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Larry Cohen, Executive Director
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What's New
Landmark Investment in Prevention: HHS Announces Stimulus’ Prevention and Wellness Fund
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) Prevention and Wellness Fund. The initiative, entitled Communities Putting Prevention to Work, will create healthier communities across the nation through innovative and proven approaches that address physical activity, nutrition, obesity, and tobacco use. Learn more here.
America's Agenda and Prevention Institute Applaud Harkin HELP Leadership Appointment
Organizations cite longstanding health-care record and support for working families;
commit to working side by-side with policymakers to pass meaningful health reform this year.
Click here to read the press release
Leading National Foundations and Health-Care Organizations Make Unprecedented Call for Investment in Prevention
Leaders of six of the nation’s top health foundations today announced an unprecedented joint call for prevention measures to be central to the reform of our national health systems. In an open letter released August 17, the leaders of The California Endowment, The Kresge Foundation, Nemours, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a top official at Kaiser Permanente, wrote that prevention measures like improved access to healthy food and physical activity will save both lives and money. Click to read the press release.
Prevention Institute’s Board of Directors announced
their formal endorsement and support for a public plan option
With the health care reform debate taking center stage in
Washington, D.C., and around the country, Prevention Institute’s Board of Directors announced
their formal endorsement and support for a public plan option. This is the first time the leading
prevention group has taken an official position on a medical services issue. Click to learn more.
Leading Health Advocate Applauds Respondents in Recent Poll
for Putting Prevention First
A new poll released today shows voters across the political spectrum support health
care delivery system reforms that place greater emphasis on prevention. Click here to read the Media Advisory.
Prevention Institute in the New York Times
Prevention Institute’s response to Paul Krugman’s column about the health care industry’s stated interest in prevention and containing costs. Click here to read the article!
The California Endowment Profiles our Executive Director
Developing innovative and crosscutting primary prevention strategy doesn't happen overnight! A brief history of Larry Cohen’s prevention background and the beginnings of Prevention Institute are highlighted in The Center for Healthy Communities Fall 2008 newsletter. Click to learn more. Larry Cohen in The Nation’s Health
Prevention Institute, Executive Director, Larry Cohen was featured in the September issue of The Nation’s Health discussing the opportunity to improve health and save money through a strategic investment in quality prevention. A recent analysis conducted in partnership with Prevention Institute, Trust for America’s Health, Urban Institute, New York Academy of Medicine, The California Endowment and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported that a small strategic investment in disease prevention could result in significant savings in U.S. health care costs and reduction of chronic disease. In fact, an investment in quality prevention could save the country more than $16 billion in annual healthcare costs within five years. Cohen asserts that “we now are in a situation where we can’t afford not to do prevention.” Click to read full article.
School Lunch Shopping on a Budget: Beyond Mac and Cheese
Prevention Institute’s Juliet Sims was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle article, “Budget Brown Bag: Packing a week’s worth of lunches for $20”on September 3, 2008. In the article, Juliet navigates the supermarket aisles, avoiding unhealthy food and choosing healthy options that fit a tight budget. Click to read the full article.
Just published: The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
As part of our overall strategy to prevent family and interpersonal violence, Prevention Institute contributed to Claire Renzetti and Jeffery L. Edlesons' The Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. This text, released in June 2008, is a research-supported encyclopedia that clarifies critical issues and educates the public about different forms of interpersonal violence, their incidence and prevalence, theoretical explanations, public policy initiatives, and prevention and intervention strategies. Click for more information.
"The Health Effects of Economic Insecurity"
Our Good Health Counts report describes housing as an indicator of well-being. However, sixty six percent of Americans cited the economy as a major source of stress with housing costs being of particular concern. PI Board Member and ACPH Director Tony Iton was interviewed by The California Report on August 22 to discuss why housing is a major determinant of health and explain how the current California housing crisis can affect well-being. Click for full audio of the program.
Health Care Reform: Seizing the Opportunity to Prevent Illness and Injury
Making preventing illness and injury a centerpiece of health care reform is a good investment. The potential savings in health care dollars is well worth the investment...(read more)
Where's the Fruit? Media Coverage Read media coverage regarding Where's the Fruit?, a new study conducted by Prevention Institute which revealed that roughly half of the most aggressively marketed children's foods advertising fruit on the packaging actually contained no fruit ingredients.
