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We provide tools that drive impactful change and elevate the field of prevention in general.
I’ve worked on preventing injury and reducing smoking for the past three decades, so was gratified to read a recent article in the New York Times exposing how the NFL and Big Tobacco use similar tactics to downplay the harm their products inflict, often with assistance from the same lobbyists, lawyers, and consultants.
A new pilot payment structure put forth by CMS will allow doctors more freedom to do what they need to keep patients healthy. It's a potential boon for community prevention.
The newly approved policy will address pollution in three low-income neighborhoods with a history of being toxic "hot spots."
This fact sheet addresses basic questions about the Community-Centered Health Home (CCHH) model, including what a CCHH is, why healthcare organizations should consider implementing the model, and what we've learned from pilot sites across the country.
THRIVE was created to answer the question, what can communities do to improve health and safety and promote health equity? THRIVE is a framework for understanding how structural drivers play out at the community level to impact the social-cultural, physical/built, and economic/ educational environments - i.e. the community determinants of health - and consequently, health and safety outcomes, and inequities in outcomes. THRIVE is also a tool for engaging community members and practitioners in assessing the status of community determinants, prioritizing them, and taking action to change them to
The Spectrum of Prevention is a systematic tool that promotes a multifaceted range of activities for effective prevention. Originally developed by Larry Cohen while working as Director of Prevention Programs at the Contra Costa County Health Department, the Spectrum is based on the work of Marshall Swift in treating developmental disabilities. It has been used nationally in prevention initiatives targeting traffic safety, violence prevention, injury prevention, nutrition, and fitness. The Spectrum identifies multiple levels of intervention and helps people move beyond the perception that