"For Men of Color, Health Problems Are Linked to Place, Not Race" (7.22.10)
New research from the RAND Corporation, PolicyLink, the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School, the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University emphasizes the importance of the built environment on health outcomes.
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"Arrests are not the solution for the violence problem" (7.11.10)
After a year of the highest rates of violence in the nation, Flint MI is adopting a new approach to safety: violence prevention. Addressing Violence, Boosting Community Health (6.02.10)
A feature article in the Oakland Tribune profiles Prevention Institute's Addressing the Intersection report, the impact of community violence on healthy eating and physical activity, and community pilots working on the issue. PI's Larry Cohen and CA state controller John Chiang: "Budget reforms should start with better health planning" op-ed in San Jose Mercury (5.14.10)
The health of Californians and the state budget are intricately linked. In their San Jose Mercury News op-ed, state controller John Chiang and PI's Larry Cohen outline a crucial piece of the solution to California's dismal budget situation. With investments in prevention, Californians will live healthier lives and and the state's fiscal health will improve. Read the op-ed to see how. |
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- Prevention Institute and UNITY in Contra Costa News: "U.S. attorney general visits East Bay youth center seen as possible model for nation" (5.11.10)
- "Upending Twisted Norms" profiles CeaseFire Chicago (New York Times: 5.10.10)
- "Groups Vie for $15 Billion In Prevention Money," Prevention Institute says prevention money in health reform should go to community prevention (5.06.10)
- "Kudos for first lady's anti-obesity campaign," Marion Nestle references Prevention Institute's 'Setting the Record Straight' (4.02.10)
- Health Plans Can Do Well by Doing Good
- Letters to the Editor: Leslie Mikkelsen and Shakirah Simley in the Sacramento Bee (03.05.10)
- "WWII Program Enlisted for War on Childhood Obesity" (02.08.10)
- Letter to the Editor: "Innovative Policies Need Time To Work" (Health Affairs: 01.10)
- Letter to the Editor: Larry Cohen on "Cells and Texting Cause 28 Percent of Traffic Crashes" (San Francisco Chronicle: 01.15.10)
- “Cost-saving prisons aren’t the California dream—prevention is.” Op-ed by Rachel Davis, published in San Francisco Chronicle (01.12.10)
- "Poverty, Poor Education Shave Years Off the Life Span," Prevention Institute listed as a resource (Business Week 1.4.10)
- The Sacramento Bee interviews Executive Director Larry Cohen, "Better habits can help trim bloated health care system" (01.02.10)
- "A New Health Care Prevention Agenda: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agricultural Policy" published in The Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (09)
- Bay Area Dietetics Association interviews Managing Director Leslie Mikkelsen on "Setting the Record Straight: Nutrition and Health Professionals Define Healthful Food" (11.09)
- Prevention Institute and UNITY in The Denver Post (11.15.09)
- Prevention Institute Featured in the Nürnberger Zeitung (2.12.09)
- Letter To The Editor: Rachel Davis on "Focus in Chicago: Students at Risk of Violence" (New York Times: 10.7.09)
- Letter To The Editor: Rachel Davis on "Seeking Safe Passage: Curing a Public Epidemic" (Chicago Tribune: 10.7.09)
- Letter to the Editor: Janani Srikantharajah on "Roads Must be Safer for Everyone" (The Oakland Tribune: 03.18.09)
- "What's Healthy?" Prevention Institute's 'Setting the Record Straight' featured in the Atlantic and the New York Times Bitten Blog (03.26.09)
- "Bystanders can deter bullying," AZCentral interviews Prevention Institute's Annie Lyles (12.08)
- Leslie Mikkelsen interviewed by ABC news in "Will Rising Food Costs Make you Fat?" (03.18.08)
- "California Launches New Public Health Department,"
