Podcasts about prevention institute

In this week's episode, host Margaret Walls talks about improving equity in urban park systems with Norma García-González, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, and Catherine Nagel, the executive director of the City Parks Alliance. García-González discusses how data and community engagement have helped Los Angeles County increase the accessibility and quality of its urban park system. Nagel discusses similar efforts in other cities to create equitable urban park systems and the social, environmental, and economic value of parks in urban areas. References and recommendations: “Los Angeles Countywide Comprehensive Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment” by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation; https://lacountyparkneeds.org/final-report/ “Parks Needs Assessment Plus” by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation; https://lacountyparkneeds.org/pnaplus-report/ People, Parks, and Power: A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice from Prevention Institute; https://preventioninstitute.org/projects/people-parks-and-power “Park Equity, Life Expectancy, and Power Building” by Prevention Institute; https://coeh.ph.ucla.edu/park-equity-life-expectancy-and-power-building/ “The association of green space, tree canopy and parks with life expectancy in neighborhoods of Los Angeles” by Rachel Connolly, Jonah Lipsitt, Manal Aboelata, Elva Yañez, Jasneet Bains, and Michael Jerrett; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023000582 “Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World” by Karen Armstrong; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671038/sacred-nature-by-karen-armstrong/

How has the world of travel medicine evolved? What multiple roles do vaccinations have? What impact did the COVID-19 pandemic have on travel behaviour? Why is it so important to keep up to date on the current epidemiological situation? Delve into the fascinating world of travel medicine, listening to George Kassianos, GP, ESWI Board Member and President of the British Global and Travel Health Association, Dipti Patel, Specialist in occupational medicine and travel medicine physician and Director at the National Travel Health Network and Centre and Robert Steffen, Emeritus Professor at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, also known as the father of travel medicine. We learn which group of travellers are - surprisingly - of most concern for health care specialists, and what some of the geographical hotspots are. We will also get a snapshot of the recommended updated Covid-19 vaccine, and much more. 

For Dr. Tony Iton, we have to understand the past before we can shape the future. Our history of racism and exclusion laid the foundation for poor health in America. The way out is not simply delivering more and better services – it is building the voice and power of communities. Tony led The California Endowment's nearly $2 billion and decade-long investment to test this approach.He shares his journey from Canada to the US to attend medical school and his eye-opening awakening to the stark disparities in Baltimore that led him to coin the phrase “your zip code is more important than your genetic code in determining health.”We discuss:The ABC's of health equity in California: agency, belonging and fundamental conditionsThe power of narrative to shape policy choices towards either belonging or exclusionHow California communities applied this framework to dramatically change school climate and reduce suspensionsTony calls on public health to move away from medicine and towards its community-oriented roots:“[Public health has] essentially tried to mimic the healthcare delivery system. And it doesn't belong on that stage, it's a very different kind of entity. Where public health actually proves itself to be authentic, is when it's in direct partnership with community. And it's about bringing the people who are closest to the pain into these decision making processes, so that we get true equity, we get solutions that are grounded in an understanding of how these things play out in people's lives. That's where public health is operating at its best and highest purpose.“Relevant LinksBuilding community power to dismantle policy-based structural inequity in healthBuilding healthy communities: Five drivers of changeShifting from technocratic to democratic solutions: A radical vision for health and racial equalityUnnatural Causes documentaryAbout Our GuestDr. Tony Iton is a Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at The California Endowment. In the fall of 2009, he began to oversee the organization's 10-Year, multimillion-dollar statewide commitment to advance policies and forge partnerships to build healthy communities and a healthy California. Iton serves on the board of directors of the Public Health Institute, the Public Health Trust, the Prevention Institute and Jobs For The Future. He is also an Advisor to the Dean and Lecturer at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health.Connect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email claudia@theother80.com and follow us on twitter @claudiawilliams and LinkedIn

