NEW RESOURCE ALERT:

THRIVE: Tool for Health and Resilience In Vulnerable Environments

THRIVE: Tool for Health and Resilience In Vulnerable Environments

Prevention Institute proudly announces the release of THRIVE, a web based tool designed to help communities identify and foster factors in the community environment that will improve health outcomes and reduce disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities. The THRIVE tool guides users through an interactive process to prioritize health concerns for their communities and identify those factors that hold the most promise for improving health outcomes and reducing disparities.  Use THRIVE to identify which key conditions could help promote better health and safety outcomes in your community. THRIVE complements other health disparities strategy documents  available on the PI website.

Why Market Foods to Kids At All?

Disney made headlines with its promise to implement nutritional standards for the food it brands.  While applauding this as a preliminary step towards healthier food environments for children, Prevention Institute asks, in Jamila Edwards' New York Times letter to the editor (published October 23rd ), Why market foods to kids at all?  What should the response to the Disney standards be? Read more and tell us your thoughts.  Visit the Strategic Alliance for more information on how to promote the institutional and governmental policies and practices that support healthy eating and activity.  

Prevention Institute is Hiring!

We are looking for someone to join our growing team and to support the Institute's violence prevention work. Read the job description.

We're also looking for a Director of Finance and Administration. Read more.

PI at APHA Annual Meeting

Prevention Institute staff will be presenting at the following workshops at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting:

• Strengthening the National Movement for Youth Violence Prevention: CDC's Academic Centers of Excellence

  Sunday, November 5, 2006, 6:00-7:30 PM

• Community-based Approaches to Public Health Management and Practice: Toward a Lifetime Commitment to Violence Prevention In Alameda County
  Monday, November 6, 2006, 8:30 AM

• Local Policy:  A Tool for Eliminating Disparities in Unhealthy Eating and Activity Environments
  Monday, November 6, 2006, 3:15 PM

• Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth: A National Violence Prevention Strategy
  Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 12:30 PM

Prevention Textbook: Prevention Is Primary

The APHA annual meeting will also be an opportunity to spread the word about Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing, Prevention Institute's forthcoming academic text on primary prevention.  Preview the text by viewing the Table of Contents or downloading the first chapter.

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