KPBS: October 18, 2017
House and Senate bills awaiting full approval by December do not contain dollars for the program known as Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health or REACH. Tarryn Mento of KPBS quotes PI's Sana Chehimi, urging lawmakers to restore the REACH program.
Times Colonist: October 9, 2017
Times Colonist Contributor and PI Board Member Dr. Trevor Hancock highlights Prevention Institute's latest report on mental health, "Back to Our Roots." With accessible and varied examples, Dr. Hancock emphasizes how the complexly interrelated social determinants of health, from housing and economic opportunities to community networks, all directly affect mental health.
HealthCentral: September 18, 2017
HealthCentral features Prevention Institute Director Sheila Savannah's op-ed on how the Movember Foundation’s U.S. initiative, Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys is addressing this year’s theme for World Suicide Prevention Day, “Take a Minute, Change a Life.”
KSHB 41: September 7, 2017
Rae Daniel of KSHB 41 covers the collaboration between Prevention Institute and the KCMO Health Department to implement the Youth and Family Violence Prevention Plan— the first of its kind in Kansas City, Missouri.
FOX 4 News Kansas City: September 6, 2017
John Pepitone for Fox 4 News, Kansas City, covers the violence prevention plan that The Violence Free Kansas City Committee will implement with Prevention Institute to help create safer neighborhoods. The plan will use a public health approach to examine the root causes of multiple forms of violence, like racism and sexism, and foster healthier norms that promote social cohesion and trust.
The Kansas City Star: August 28, 2017
Jill Toyoshiba of The Kansas City Star reports on how the Kansas City Health Department plans to address its increasing homicide rate by collaborating with Prevention Institute on a “Youth and Family Violence Prevention Plan.” PI's Lisa Fujie will visit the Health Department for three days starting Sept. 5 to get the project up and running.
Read the full article: Trail of trauma as city sprints to 100th homicide, on pace for record
The Hill: August 22, 2017
On Tuesday, Prevention Institute’s Larry Cohen and John Auerbach, Executive Director of Trust For America’s Health, published an Op-Ed in The Hill: Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure — Stop Ignoring Preventative Care. Prompted by recent bipartisan efforts to improve the ACA, the Op-Ed emphasizes the importance of building prevention into healthcare policy, which is essential for effectively achieving improved health, lower costs, and reduced burden on the health system.
Into the Fold Podcast by Hogg Foundation For Mental Health: August 21, 2017
Prevention Institute Director Sheila Savannah joins a podcast hosted by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She explores strategies for fostering equitable health in communities, from creating safe and accessible physical spaces to providing transportation to employment and educational opportunities. Using the Minneapolis Violence Prevention blueprint as a case study, she highlights how health equity and violence prevention efforts must entail comprehensive, multi-sector collaboration.
The International Journal of Epidemiology: July 28, 2017
In The International Journal of Epidemiology, Peter Sainsbury writes, “Cohen and his colleagues clearly have a very comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of society and social change. Consequently, they use a wide range of prevention techniques—from lobbying for legislative and policy change, through partnerships with businesses and grassroots organizations, to community education, mobilisation and activism—but always emphasizing ‘upstream’ prevention...” Read full review here
Morning Consult: July 28, 2017
Jon Reid from Morning Consult reports on how the defeat of Senate Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill will defer any cuts to the Prevention and Public Health Fund. He cites Prevention Intstitute's joint statement with other public health groups, released prior to the vote, bdenouncing cuts to federal funding for prevention efforts.
