Provided leadership on integrating prevention and health equity approaches through advisory committee and working group participation.
Provided leadership on integrating prevention and health equity approaches through advisory committee and working group participation.
Prevention Institute’s staff participated on multiple advisory committees and working groups at the local, state, and national levels. In these roles, our staff provided guidance across topics like health equity, mental health, and community violence prevention to various national nonprofits, state governments, and policy advocacy groups. Through this work, we help to advance policy and systems change that is rooted in health equity and prevention.
Such groups include:
- California Department of Public Health State Rape Prevention and Education Advisory Group
- California Department of Public Health Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
- California Prop 64 Advisory Group on youth substance use prevention
- California State of Equity Advisory Group
- CDC Violence Prevention Partners Network
- Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances: Achieving Health through Addressing Disparities (CPEDV DELTA AHEAD) State Leadership Team
- Families USA Health Equity Task Force
- FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention–Prevention Mindset Institute Partner
- Health Equity Collective Policy Workgroup (Houston, TX)
- Health Equity Collective Community Voice Workgroup (Houston, TX)
- International Transformational Resilience Coalition Steering Committee
- Los Angeles County Community Prevention and Population Health Task Force
- National Association of Climate Resilience Planners National Advisory Group
- Parks Needs Assessment (PNA+) Coalition (Los Angeles County)
- Trust for America’s Health Framework Advisory Group on A Blueprint for Strengthening Public Health for the Next Administration and Congress
- Trust for America’s Health Well Being Working Group Steering Committee
- Vital Villages Network National Advisory Group
Funders: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation; The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation; FRIENDS Prevention Mindset Institute; the PNA+ Coalition; Blue Shield of California Foundation; The California Endowment; and The California Wellness Foundation.
Prevention Institute also relies on core support and unrestricted funds to meet advisory requests that benefit the field of public health.
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