Ernia Hughes, Director of the Office of Health Center Investment Oversight with the Health Resources and Services Administration, says her organization hopes to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates with grants to more than 1,400 community health centers nationwide; Sana Chehimi, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Prevention Institute, explains how a new campaign was designed to offer new solutions to violence that plagues many communities; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President and Alaska Chief Medical Officer, calls tuberculosis a "silent endemic disease that continues to linger"; and ASTHO is recruiting for several open positions. Big Cities Health Coalition Webpage:  Community Safety Campaign Health Resources and Services Administration Webpage: FY 2023 Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination Awards Alaska News News Article: Alaska tuberculosis surge prompts debate over training and treatment strategies ASTHO Webpage: Careers at ASTHO ASTHO Webpage: Be in the Know  

The healthcare system appears to be failing those who are living with dementia, and the costs of this failure is significant. There is a lack of specialized knowledge and skills among caregivers and professional level staff, in spite of the fact that the aging population has such a significant number who are living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Creating a dementia capable workforce has been a goal of many for years, because it has the potential to make an extraordinary positive impact. In this podcast we will explore the essential knowledge and skills of a dementia capable workforce and the many ways this workforce can have a positive impact, including reducing distress behaviors without drugs, optimizing function, quality of life, and health, and supporting loved ones.

In this special episode of the podcast Cap goes solo to address the epidemic of gun violence in America. For those who don't know where to start, some ideas are given about how you can get involved to help end the senseless slaughter of children. If you ever wondered where to start or what you can do, this episode gives some suggestions. Links that address sensible gun reforms and ways you can engage to force change:Brady UnitedTake the Sandy Hook PromiseDonate to the Sandy Hook Action FundLearn how the Prevention Institute is helping communities be proactiveStates United to Prevent Gun ViolenceViolence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis

On episode 98, the crew talks about passive homophobic aggression, guns and more.  According to Gun Violence Archive , Gun Violence in the US has caused over 16,000 deaths in 2022 and we aren't even half way through the year, when, what or who will it take to get us a better gun reform? According to NPR The 10 people killed, and an additional three injured, make this weekend's racially motivated attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket the deadliest mass shooting of the year in the United States. Prevention Institute has found good resources on what we can do as a community to end gun violence.  Resources for Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence Dance First Think Later Book of Quotes National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-(800) 799-7233 National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673 Don't forget to to follow us and subscribe Follow us on Instagram @LGBTPODCAST www.instagram.com/lgbtpodcast www.tiktok.com/lgbtpodcast @LGBTPODCAST and Facebook www.facebook.com/lgbtchatpodcast LGBTCHATPODCAST@GMAIL.COM EQUALITY LOVE LGBTQIA+ LGBT GAY LESBIAN TRANS TRANSGENDER  EQUALITY #LGBTQIA #LOVEISLOVE #GAY #LESBIAN #TRANSGENDER --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lgbtpodcast/message

