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Prevention Institute’s Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji discuss their experiences working with cities to prevent violence. They emphasize that despite the magnitude of gun violence in the United States, communities can and are using a public health approach to prevent gun violence. PI works with communities throughout the country that are reducing gun violence through upstream prevention approaches that go beyond federal policy. Learn more about PI’s recommendations on how to prevent gun violence here: www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas…ce-advocacy This work is made possible by the Langeloth Foundation.
Prevention Institute’s Ruben Cantu discusses what solutions to the opioid epidemic might look like if they took community trauma and resilience into account. He also applies a community trauma lens the issue of immigrant families being separated at the US border.
Charles Clayton Daniels Jr., CEO and founder of Fathers Uplift, talks about the the key roles that fathers play in their children's lives. He highlights what we can do to reduce barriers that prevent fathers from being fully engaged in their children's lives, from cultural norms that discourage men from expressing a full range of emotions to systemic hurdles like the lack of affordable housing for single fathers.
Welcome to our media digest for the week ending October 4, 2019! 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.
Welcome to our media digest for the week ending October 11, 2019! 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.
Healthy and affordable housing is critical to ensuring that communities thrive. Watch this video to see how PUSH Buffalo in New York is improving health by taking on housing.
Listen to Prevention Institute's Linda Shak, Program Manager, as she discusses prevention models currently working in the state of California on a Government Action Communications Institute podcast. A growing number of California communities are already focused on community prevention - directing their efforts to keep people healthy in the first place. Research increasingly shows that the places where people live, work, learn, and play, influence and shape the health and safety of residents. Listen to more related podcasts here.