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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
This webinar, co-hosted by Prevention Institute and SheRay’s & Associates, LLC, focuses on the importance of engaging People with Lived and Living Experience (PWLLE) in decisions about the use of opioid settlement funding. Explore equity and inclusion as key principles for considering the uses of settlement funds. Gain insights into how state and local jurisdictions have engaged PWLLE as decision-makers. Tracy Johnson, managing partner of SheRay's & Associates LLC, facilitates this conversation and engages a dynamic group of panelists in sharing their experiences, knowledge, and insights on
As states and jurisdictions continue to plan for the use of opioid settlement funds, it is critical that they consider the importance of primary prevention strategies, impact measurement, and sustainability. In the first part of this webinar, briefly hear from Prevention Institute about how decision-makers can leverage primary prevention in opioid remediation activities and how they complement and strengthen harm reduction, treatment, and long-term recovery strategies. Also learn from a team at RTI International about the considerations for monitoring, evaluating, and tracking progress and
A policy paper discussing the connection between the obesity epidemic and the role of community.
This document serves as a companion piece for Where's the Fruit?, highlighting concrete actions the food, beverage and restaurant industries should take to ensure a healthier future for our neighbors and children - including nutrition labeling and healthy marketing to children.
Published in the Californian Journal of Health Promotion, this article sheds light on the five unintended consequences of "obesity," and provides strategies to remove us from a focus on the "O" word and from blaming the individual for their condition.