SHOW NOTES The tragic effects of structural violence & community trauma featuring Howard Pinderhughes, Ph.D. professor and department chair, Social & Behavioral Sciences Dept, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco   Click here for podcast transcript Click here for Dr. Pinderhughes' biography  You grew up in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury, which was the scene of three days of rioting in 1967, an event that is said to have “sparked Boston's racial unrest.” Can you tell us about your personal experience with community trauma and how it has informed your work?  “...we developed this framework called ‘adverse community experiences,' which really, for me, was rooted in what I experienced and saw happen to Roxbury growing up and how structural forces and factors and systems and institutions essentially destroyed a vibrant neighborhood and placed the vast majority of people in Roxbury in harm's way - harm from what we have come to understand now as structural violence.”  --Dr. Howard Pinderhughes How has the study of trauma evolved through the years, from its initial focus on post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans? “...over the last 15 to 20 years, we've come to understand, okay, it's not just veterans coming back from war who are exhibiting these symptoms. We have young people and families and, and adults who are subject to that in their own communities. And in fact, what we understand is post traumatic stress disorder cannot be called post because it's a persistent everyday experience of danger and of exposure and victimization.” --Dr. Howard Pinderhughes How can trauma affect a community? “It increases the hypervigilance, the folks that have it, it impacts their ideas of possibilities and opportunities. It creates a situation where as a community, there's just a narrative that gets developed where there's the expectation of violence. It's the expectation of trauma….And there's really the belief that there's not much they can do about it. And it doesn't help when law enforcement is part of that trauma.” --Dr. Howard Pinderhughes Is there a link between psychological trauma and health?  “[A] study was done among 10,000 middle class, mostly white members of Kaiser San Diego. And they found that ...four or more exposures to adverse childhood experiences results in increased … chronic disease or emotional or psychological problems as an adult…” --Dr. Howard Pinderhughes Get Involved / Take Action   Check out the valuable work of the Prevention Institute, promoting health equity and healthcare justice Subscribe to HEAL California for health policy news with a California focus Join the CalCare Campaign to learn more about AB1400, the Guaranteed Health Care for All Act  Join Health Care for All California to keep up with local actions to support California single-payer health care. Join Healthy California Now  - a coalition working toward a California single-payer system. Individual and organizational membership available Join Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) to join the national campaign for to improve and expand Medicare to all residents of the U.S. Helpful Links   Roxbury, Quiet in Past, Finally Breaks Into Riot. Why Did Violence Occur? (The Harvard Crimson) The Forgotten Riot That Sparked Boston's Racial Unrest (Boston Globe) Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience: A Framework for Addressing and Preventing Community Trauma (The Prevention Institute)   Understanding How Trauma Affects Health and Health Care (Center for Health Care Strategies) Historical Trauma as Public Narrative: a Conceptual Review of How History Impacts Present-Day Health (PubMed Central, National Institute of Health)  

In some ways, “social determinants” is just another way of saying something that should be obvious: that mental health and well-being is radically tied to place. The histories of places, and how physical space is configured, by whom and for whom, is something that has profound ramifications for mental health and well-being. In particular, access to the outdoors is a key social determinant of mental health. It is something that some must struggle to obtain while a fortunate few take it for granted. When the Hogg Foundation launched the Communities of Care initiative in 2018, the opportunity was taken o support a project, Healthy Outdoor Communities Initiative, that works to advance the equitable use of public parks and green space to improve mental health outcomes and quality of life for underserved children and families in the Houston area. For this episode of Into the Fold, we caught up with Sheila Savannah, director of Prevention Institute, the organization that coordinates the Communities of Care initiative, and Kelly Burnett, activation and volunteer manager of Houston Parks Board, and coordinator of Healthy Outdoor Communities. Related links: Episode 119: The First Three Years https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021

A network of more than 20 public, private and nonprofit partners from around the world have joined to help stop potential pandemic threats wherever they occur. We talk with two UW professors who are part of the project.

Meet CIO Nickolo Villanueva, the Change Agent boldly leading transformation at Crisis Prevention Institute, the worldwide leader in evidence-based de-escalation and crisis prevention training and dementia care services. Nickolo offers powerful insights on leading and managing change as his organization successfully shifted its business model from in person to virtual service delivery and customer engagement. Listen now.

In February, a group of young changemakers partnered with CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, to launch #WhyWeCantWait: A New Deal for Youth (https://www.clasp.org/new-deal-4-youth). A New Deal for Youth calls on leaders in the public and private sectors to support youth-led policy solutions to address the glaring economic and social injustices facing young people today, particularly young people of color. In this podcast, Prevention Institute's Ruben Cantu talks with Dr. Nia West-Bey, a senior policy analyst on CLASP’s youth team, and three New Deal for Youth changemakers—Isabel Coronado of Next100 in New Mexico; Kadesha Mitchell with The Cove/DFZ Adolescent Clubhouse in Maryland; and Connor Kalahiki representing the Center for Native American Youth in Hawaii—about what policies are needed for young people to be able to thrive.

