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The Journal of Public Health Policy just released a special issue on violence prevention, co-edited by Prevention Institute (PI) and colleagues from Public Health Ontario and Yale University’s Law and Psychiatry Division. The series was inspired by the United Nation’s (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which, for the first time, recognized violence prevention as integral to global sustainable development.
Building a Thriving Nation: 21st-Century Vision and Practice to Advance Health and Equity, recently published by the Health Education & Behavior journal, includes a brief overview of our work and tools based on Founder Larry Cohen’s keynote speech at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) national convening
The unequal burden of unequal pay, how cleaning up abandoned lots can curb violence, pesticide buffer zones proposed around CA schools, 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.
On September 29, 2016, nearly 100 people came together at a summit co-sponsored by the Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use (HEALU) Network and the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles’ Making Connections Initiative to explore this very question: Can land use decisions help prevent community violence?
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Prop 63 provides Californians a unique opportunity to bypass the NRA and to decide for ourselves whether the rights of gun owners outweigh the rights of people to feel safe in their communities.