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We provide tools that drive impactful change and elevate the field of prevention in general.
Chapter in the text book "The New World of Health Promotion: New Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation," presents a detailed framework for strategically applying prevention to reduce health and safety inequities.
The Collaboration Assessment Tool helps individuals and coalitions identify specific strengths and areas of growth and enables partnerships to subsequently establish a baseline and gauge their progress via periodic checks on domains of effective collaboration.
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This framing brief explores how violence affecting youth has been portrayed in the news, how the issue of race complicates depictions of youth and violence, and how public attitudes about government shape popular support for violence prevention. Written by Berkeley Media Studies Group and commissioned by Prevention Institute and UNITY.
“Turf-ism” can be defined as non-cooperation or conflict between organizations with seemingly common goals or interests. Whether over resources, recognition, or control, turf struggles can threaten coalition vitality. Traditionally, coalition leaders’ response to turf struggles has been to ask coalition membership to “leave their hats at the door”. However, The Tension of Turf: Making it Work for the Coalition takes a different approach to addressing turf issues. Turf struggle implies the existence of valuable turf. Especially in the social work and public health arenas, groups have a deep
The Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building is a framework for engaging individuals, organizations and governmental partners invested in addressing community concerns. The complete document offers concrete steps towards building effective partnerships and provides tips for making collaborations and partnerships work.
THRIVE is a tool for assessing the status of community conditions and prioritizing them for action to improve health, safety, and health equity.