruit?, highlighting concrete actions the food, beverage and restaurant industries should take to ensure a healthier future for our neighbors...
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Published in the Californian Journal of Health Promotion, this article sheds light on the five unintended consequences of "obesity," and provides strategies to remove us from a focus on the "O" word...
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This Strategic Alliance document identifies concrete steps that business and government can take to create healthier places to live and work.
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This report delineates opportunities for creating a synergistic movement between health and sustainable agriculture, in order to strenthen the momentum for a just, sustainable health-promoting foood...
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This document highlights neighborhood-level changes to the built environment that can have a positive influence on the health of community residents, especially in low-income communities.
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Prevention Institute collected data for this report prepared by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity. The report finds that upgrading to larger serving sizes often increases price only...
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These papers are part of a series of nutrition policy profiles prepared by Prevention Institute for the Center for Health Improvement.
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This report - originally commissioned by the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services - provides strategies to improve nutrition and child development in Los Angeles County.
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This report - initiated by the Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section (CPNS) of the State of California Department of Health Services - describes the results of a planning process to integrate...
