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In September 2018, a group of city and regional planners, public health professionals, community organizers, and Los Angeles County residents came together to discuss how to create safe and healthy communities.
Welcome to our media digest for the week ending November 16, 2018! 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. The views expressed in these articles do not reflect those of Prevention Institute.
The original Community Centered Health Homes paper, released in 2011, describes the importance of integrating community prevention and clinical care in today’s healthcare environment, and introduces the CCHH model as a strategy for healthcare organizations interested improving community conditions.
Prevention Institute participated in the California IPV and Health Policy Leadership Cohort and explored policy and practice changes to move upstream and address community-level factors contributing to intimate partner violence (IPV). This brief shares recommendations to address IPV prevention through ongoing planning, implementation, and evaluation processes within the health and public health sectors.
Welcome to our media digest for the week ending November 30, 2018! 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. The views expressed in these articles do not reflect those of Prevention Institute.
We're excited to share this guest blog from our partners at the East LA Community Corporation (ELACC), celebrating last week's LA City Council vote to legalize sidewalk vending! This win for LA's street vendors -- many of whom are immigrants -- follows a decade of organizing and advocacy, and will support health and wellbeing among sidewalk vendors by recognizing the valuable role street vendors play in feeding LA and supporting vendors' economic security.
Navigating the politics of evaluation is one component of Policy Priorities for Preventing Violence. Susan Lee of Advancement Project describes Los Angeles's comprehensive solution to gang violence, presents compelling evidence about primary prevention, and discusses ways that community advocates can work together with policymakers to make cities safer for everyone.