In the News

Prevention Institute’s work on connecting the dots between multiple forms of violence is mentioned in “Connecting the dots to break the chain of violence,” on page three of this special issue of The Nation’s Health. In “Integrating gender norm change in sexual violence prevention” on page eight, PI's Rachel Davis and Lisa Fujie-Parks discuss the role restrictive gender norms play in normalizing and increasing sexual violence, and the need to challenge those norms to prevent sexual violence.

This guest commentary in Modern Healthcare by Ganhi Pritesh hihglights how community centered health homes address upstream determinants of health and improve communities. "Clinical inventions alone can't get us to the health outcomes we want without complementary community interventions." 

Jocelyn Wiener of California Healthline writes about how CA became the second US state to increase the minimum tobacco sales age from 18 to 21, resulting in a significant drop in state retailers selling tobacco to kids under age 18. Most retailers support the new law, and Wiener quotes PI's Founder Larry Cohen as saying, “It’s a sign that there’s real momentum over the past couple of decades in recognizing that tobacco is harmful and that protections are appropriate.”

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.