Prevention Institute's Founder Larry Cohen chronicles the history of anti-smoking efforts, and how he helped guide a new approach that has resulted in policy and legislative changes. See how prevention efforts, like banning smoking in public places, promoting healthy eating and preventing violence, can result in healthier, happier communities.

This Rapid Response Framing Brief explains how food and beverage companies are borrowing the symbolism of the environmental movement to cast a favorable "green" light on themselves and their products.

Violence is among the most serious health threats in the nation today, jeopardizing the health and safety of the public. Recognizing that law enforcement alone cannot solve the problem of violence, practitioners have increasingly turned toward a broader, more comprehensive approach. This document describes a framework that incorporates public health, law enforcement, social service, and education perspectives.

This Q&A on violence as a public health issue addresses key questions, including: Why is violence a public health issue? Is violence preventable? What is a public health approach to preventing violence? What does public health bring to solving our nation's violence problem? What is the role of public health in efforts to prevent violence? Where can I get more information about advancing a public health approach?

This framing brief explores how violence affecting youth has been portrayed in the news, how the issue of race complicates depictions of youth and violence, and how public attitudes about government shape popular support for violence prevention. Written by Berkeley Media Studies Group and commissioned by Prevention Institute and UNITY.

This document highlights neighborhood-level changes to the built environment that can have a positive influence on the health of community residents, especially in low-income communities. The profiles demonstrate how health practitioners, community members and many others can work together to improve community well-being by making changes to the built environment.

This Prevention Institute and PolicyLink document examines the role of prevention and public health investments in furthering the goals of federal health reform.

This Convergence Partnership document makes recommendations for investment in prevention and wellness as an element of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.