On February 23, 2010, Prevention Institute conducted a series of presentations from the Primary Prevention For Change: Training Series for the Mendocino County Health & Human Services Agency.

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 report - initiated by the Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section (CPNS) of the State of California Department of Health Services - describes the results of a planning process to integrate physical activity promotion into existing efforts to improve eating habits among California families with low incomes. The Spectrum of Prevention was utilized as a tool to assist with the planning process of the Physical Activity and Nutrition Integration Committee.

Offers examples of child and adolescent injury prevention projects for each of the six levels of The Spectrum of Prevention.

Prevention Institute chapter, Traffic Injury Prevention: A 21st Century Approach, published in Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research, describes opportunities in the authorization of the federal transportation bill to promote safety for all travelers.

Illuminates the opportunities and barriers transportation policy creates for building healthy communities.

What clinicians need to know (and do) to prevent intimate partner violence from occurring in the first place.

Co-published by Prevention Institute and Jossey Bass and APHA, Prevention is Primary describes the overarching foundation and principles guiding primary prevention efforts and highlights prevention practice through a range of social and health issues, including chronic disease, HIV, violence, and mental health.

This paper describes The Spectrum of Prevention methodology in current practice in the injury field that can be effective at preventing alcohol-related injuries (both "intentional," i.e. violent and "unintentional," such as motor vehicle collisions, falls, burns, and drowning).

This publication provides effective primary prevention activities to reduce the incidence of sexual violence, emphasizing the importance of changing social norms.