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Oakland, CA – Today the American Public Health Association announced that Rachel A. Davis, executive director of the national nonprofit Prevention Institute is receiving the 2019 APHA Award for Excellence.
In their blog, the Blue Shield of California Foundation features this piece about the Safety Through Connections Initiative by PI's Alisha Somji, Abena Asare, and Lisa Fujie Parks. The initiative, funded by Blue Shield of California Foundation, and organized by PI is made of five community collaboratives that have worked on issues like immigrant rights, worker rights, community violence prevention, and mental health. Through Safety Through Connections, they are broadening their focus to include the prevention of partner violence and developing strategies to address the root causes of violence, such as harmful gender norms, the social attitudes that enable violence, and economic insecurity.
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Welcome to our media digest for the week ending November 15, 2019! Each week, PI compiles a round-up of the latest public health-related news, with an eye toward media framing and language, particularly as they relate to the role of primary prevention. The views expressed in these articles do not reflect those of Prevention Institute.
