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With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Institute and its partners–Big Cities Health Coalition, ChangeLab Solutions, SheRay’s and Associates, and RTI International– are working collectively to increase an understanding of the evidence-base for preventing substance use, misuse, and overdose; build the capacity of decision makers to make choices informed by science, contextual, and lived experience to reduce overdose in their jurisdictions; and strengthen partnerships to enhance the effectiveness of using opioid settlement funding. As states and jurisdictions
Supporting Decision Makers Using Opioid Settlement Funds: Planning for Prevention and Measuring Impact With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Institute and its partners–Big Cities Health Coalition, ChangeLab Solutions, SheRay’s and Associates, and RTI International– are working collectively to increase an understanding of the evidence-base for preventing substance use, misuse, and overdose; build the capacity of decision makers to make choices informed by science, contextual, and lived experience to reduce overdose in their jurisdictions; and strengthen
The Timeline of Resistance is an interactive presentation tool that uncovers the social justice roots of the field of public health, explores historical and contemporary racial justice movements, and provides strategies for the field to reclaim its social justice origins. Drawing on elements of Prevention Institute’s THRIVE Framework , the Timeline offers public health advocates concrete historical and contemporary examples of BIPOC communities’ resistance efforts to reverse/dismantle systems of oppression. The Timeline is complemented by a Playlist of songs by artists of color celebrating
In this webinar, public health practitioners engaged in uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence in their work, aiming to inform decision-making for funding, strategies, policies, programs, and long-term planning. The session featured Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra and Fareeha Waheed, who shared their successes, challenges, and strategies for integrating all three forms of evidence as presented in the CDC’s Framework for Thinking about Evidence. Prevention Institute also discussed our ongoing work on the Uplifting Contextual and Experiential Evidence (UCEE) project. Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra, an
Learning Lab #3 focuses on long-term sustainability for community safety work. It highlights the power of youth leadership and youth–adult partnerships in a multigenerational approach to violence prevention.