Prevention Institute provides support to the BUILD Health Challenge—a unique coalition of national and regional funding organizations--designed to encourage communities to develop meaningful partnerships among hospitals and health systems, community-based organizations, local health departments, and other organizations to improve the overall health of local residents. The goal of the BUILD Health Challenge is to identify, accelerate, and spotlight best practice models and innovative approaches that reorient the field toward upstream factors that influence health.
Prevention Institute works with partners across the country and develops resources to promote upstream, equity-oriented prevention policies and practices. To find out the latest federal policy news and advocacy opportunities visit our Policy and Advocacy Portal.
Projects & Initiatives
Prevention Institute works with a breadth of partners and communities to develop strategies and practices to keep people healthy and safe in the first place. Below is a selection of ongoing or recent projects.
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BUILD Health Challenge
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Dialogue4Health Community Prevention webinar series
In partnership with the American Public Health Association, Public Health Institute and Trust for America’s Health, Prevention Institute is sponsoring a Dialogue4Health web-forum series on community prevention.
Publications & Other Resources
We research and write reports, white papers, fact sheets, opinion pieces, and journal articles, as well as produce videos and podcasts. Here are some of our latest offerings.
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How California’s Community-Based Organizations Filled the Gaps for Underserved Communities
Throughout California, community-based organizations have stepped up to address community needs during the pandemic. This report shares how local governments can better partner with community organizations to create a more equitable recovery from the social, economic, and health effects of the pandemic.
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Maintaining our Gains, Leading Towards the Future
Californians have a tremendous stake in the national policy debates underway. Fundamental issues like healthcare access, environmental protections, privatization of public-sector assets and services, and the rights of vulnerable and marginalized communities hang in the balance. Our state is already poised to protect many of the core factors that form the bedrock of Californians’ health and well-being. Together, California communities, families, decision-makers, business leaders, and lawmakers have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to take a proactive and affirmative stance that propels us toward a future that is fair, just, and prosperous for all of our residents.
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Furthering Prevention & Equity
Prevention Institute has a 20-year history of promoting quality primary prevention—the skills and approaches to prevent people from getting sick or injured in the first place. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, we have immersed ourselves in assessing the path forward for prevention and equity.
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Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure — Stop Ignoring Preventative Care
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.
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Collaborating on Healthier Communities
This commentary by PI's Larry Cohen, published in Modern Healthcare magazine, looks at the effort to transform the healthcare system and refocuses it on outcomes and the health of the population.
Tools & Services
We have developed a broad range of practical, free-to-use tools to guide practitioners, advocates, and policymakers in planning and implementing prevention strategies. We also provide services to help you use our tools to create healthy and safe communities.
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Making the Case through Media Advocacy: A Toolkit
As a leader responsible for implementing community prevention initiatives, you can harness the power of the media to make the case for community prevention. Ask yourself: if the only understanding that decision makers (and the public) had about community prevention was formed by the media, what would they know? What wouldn’t they know?
Profiles in Action
These profiles, written by PI and our partners, show what community prevention looks like on the ground, all across the country.
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Profiles in Innovation: Health Leaders Pursue New Strategies to Keep Their Communities Healthy
Across the country, health providers and public health leaders are challenging the old ways of delivering health services by developing cutting-edge strategies to improve the health of their communities and their patients by addressing underlying community conditions.