Built momentum for upstream prevention in health systems and the frontline workforce.

PI provided training, technical assistance, and consultation to integrate upstream prevention approaches in health systems and among frontline healthcare workers. By lifting up the voices and lived experiences of community members, we have helped systems shift to more upstream approaches that identify solutions before the onset of harm.

• We worked with the University of Texas School of Public Health’s Health Equity Collective, in partnership with consultant Nadia Siddiqui, to conduct a national landscape scan and develop a framework to advance equity strategies for the Community Health Worker workforce in Greater Houston.
• We engaged in an ongoing thought partnership with the CARESTAR Foundation to identify ways to strengthen emergency services and pre-hospital care so that the system is more community-centered and equity-focused.
• We conducted a training series on integrating upstream approaches rooted in health equity and racial justice for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, whose constituents are community health centers primarily serving people experiencing homelessness.
• We partnered with the FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) on the Prevention Mindset Institute (PMI). The PMI has supported state child welfare and prevention teams to establish goals for more prevention-focused, equitable environments. PI led discussions and a session entitled, “Community, Staff, and Family Wellness: Moving Towards Collective Wellness” at the CBCAP Annual Grantee Meeting.

Funders: University of Texas School of Public Health; CARESTAR Foundation; National Health Care for the Homeless Council; FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention.

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