Kaba Dalla Lana is a Physiotherapist in Switzerland with 30 years of practice experience, and has specialised in COPD and pulmonary rehabilitation. Professor Milo Puhan is professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and director of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland. In 2020, Prof Milo Puhan together with other colleagues from Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) founded and currently coordinates the Corona Immunitas Initiative, that unites Swiss national efforts to determine the SARS-CoV-2 immunity of the general population as well as of vulnerable population groups and specific professional groups at high risk of infection. This includes data on Long COVID in Switzerland. You can learn more about this research here. In this podcast Prof Milo Puhan shares the approach and outcomes of coordinated data collection on Long COVID in Switzerland, and with Kaba shares their perspectives on the needs of people living with and affected by Long COVID, research plans, and requirements of healthcare services. Altea Netzwerk enables exchange between people living with Long COVID, their relatives, doctors, therapists and scientists through a professionally managed platform, launching 20th April 2021.

On January 20, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as the new president and vice president of the United States. During the election, they spoke out forcefully about public health, health equity, and racial justice, but what will they do now that they’re in office? Prevention Institute’s Ruben Cantu and Sana Chehimi discuss what the new administration should prioritize in the first 100 days and in the long-term to promote thriving, equitable communities. SHOW NOTES: Here is the pre-recorded discussion on Policy & Advocacy to Advance Mental Health and Wellbeing: https://preventioninstitute.org/tools/policy-advocacy-advance-mental-health-and-wellbeing Here are Prevention Institute's policy priorities, and the executive actions undertaken thus far by the Biden-Harris administration: https://preventioninstitute.org/publications/prevention-institute-policy-priorities https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/ *Photo by Steffan Limmen on Instagram

Ruben Cantu of Prevention Institute and Kathryn Evans of Rooted Strategies interview network leaders from Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), an initiative of the Health Federation of Philadelphia that supports cross-sector, community networks using the science of ACEs and trauma to build a just, healthy and resilient world. In this episode, Ruben and Kathryn talk with Joel Fein and Crystal Wyatt, members of the Philadelphia ACE Task Force’s Steering Committee, about effective network leadership. The MARC Podcast Series is a joint production of the Health Federation of Philadelphia and Prevention Institute. For more information about MARC, visit MARC.HealthFederation.org. Funding for the series comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The series is also supported in part by Cooperative Agreement No. 6 NU38OT000305-02-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the CDC. Photo credit: Philadelphia ACE Task Force

Ruben Cantu of Prevention Institute and Kathryn Evans of Rooted Strategies interview network leaders from Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), an initiative of the Health Federation of Philadelphia that supports cross-sector, community networks using the science of ACEs and trauma to build a just, healthy and resilient world. In this episode, Ruben and Kathryn talk with Yusuf Ali, Soojin Conover and Suzeth Dunn from Boston’s Vital Village Network about using data to effect change. The MARC Podcast Series is a joint production of the Health Federation of Philadelphia and Prevention Institute. For more information about MARC, visit MARC.HealthFederation.org. Funding for the series comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The series is also supported in part by Cooperative Agreement No. 6 NU38OT000305-02-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the CDC. Photo credit: Vital Village

Ruben Cantu of Prevention Institute and Kathryn Evans of Rooted Strategies interview network leaders from Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), an initiative of the Health Federation of Philadelphia that supports cross-sector, community networks using the science of ACEs and trauma to build a just, healthy and resilient world. In this episode, Ruben and Kathryn talk with Laura Norton-Cruz, former director of the Alaska Resilience Initiative, about the role of an effective backbone organization. The MARC Podcast Series is a joint production of the Health Federation of Philadelphia and Prevention Institute. For more information about MARC, visit MARC.HealthFederation.org. Funding for the series comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The series is also supported in part by Cooperative Agreement No. 6 NU38OT000305-02-03 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the CDC. Photo credit: Laura Norton-Cruz

