Promoting Health Equity

We believe that every person deserves an equal opportunity to be healthy and safe. Health equity guides all of our work.

Advancing Prevention

We work with communities, organizations, government, and philanthropy to design comprehensive primary prevention strategies in several Focus Areas.

Our Tools and Services help strengthen community environments, so all people can be healthy and safe.

See our featured work

Video: Prevention Institute: Partnering to achieve thriving, equitable communities

New op-ed: Screenings Alone Won’t Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences—We Must Address Community Trauma

Spotlight

New Grant Opportunity: Built Environment Policy Advocacy Fund

Rachel A. Davis of Prevention Institute wins the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence

Podcast: What Medellín can teach use about healthy and equitable land use

Op-ed: Opioid Settlement Funds Must Go Where They’re Needed Most—Treatment and Prevention

New Blog: From Emergencies To Equity: The Growing Role Of Hospitals In Community Health

New initiative: Visualizing and Powering Healthy Lives: Connecting parks to life expectancy in LA County

New podcast: How healthcare is partnering to improve community health

Book chapter: Addressing Community Trauma and Building Community Resilience to Prevent Opioid Misuse and Addiction

Op ed: The effects of housing discrimination on health can reverberate for decades

Blog: Overcoming Guns, Racism, And Hatred

2019 bright spots in health equity and public health

Blog: Informal Gathering Spaces for Healing Community Trauma

East San Jose PEACE Partnership uses community strengths to counteract violence and trauma.

Learn more about our tool Tools and services Services to support your work in these Focus Areas.

BLOG January 24, 2020

PI's Media Digest: Milwaukee credits public health approach for drop in homicides, EPA rolls back protections for streams and wetlands

This year, @First5LA and @preventioninst will award 1-yr grants to nonprofits, policy advocacy networks, coalitions… t.co/Ctf5UWuTgO

PI's Media Digest is up! In this week's edition: Milwaukee credits public health approach for drop in homicides, EP… t.co/6hkGahu5wU

#Publichealth relies on Census data to identify health issues, allocate health funds, meet community needs. CA lawm… t.co/PzmcZ8FhTv

To find out why ppl in #California have experienced @homelessness, @nytimes reached out to their readers for answe… t.co/6QNTj7rx8T

Due to the rise of services like Lyft+Uber, unreliable service quality, + telecommuting, #publictransportation ride… t.co/UnWmMZrUmh

According to new data, too many people in the US are not physically active. Join CDC’s Active People, Healthy Natio… t.co/saPtYNKxTS

With $$ generated thru CA's #Prop64—the Control, Regulate, + Tax Adult Use of #Marijuana Act—we can promote #health… t.co/uVtB4Zj4bH

Listen to @CALCASA's webinar “Culture-change for Prevention” MaiBao Yang + Dee Lee share how the CHAN-BOF collabora… t.co/N60LPSGNjg

This year, @First5LA and @preventioninst will award 1-yr grants to nonprofits, policy advocacy networks, coalitions… t.co/YsKXedsXAK