In the News

In their piece in Health Affairs, Carolyn Wang Kong of Blue Shield of California Foundation, and PI's Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji of Prevention Institute, describe the Foundation's two-part approach to transform domestic violence prevention from within and beyond the domestic violence field. The Safety Through Connection community of practice represents the “beyond” approach.

“Together, these two cohorts will provide valuable insights into how power, systems, community, and collaboration can come together to prevent violence in communities. The ‘within and beyond’ approach allows us to learn about the levers and incentives for change across multiple systems, while unifying diverse efforts toward the shared goal of ending violence.”

In her featured article in the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association's website, PI's Rea Panares summarizes the second edition of PI's Community Centered Health Homes (CCHH) paper, The CCHH model, which provides healthcare organizations with a framework to identify local community determinants of health and collaborate with partner organizations to improve community conditions, has helped communities in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas address issues that undermine health like food insecurity, poor housing, workplace environmental hazards, and a lack of neighborhood parks and playgrounds. The paper highlights stories from the 27 sites across the country that have begun to pilot the model.

KVPR’s Valley Edition program interviews Genoveva Islas of Cultiva La Salud about Safety Through Connection, a new Prevention Institute program designed to support community-based approaches to prevent intimate partner violence. Through the program, which is funded by the Blue Shield of California Foundation, five California collaboratives are receiving one-year planning and capacity-building grants to address the risk of intimate partner violence among low-wage workers, rural and tribal communities, immigrants, and other communities that face high rates of this type of violence. The interview about Safety Through Connection begins 32 minutes into the program.

In her article about the Movember Foundation's annual campaign to raise awareness for men's health issues, Anna Papachristos highlights PI and the Making Connections initiative: "The Movember Foundation partnered with the Prevention Institute to fund the Making Connections program, which impacts 14 different communities across the U.S. in a variety of ways. The initiative emphasizes community-led programs that underscore the importance of mental health and social connections, and their link with community well-being. While each site has designed and implemented very different projects, all are focused on building partnerships and implementing preventive, community-based strategies designed to improve the mental health and well-being of men and boys across the country."