On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, Michel Bielecki, a doctor at the University of Zürich Centre for Travel Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Epidemiology Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, and Patrica Schlagenhauf, also a professor at the University of Zurich discuss their recent narrative review of the air travel industry's efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on airplanes and at airports.  Their review, entitled, "Air travel and COVID-19 prevention in the pandemic and peri-pandemic period: A narrative review," was recently published in the Journal of Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, and aims to assess the status quo of air travel measures in the context of COVID-19 as of October 2020 and to examine their scientific basis if appropriate. Check out their full article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893920304117 Have suggestions or topics we should focus on in the next episode? Email the host, Woodrow Bellamy at wbellamy@accessintel.com, or drop him a line on Twitter @WbellamyIIIAC. Check out our publication Avionics International @AvionicsMag + www.aviationtoday.com. Join our Avionics International LinkedIn group to suggest topics we should cover in our podcast, publications and events. www.linkedin.com/AvionicsMag Check out the full agenda for our free upcoming two-day virtual event, Connected Aviation Intelligence happening  Dec. 2-3, 2020: https://www.gcasummit.com/aviation-intelligence/  

With conflicts around health and safety likely to escalate as we head into the holiday season, the NRF Foundation recently released training credentials in retail operations and customer conflict prevention to arm frontline employees with the skills they need to better manage health and safety, for both themselves and customers, and resolve customer conflicts. The Customer Conflict Prevention Training in partnership with the Crisis Prevention Institute will train customer-facing retail employees on how to identify signs of conflict, minimize risk, and effectively de-escalate if needed. Susan Driscoll is the president of the Crisis Prevention Institute, where she oversees design, instruction, and training, among many other operations at CPI. Today, she joins us on the Retail Gets Real podcast to discuss how the foundation's new training credentials will give retail workers the tools to promote safety and the confidence to operate efficiently during the pandemic. Learn more at retailgetsreal.com.

In this podcast Sana Chehimi, director of policy and advocacy for Prevention Institute, interviews Isha Weerasinghe, a senior policy analyst on the youth team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). They discuss the importance of supporting mental health and wellbeing for communities of color to achieve an equitable COVID-19 recovery and as part of dismantling systems that perpetuate structural violence and racism. Isha describes how applying a racial justice lens to center lived experiences and community leadership allows CLASP to broaden the understanding of mental health and wellbeing and develop policy solutions and strategies that are otherwise overlooked. Read more about CLASP’s work: Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from "Small and Hard-to-Reach" Communities https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/behind-asterisk Reconnecting, Realizing and Reimagining Justice: Advancing Economic Justice for Individuals and Communities Impacted by the Criminal Justice System https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/reconnectingjustice “Everybody Got Their Go Throughs”: Young Adults on the Frontlines of Mental Health https://www.clasp.org/sites/default/files/publications/2017/08/Everybody-Got-Their-Go-Throughs-Young-Adults-on-the-Frontlines-of-Mental-Health.pdf Between the Lines: Understanding Our Country’s Racialized Response to the Opioid Overdose Epidemic https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/between-lines-understanding-our-country-s-racialized-response-opioid Ten Core Competencies for Youth and Young Adult Centered Mental Health Systems https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/ten-core-competencies-youth-and-young-adult-centered-mental-health-systems Refining Evidence-Based Practices: Expanding Our View of Evidence https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/redefining-evidence-based-practices-expanding-our-view-evidence Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Overview of Policy Options for Accessible Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/unlocking-transformation-and-healing-overview-policy-options-accessible Mental and Behavioral Health System Fixes During the COVID-19 Crisis, and Beyond https://www.clasp.org/publications/report/brief/mental-and-behavioral-health-system-fixes-during-covid-19-crisis-and "We are pressed on every side, but we are not crushed" by Kisha Bird https://medium.com/@CLASP_DC/we-are-pressed-on-every-side-but-we-are-not-crushed-5206f6de093f "Divest to save Black lives. Invest to heal communities" by Duy Pham and Kayla Tawa https://www.clasp.org/blog/divest-save-black-lives-invest-heal-communities?utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=youth&emci=2287a787-71c0-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&emdi=7e74bca6-8cc0-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&ceid=6522859 "Defund police in schools and expand school-based mental health" by Whitney Bunts https://www.clasp.org/blog/defund-police-schools-and-expand-school-based-mental-health?utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mh&emci=2287a787-71c0-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&emdi=7e74bca6-8cc0-ea11-9b05-00155d03bda0&ceid=6522859 *Photo credit: Sarah Mittermaier

