MASSLIVE: March 3, 2018
Anne-Gerard Flynn of MASSLIVE promotes the "Ounce of Prevention" conference, the state Department of Public Health's annual event advocating for healthier communities through professional development, on March 27 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the DCU Center, 50 Foster St. PI's Founder Larry Cohen will delver the keynote address.
USA Today: February 27, 2018
USA Today's Jayne O'Donnell writes about the potential for stronger laws to protect victims of gun violence, quoting PI's Lisa Fujie Parks:
"Increased activism on the part of young people affected by school shootings is coming at a critical time in the gun safety movement, says Prevention Institute associate program manager Lisa Fujie Parks.
'What gives me a lot of hope is that never before have we had such a strong research base to know what kinds of policies will be effective,' says Parks. 'And we’re reaching that tipping point when it comes to both policy changes and...
AlterNet: February 26, 2018
PI's Ruben Cantu's latest blog featured in AlterNet, "Building community resilience to weather climate change," explores how climate change is even more destructive to communities that already face adverse experiences:
"While we all share the same warming planet, the effects of climate change aren’t experienced evenly across societies. Climate change poses a disproportionate threat to communities that already face multiple challenges, including economic disinvestment, higher rates of violence, and exposure to other environmental hazards."
February 17, 2018
In the wake of Parkland, Doug Wilks of Deseret News reports on how students across the country are advocating for policy change and community-driven solutions to protect communities from gun violence. "They are turning their terror into anger, and action, something lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and perhaps adults in general, have chosen not to do." He highlights the importance of approaching the gun violence epidemic with different lenses, citing Prevention Institute as an organization that views gun violence as a public health crisis.
High Desert Daily Press: February 7, 2018
High Desert Daily Press covers how folks in High Desert are looking to the St. Joseph Health Community Partnership Fund's Intersections Initiative for a community prevention approach to issues like homelessness, crime, and housing. PI's Sandra Vierra is quoted: “We need to be part of the policy-making process so we can turn things around,” Vierra said. “Our call to action, or opportunity, is to move upstream and get to the root of the problem.”
Houston Business Journal: February 5, 2018
In the Houston Chronicle, Jen Para writes about Houston's Episcopal Health Foundation's new initiative to invest in 13 clinics in greater Houston and Austin, as well as Texas cities Waco and Tyler. The program, called the Texas Community Centered Health Homes, is one of the most recent CCHH initiatives, first developed by Prevention Institute in 2011.
Common Dreams: January 29, 2018
PI's Ruben Cantu and Katrina Deloso examine what we need to do to prevent oversaturation of cannabis retail, curtail irresponsible marketing, and protect youth and consumers as California moves into a new era of recreational marijuana legalization.
POLITICO: January 16, 2018
In her POLITICO article, "A prescription for...resiliency?" Chelsea Conaboy highlights the importance of forging strong parental or alternative caregiver bonds in early childhood, citing Prevention Institute's work with Honolulu's Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange and Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services. Loving early childhood relationships, she maintains, likely protect against chronic mental health and physical conditions that often appear in adults who suffered trauma in their early years. Kokua Kalihi Valley is part of Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys, a national initiative administered by PI and funded by The Movember Foundation.
Moving Healthcare Upstream: January 11, 2018
PI's blog, "A community prevention approach to mental health can improve physical health outcomes as well," was published on the Moving Healthcare Upstream website. A summary of our recent paper, "Back to Our Roots," the blog explores how health leaders can, and should, go upstream and use community prevention knowledge to influence mental health outcomes.
Rising Up with Sonali: January 10, 2018
PI's Lisa Fujie Parks joined Sonali Kolhatkar, host of Rising Up with Sonali to discuss building on the success of #MeToo to emphasize preventing sexual harassment and violence in the first place.
