The time is right for the public health and prevention field—including governmental public health and all the others who are engaged in and care about this area—to take a fresh look at what we do and how we do it. The innovative steps that communities and practitioners have taken to advance health must be deliberately integrated into a comprehensive new way of promoting the health of the public. To be as effective as we need to be, we must take into account the 21st-century health, equity, and safety needs that communities face. So what will it take to leverage more opportunities that move in

This workbook draws on the experiences and lessons of numerous communities working to advance place-based prevention efforts. It is designed to guide community health practitioners who want to learn more about the role of community culture in environmental change efforts.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has heightened the emphasis on workplace wellness as a potent strategy for preventing chronic disease and illness. In this brief, Health, Equity, and the Bottom Line: Workplace Wellness and California Small Businesses, The Greenlining Institute and Prevention Institute explore the potential implementation of workplace wellness programs in California's small businesses, particularly those owned and operated by people of color, and provide recommendations for policy, research and outreach efforts. PI and GLI examine the academic and policy literature and provide on

The places where we live, work, learn and play affect our health, but not all communities support healthy outcomes, equally. Decisions about the built environment - such as land use, zoning, and community design - have implications for neighborhood access to healthy food, safe places for physical activity and resident experiences of real and perceived violence. In the book Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-Being, and Sustainability (edited by Andrew L. Dannenberg, Howard Frumkin, and Richard J. Jackson), chapter contributors Manal J. Aboelata, Leah Ersoylu, Larry

Violence and fear of violence are major factors that undermine health and worsen health disparities, and this fact sheet describes violence and lack of safety as a health equity issue.

NPT Reports: Children's Health Crisis - Prevention explores what will it take to improve the health of all children in Tennessee. Through conversations with health care professionals, parents and policy makers, the documentary explores a view of health that extends beyond medical care; where healthy lifestyle choices are accessible, affordable and a part of every day life. Prevention Institute's Executive Director Larry Cohen is featured.

Read Prevention Institute's comments to the National Prevention and Health Promotion Council on the draft framework for the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy (NPS). Building off of the initial NPS draft, suggestions include: Prevention and Equity: These cross-cutting strategic directions focus on transforming places to support the health and safety of where people live, work, learn, and play, particularly in populations that experience the most disparities in health. Cross-Sector Collaboration: High-level focus on encouraging efforts to be truly collaborative and involve

The Center for Health Improvement teamed with the Public Health Institute and the Prevention Institute to publish a brief that highlighted key prevention provisions in the 2010 federal health reform bill—the Affordable Care Act. Transforming Health: Integrating Prevention in Reform Efforts makes the case for continuing to build the evidence base for clinical preventive services and community prevention programs, highlighting two programs in California—one describing California's Healthy Cities and Communities program and another that shows how one community is addressing the interrelated

Developed for The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities sites, this guide provides up-to-date approaches and examples of how to create built environments that support health, equity and safety. Particular attention is paid to planning and redevelopment processes, opportunities and challenges.