In this podcast, Prevention Institute’s Lisa Fujie Parks interviews Anthony Smith from Cities United and Cuco Rodriguez from the Hope and Heal Fund about advocating with mayors and school districts to divest from policing and invest in proven public health approaches to community safety, like violence interruption and youth employment opportunities. They highlight the need for cities and philanthropy to invest equitably. and for white-led organizations to act as allies in support of frontline, organizations led by and that support African American communities and other communities of color. These community-based organizations are not only working to stop violence, they are also protecting people from COVID-19, connecting people to food and jobs, and supporting culturally rooted multigenerational healing. This podcast was made possible with support from The Langeloth Foundation and CARESTAR Foundation. Photo credit: Kiara Thompson, via Instagram

Aired May 2nd 2020. Jason Babbie & Amanda Eaken of the NRDC, & Manal Aboelata from the Prevention Institute join HLHP Radio and speak about healthy, sustainable communities & the opportunity we have to build stronger & more resilient communities during this time Amanda and Jason speak about the many opportunities we have to increase sustainability within our communities - from food security, water safety, building development and affordable housing, to transportation walkability within our urban and suburban communities. The NRDC is promoting a special project: The American Cities Climate Challenge; it is in 25 American cities, aimed toward our US cities being better models of livable, walkable communities. We have a unique opportunity within this pandemic to evolve. During the pandemic we have safer streets, less car accidents, and less air pollution. Looking toward the future we have the opportunity to implement slow streets, promoting more physical activity and local business growth, as well as equitable and accessible communities. Manal joins the show with incredible insight from firsthand work with marginalized and under-resourced communities around the world, including Columbian cities where Manal worked to make policy change to create safe, sustainable and healthy communities. In regard to US communities within the pandemic, particularly our low-income communities, our policy makers eye’s have been opened. There has been a change in policy to change eviction laws during COVID-19 that has highlighted the changes that can be made to support and create sustainability in our communities as a whole. When we focus on human health in our communities, the Prevention Institute has worked at the federal level to advocate behind the scenes for millions of dollars to go into programs that support communities directly to implement healthy school foods, increase green space and playgrounds in neighborhoods. We have a great opportunity moving forward to focus on connected and healthy communities and physically distance, rather than socially distance. Thank you to our guests who can be found at: The Prevention Institute and Healthy People Thriving Communities - NRDC. Thank you to our sponsors who can be found at: nadallas.com and earthx.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healthy-radio/support

Stable, safe, and affordable housing is critical to health. But across the state of California, more and more people are being displaced, particularly low income communities and communities of color. In this episode of Moving Upstream, Prevention Institute’s Associate Program Director Sandra Viera interviews leaders from California’s Central Orange County, High Desert, Sonoma, and Eureka communities who seek to improve health through equitable housing policy as part of the Intersections Initiative. Intersections brings together coalitions that include healthcare in seven California communities. These coalitions are working to achieve health equity through strategies that emphasize elevating resident voices, working across issue areas, and strengthening policies and practices. This work is made possible by the St. Joseph Health Community Partnership Fund. Learn more at https://intersectionsinitiativeorg.wordpress.com/

Prevention Institute Board Member Howard Pinderhughes interviews community leaders from Prevention Institute’s Making Connections, an initiative that creates partnerships between community organizations in 14 locations across the country to promote the mental health and wellbeing among men and boys. In this episode he talks with leaders from the Making Connections sites in San Diego, CA; Florence, SC; and Boston, MA. Going into their fifth year with Making Connections, these guests share how they keep their momentum going through challenges, plan for the future, and think ‘upstream’ with the work they’re doing.

