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E-cigarette advertising has jumped 1,200 percent between 2011 and 2013 – with 12 to 17 year olds being exposed to 256% more TV ads for e-cigarettes – many of which come in flavors such as “cotton candy,” “gummy bear,” and “cinnamon roll.” Not surprisingly, there was a more than doubling of e-cigarette use among middle- and high-school students in 2013 alone.
American Beverage Association tries to rebrand soda tax as a ‘grocery tax’; startup incubator plans study on how basic income in Oakland affects SDOH; documentary series highlights epidemic of police killings of black men; and more. Each week PI compiles a round-up of the latest public health-related news, with an eye toward media framing and language, particularly as they relate to the role of primary prevention.
This fact sheet provides a snapshot of our recently published paper, Disrupting the Pathway – A Prevention Approach to Medical High Utilization. Disrupting the Pathway describes an exploratory methodology for addressing high utilization by applying a community-wide prevention lens. The rich body of prevention research, practice, and experience supports the notion that this approach can add value to existing efforts being undertaken by the healthcare system. Prevention can reduce the pipeline to high utilization, support the maintenance and restoration of health and wellbeing, and improve the
The community development sector invests over $200 billion per year in neighborhoods across the U.S. with low and moderate average household incomes. Do you know what this sector does and how to engage it in ensuring these investments make communities safer and improve outcomes for young children and families? This slidedeck accompanied an August 26, 2016 webinar facilitated by Prevention Institute and the Center for the Study of Social Policy. It featured guest presenters from Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN), including: Colby Dailey, Managing Director, Build Healthy Places Network and
CDC running out of funding for Zika; Questions around the magnitude of the opioid epidemic; Serious algae outbreaks, worse than ever, impact over 20 states this summer; and more. Each week PI compiles a round-up of the latest public health-related news, with an eye toward media framing and language, particularly as they relate to the role of primary prevention.
Working as a thought-partner with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, PI conducted an analysis to determine the sectors and systems to engage for achieving health equity, and pinpointing the actions to accomplish to achieve equitable outcomes. The analysis resulted in Countering the Production of Inequities: A Framework of Emerging Systems to Achieve an Equitable Culture of Health. The framework underscores how historical and current policies and laws, practices and procedures produce inequities in health outcomes to inform a concrete understanding of how to begin to reverse or ameliorate the inequities and support communities in transforming to achieve an equitable culture of health.