Prevention Institute Accomplishments (1997-2017)

As detailed in our report, Our First Two Decades of Accomplishments, Prevention Institute realized far-reaching projects between 1997 and 2017:

Innovation

1. Established a methodology for the practice of primary prevention.
2. Developed Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience, the first framework to recognize,
address, and prevent community trauma.
3. Created a model to guide healthcare organizations’ efforts to improve the community
determinants of health.
4. Proposed innovative models to pay for population health.

Practice

5. Developed tools and frameworks to strengthen action for health equity.
6. Published the first graduate-level textbook on prevention principles and practice.
7. Brought a community prevention approach to improving mental health and wellbeing.
8. Strengthened the movement for prevention and health equity by connecting advocates and
practitioners through “communities of practice."

Policy and Systems Change

9. Catalyzed and partnered to secure the first ever ongoing federal funding dedicated to
prevention and public health through cutting edge research and advocacy.
10. Embedded health equity priorities in local land-use planning processes and public expenditure
decisions.
11. Built partnerships and power for policy wins and systems changes in California.
Momentum
12. Supported a transformation from addressing violence solely as a criminal justice issue to
including public health and prevention approaches.
13. Transformed the policy approach to diet and activity related chronic illness to address
environmental influences, corporate practices, and government responsibility.
14. Brought community-level prevention into the public discourse.
15. Developed community and population metrics to drive community prevention.