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This video highlights the work of the Intersections partnership in Napa, California. The partners in Napa, as part of the Community Leaders Coalition, focused on increasing social and political capital to advance equity through civic engagement. Video production credit: The Social Impact Artists.

This video highlights the work of the Intersections partnership in Sonoma, California. The partners in Sonoma, led by Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, focused on advancing trauma-informed housing equity through tenant organizing and policy advocacy. Video production credit: The Social Impact Artists.

This video highlights the work of the Intersections partnership in South OC (San Juan Capistrano), California. The partners in South OC, led by Providence Mission Hospital, focused on creating community-driven collaborative structures to advance equity. Video production credit: The Social Impact Artists.

Building off of the CDC's Framework for Thinking about Evidence , UCEE seeks to elevate and integrate contextual (i.e., measurable factors in a community) and experiential (i.e., the collective experience and expertise of community residents and practitioners, or lived experience) evidence alongside best available research evidence (i.e., peer-reviews, published scientific literature) for evidence-informed decision-making. Participants had an opportunity to engage with and provide feedback on a set of proposed principles and strategies to integrate these forms of evidence into decision-making

In this webinar, public health practitioners discussed how they use Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence to guide decisions on funding, strategies, policies, programs, and long-term planning. The session featured Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra and Fareeha Waheed, who shared their successes, challenges, and strategies for integrating all three forms of evidence as presented in the CDC’s Framework for Thinking about Evidence. The Prevention Institute also discussed our ongoing work on the Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence (UCEE) project.

In this Webinar, Prevention Institute shares the principles, strategies, and recommendations from the Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence: Promising Practices and Recommendations report.

Opioid settlement funds provide a critical opportunity to invest in public health approaches for substance use and overdose prevention. In this webinar, Prevention Institute and Big Cities Health Coalition invite you to learn more about the activities these funds currently support. Jennifer Kolker (Clinical Professor of Health Management and Policy and co-lead of the Policy Core, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University) shares preliminary insights into opioid settlement fund planning. Jeanene Fowler (Executive Director of Maricopa County Department of