A Pivotal Time for What We Eat: Why the Farm Bill Matters and How You Can Act Now
Larry Cohen was a speaker at this June 6, 2007 discussion of the 2007 Farm (and Food) Bill’s impacts on farms, consumers, and the health of our nation. Read more on Prevention Institute's thoughts on and reactions to the 2007 Farm Bill.
Learn more about prevention:
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Opinions and editorials:
Bystanders can deter bullying
December 1, 2008: PI's Annie Lyles is interviewed on the role of bystanders in preventing violence.
Prevention and the Governor's Health Care Plan
January 14, 2007: This letter to the editor published in the New York Times highlights the lack of attention given to the prevention aspects of Gov. Schwarzenegger's health care plan for California.
It's Healthy, but Must Kids Eat It?
October 23, 2006: This op-ed piece published in the New York Times calls attention to the problem of marketing food - junk or otherwise - to children.
Let's Get Physical
June 10, 2006: This op-ed piece published in the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the importance of physical education in school.
Health Care Costs Bruising Economy
September 14, 2004: This op-ed piece published in the San Francisco Chronicle calls attention to the importance of prevention in addressing the crisis of rising healthcare costs, and highlights the absence of prevention-oriented policy options offered by the two leading presidential candidates.
Is Junk Food the Next Tobacco?
June 8, 2004: This op-ed piece published in the Oakland Tribune highlights several ways that the law can be applied to take on the food industry.
Segway: Friend or foe?
Commentary on, and reactions to, the Segway Human Transporter.
Press releases:
September 11, 2009: America's Agenda and Prevention Institute Applaud Harkin HELP Leadership Appointment
Organizations cite longstanding health-care record and support for working families;
commit to working side by-side with policymakers to pass meaningful health reform this year.
August 17, 2009: Leading National Foundations and Health-Care Organizations Make Unprecedented Call for Investment in Prevention
Leaders of six of the nation’s top health foundations today announced an unprecedented joint call for prevention measures to be central to the reform of our national health systems. In an open letter released August 17, the leaders of The California Endowment, The Kresge Foundation, Nemours, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation and a top official at Kaiser Permanente, wrote that prevention measures like improved access to healthy food and physical activity will save both lives and money.
July 17, 2009: Prevention Institute’s Board of Directors announced their formal endorsement and support for a public plan option (PDF)
With the health care reform debate taking center stage in Washington, D.C., and around the country, Prevention Institute’s Board of Directors announced their formal endorsement and support for a public plan option. This is the first time the leading prevention group has taken an official position on a medical services issue.
July 17, 2009: Leading Health Advocate Applauds Respondents in Recent Poll for Putting Prevention First (PDF)
A new poll released today shows voters across the political spectrum support health care delivery system reforms that place greater emphasis on prevention.
March 3, 2004: National Experts Explain Why Murder is No Accident (PDF)
A conversation with authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard Spivak about their new book, Murder is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America. Conversations and book signing in Los Angeles (March 4, 2004), Oakland (March 5, 2004), and Richmond (March 6, 2004).
Feb. 10, 2004: The Truth About Health Disparities (PDF)
Secretary Tommy Thompson should be applauded for admitting that he was wrong to edit a report about health care for minorities to downplay serious problems. More information about eliminating health disparities
Aug. 20, 2003: California Nutrition Advocates Call For Critical Policy Changes To Help Prevent Risk Factors For Heart Disease
Feb. 28, 2003: Super-Sized Portions Cause Super-Size Problems, Says Report
Public hearing testimony:
December 6, 2007: Watch video from the Capitol Hill Briefing to Eliminate Health Disparities
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Improving Nutrition and Health Through Lifestyle Modifications by Leslie Mikkelsen
Testimony before the Senate Health Committee
SB 1520 Soda Tax Bill by Larry Cohen
Training Health Care Professionals to Advance the Primary Prevention of
Family Violence (PDF)
Prevention Institute provided testimony to the Institute of Medicine in
March 2000 on training for healthcare providers on comprehensive prevention
approaches to addressing family violence.
Public comment:
The California Performance Review Glaringly Omits Prevention (PDF)
This public comment, submitted to the California Performance Review Commission in response to the proposed major overhaul of California state government, highlights the imperative for California state government to embed prevention efforts as a matter of good fiscal and social policy.
In Support of Oakland Measure A Funds for Prevention (PDF)
This letter, submitted to the City of Oakland Board of Supervisors, outlines Prevention Institute's support for the Alameda County Public Health Department's proposal to dedicate at least 25% of the remaining Measure A funds that are not already committed to trauma and emergency medical services toward effective prevention efforts, especially primary prevention.
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