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In American Journal of Managed Care, Allison Inserro covers the Building a Culture of Health conference where speakers offered national examples of best Social Determinants of Health practices. She quotes PI's Ruben Cantu, program manager at the Prevention Institute: "Trauma-informed care is becoming a standard, said but more focus has to be put on community trauma and adverse community experiences. Community trauma is a risk factor for violence, which in turn increases exposure to adverse childhood experiences," he said. He gave the example of working with public health departments to...

Jessica Lam of the Toronto Observer writes that Toronto Police Service Crime Statistics show an increase in shootings in the last year. She suggests the city consider approaches like those outlined in Prevention Institute's gun violence recommendations as a way to prevent future deaths and gun related-injuries.

PI is featured in this Cleveland radio story and news story on how communities are coping with trauma from gun violence:

“The Prevention Institute, a policy think tank based in California, is also advocating for a public health focus to gun violence. It developed a process to address the problem by empowering the people who live in the embattled area.

The action plans developed by this group are being embraced in Cleveland by Metro Heath Hospital system. Hospital officials say they are working with African-American pastors from several churches. This fall they hope to roll out a plan to focus on community trauma from gun violence in Cleveland neighborhoods.”

Sharon McNary of KPCC covers the LA County Board of Supervisors' vote on Tuesday for a land tax to fund projects that catch, clean, and reuse stormwater. If the LA County Flood Control District agrees, property owners would be taxed 2.5 cents for every square foot of land shedding water. In the audio, McNary features PI's Manal Aboelata, who explains how the proceeds from the tax would benefit the most vulnerable communities in LA.