Prevention Institute’s Leslie Mikkelsen, Sandra Viera, Katie Miller, and Rea Pañares discuss how healthcare organizations are collaborating with community organizations to address social determinants of health and improve health and equity. They talk about challenges of the work and highlight successes from the field. To learn more about PI’s health system transformation work, visit: http://preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/health-systems-transformation *Photo credit: Heart of Texas Community Healthcare System

Prevention Institute’s Lisa Fujie Parks interviews Reggie Moore, Director of the Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention. Listen to Reggie describe how the Milwaukee Blueprint for Peace was created with leadership from communities most directly impacted by violence (5:00), and learn why and how it addresses the structural roots of violence (8:55). Hear about community-driven efforts like “We Got This!” that are transforming neighborhoods and the growing movement behind the Blueprint (25:26). Reggie shares powerful stories of devastating loss, triumphant healing, and collective action (17:28). He also speaks passionately about the role of government in supporting community leadership, why a culture shift is needed in government from passivity to responsiveness, and what that looks like in practice (29:54). This work is made possible by the Langeloth Foundation.

Prevention Institute’s Sarah Mittermaier and Rachel Bennett discuss how decisions about land use (development, gentrification, ownership, etc.) impact health, and what role public health can play in healthy development without displacement. To learn more about displacement and health, check out PI’s latest paper here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/publications/healthy-development-without-displacement-realizing-vision-healthy-communities-all. Learn more about our Healthy Equitable Active Land Use summit series here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/equity-through-line-four-part-summit-series-social-movements-public-finance-and-infrastructure

Prevention Institute’s Elva Yañez discusses why some communities have more access to green spaces and parks than others, and what Los Angeles has done to improve park equity. To learn more about park equity, visit https://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/park-equity.

In part one of this two-part podcast, Charles Corprew from What's Your Revolution talks with members of Prevention Institute’s Making Connections, an initiative that creates partnerships between community organizations in 14 sites across the country to promote the mental health and wellbeing of men and boys. In this episode he explores healthy masculinities with community leaders from Canton, CT, New Orleans, LA, and Albuquerque, NM who share how vulnerability, art, and self-care play big parts in the work that they do. Learn more about Making Connections, funded by the Movember Foundation, here: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/making-connections-mental-health-and-wellbeing-among-men-and-boys

Charles Corprew from What's Your Revolution returns for the second part of this two-part podcast to interview members of Prevention Institute’s Making Connections, an initiative that creates partnerships between community organizations in 14 sites across the country to promote the mental health and wellbeing of men and boys. In this episode he continues the conversation about healthy masculinities with community leaders from Kokua Kalihi Valley, HI, Tacoma, WA, and Boston, MA, who talk about the importance of mentorship, food justice, and community. Learn more about Making Connections, funded by the Movember Foundation, here: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/projects/making-connections-mental-health-and-wellbeing-among-men-and-boys

Prevention Institute’s Andrea Buffa interviews leaders from five communities about why their collaboratives, focused on health and equity, are now developing community-driven approaches to prevent partner violence. Hear from Cultiva La Salud (at 1:17), Department of Violence Prevention Steering Committee in Oakland (at 7:11), The Center at McKinleyville (at 10:46), LA Worker Center Network (at 13:09), and East African Men and Boys Collaborative (at 16:41). Learn more about the program: http://preventioninstitute.org/projects/safety-through-connection-building-community-capacity-prevent-partner-violence

