To learn more about the Prevention Fundamental, Taking Two Steps to Prevention, we invite you to begin with these publications:

For more on Taking Two Steps to Prevention, browse all related publications below.

January 2009

Traffic Injury Prevention: A 21st Century Approach

Prevention Institute chapter, Traffic Injury Prevention: A 21st Century Approach, published in Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research, describes opportunities in...

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January 2009

Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research

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

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July 2004

The Built Environment and Health: 11 Profiles of Neighborhood Transformation

This document highlights neighborhood-level changes to the built environment that can have a positive influence on the health of community residents, especially in low-income communities. The...

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April 2009

Realizing the Vision for a Healthier California: Opportunities in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

RTVRead our recommendations for swift action and investments that will...

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July 2009

Strengthening What Works: Critical Provisions for Prevention and Public Health in Health Reform Legislation

This Prevention Institute and PolicyLink document examines the role of prevention and public health investments in furthering the goals of federal health reform. 

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July 2009

The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America

This brief presents a compilation of research and recommendations written by advocates and academics in the fields of transportation, public health and equity.

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September 2010

Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing

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...

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May 2007

Healthy Eating & Physical Activity: Addressing Inequities in Urban Environments

This document provides guidance for fostering the growing momentum around improving nutrition and physical activity environments in socially and economically disadvantaged urban communities.

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September 2003

Health for All: California’s Strategic Approach to Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities

This report delineates how the resources of diverse governmental and private institutions can be marshaled to work with communities to make significant progress towards eliminating health...

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October 2007

Community Health: A Critical Approach to Addressing Chronic Disease

This article explores social determinants of health in the broad context in which communities operate.

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