​Through the leadership of coalitions like the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership) and the California Work and Family Coalition, momentum is already building to promote economic security in support of safe relationships. With that, there is a need to better understand the connections between economic security and partner violence and learn from communities implementing strategies to improve economic security and decrease violence. This brief unpacks these connections and illustrates examples of actions across Prevention Institute’s Spectrum of Prevention.

To download a PDF version of this infographic, click here. The infographic captures the approaches detailed in our paper Disrupting the Pathway, A Medical Approach to High Utilization.

Community prevention and care management strategies can achieve short- and long-term returns January 26, 2017 Jeremy Cantor and Larissa J. Estes In the United States, more than 50 percent of health care costs are accrued by 5 percent of patients. It is not surprising, then, that health leaders’ focus on the Triple Aim — which calls for simultaneously reducing costs, raising quality and improving population health — includes high utilization. There is substantial opportunity for innovation. For example, federal, state and private sector entities are allocating resources to new, high-utilizer

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

Listen to Prevention Institute's Ann Whidden, Program Manager, on a Government Action and Communications Institute podcast, as she talks about the benefits of community prevention: prevention saves lives, money, helps business, and builds health equity. Download the file, and find more related podcasts here.

The Spectrum of Prevention provides a valuable framework for preventing sexual violence at all levels--by changing organizational practices, influencing policy and building coalitions, in addition to educating individuals and communities. This chapter describes how community-based efforts can use the Spectrum to expand the scope of work and maximize impact. It presents detailed examples of successful strategies that all work in tandem to prevent sexual violence. Learn to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy, evaluate outcomes, and engage key partners to address this complex problem

As part of the Building Healthy Communities Outcome Resource Guides, this article seeks to provide a comprehensive approach to violence prevention by sharing information about violence as health issue, outlining strategies for preventing violence and providing examples of success in violence prevention strategies as well as additional resources and tools for community leaders. This guide was written specifically to support the 14 communities participating in the Building Healthy Communities program of The California Endowment.