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Study Finds Nearly All Food Products Advertised on Spanish-Language Kids Shows Are Junk

New research finds that Latino children are being bombarded with commercials for junk foods, sugary drinks and fast-food restaurants. PI's Rob Waters explores this study in his latest Forbes column.

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UNITY Fact Sheet: Public Health Contributions to Preventing Violence

Looking to prevent violence and not just react after the fact? This UNITY fact sheet highlights how public health adds value to any effort to address violence and complements criminal justice approaches.

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Gun Violence Must Stop. Here's What We Can Do to Prevent More Deaths

As Newtown, CT comes together to heal from unspeakable tragedy, so must the nation. Part of our healing must be the conviction that we will do everything in our power to keep tragedies like this from happening again. Read our recommendations.

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Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing

Read our landmark textbook, and learn best-practices, concrete prevention tools, and strategies to strengthen prevention and community efforts. Download the first chapter and order the full text.

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UNITY Fact Sheets: Links Between Violence and Chronic Diseases, Mental Illness and Poor Learning

Read the latest fact sheets from PI's Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth (UNITY) on how violence affects other health problems and community concerns, such as chronic diseases, mental illness and poor learning. More

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What's Good for Health is Good for Business: Engaging the Business Community in Prevention Efforts

Our newest resource guide outlines the steps involved in forging successful community prevention partnerships with local businesses. More

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Billion-Dollar Opportunity to Advance Community Health and Prevention
Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute and Trust for America's Health will co-host a Dialogue4Health Webinar on Friday, June 14 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm PST to provide information on a new funding opportunity offered by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
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Companies Say the Darnedest Things As They Try to Avoid Regulation
In a two-part series, PI's Rob Waters and William L. Haar take a look at Coca-Cola's new "Live Positively" campaign and at the "nanny state" rhetoric raised by so-called independent groups that promote junk science.
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Health Reform Helps Prevention Flower but Threats Endanger Progress
PI's Larry Cohen and Rob Waters discuss Obamacare's role in advancing a national prevention agenda, in a piece published in in the latest newsletter from the Society for Prevention Research.
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