Prevention Institute’s Lisa Fujie Parks and Alisha Somji discuss their experiences working with cities to prevent violence. They emphasize that despite the magnitude of gun violence in the United States, communities can and are using a public health approach to prevent gun violence. PI works with communities throughout the country that are reducing gun violence through upstream prevention approaches that go beyond federal policy. Learn more about PI’s recommendations on how to prevent gun violence here: https://www.preventioninstitute.org/focus-areas/preventing-violence-and-reducing-injury/preventing-violence-advocacy This work is made possible by the Langeloth Foundation. #gunviolence #community Photo Credit: Fabrice Florin

Prevention Institute’s Ruben Cantu discusses what solutions to the opioid epidemic might look like if they took community trauma and resilience into account. He also applies a community trauma lens the issue of immigrant families being separated at the US border.

Charles Clayton Daniels Jr., CEO and founder of Fathers Uplift, talks about the the key roles that fathers play in their children's lives. He highlights what we can do to reduce barriers that prevent fathers from being fully engaged in their children's lives, from cultural norms that discourage men from expressing a full range of emotions to systemic hurdles like the lack of affordable housing for single fathers. Fathers Uplift is a partner organization in Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing, a national initiative coordinated by Prevention Institute and funded by the Movember Foundation. Making Connections communities across the US are improving community conditions that contribute to men’s and boys’ wellbeing by building social connections, economic and educational opportunities, and safe physical spaces.

Did you know that more education isn’t enough to help people make better food choices? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with  Leslie Mikkelsen, RD, MPH, Managing Director at the Prevention Institute in Oakland, CA. Mikkelsen explains that our environment, and the public policies that affect the kinds of foods that are accessible, available and affordable, play the most critical role in supporting healthful food choices and preventing chronic disease.  Mikkelsen addresses the role of marketing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab9zbqHJ_p4) and the penetration of processed foods in our environment, as well as the role of government policies in shaping our food environment.

https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/daphne Ever since a high school biology teacher informed Daphne Miller that clover produces a hormone similar to human estrogen, she has been fascinated by how our external ecosystem is linked to our internal one. Miller is a practicing family physician, author and Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco. For the past fifteen years, her leadership, advocacy, research and writing have focused on the connections between food production, ecology and health. Her writings and profiles can be found in many publications including the Washington Post, the New York Times, Vogue, Orion Magazine, Yes! Magazine, Food and Wine, The Guardian UK and Harvard Medical Magazine and JAMA. She is author of The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets from Around the World, Why They Work and How to Make Them Work for You (HarperCollins 2008) and Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up (HarperCollins 2013). Farmacology appears in four languages and was the basis for the award-winning documentary In Search of Balance. Miller is an internationally recognized speaker in the emerging field of planetary health and a leader in the Healthy Parks, Healthy People initiative, an effort spearheaded by the National Parks Service to build linkages between our medical system and our park system. Her 2009 Washington Post article “Take a Hike and Call Me in the Morning” is widely credited with introducing “park prescriptions,” a concept that is rapidly gaining traction across the United States. In 2000, Miller founded WholefamilyMD, the first integrative primary care practice in San Francisco. She is a graduate of Brown University where she majored in medical anthropology. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency and NIH-funded research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She was a Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Food Institute and a Bravewell Fellow at the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine. She serves as an advisor and/or board member to a number of non-profits, including the Institute of the Golden Gate, Education Outside, Mandela Marketplace and the Edible Schoolyard Foundation and Prevention Institute. Miller lives and gardens in Berkeley, California, where I visited her to record this fascinating podcast about her books  and During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Daphne first discovered the jungle effect...[8:10] -The meaning of a hot spot and a cold spot...[12:00] -A fascinating example of an indigenous diet that leads to a health effect, including a Mexican Taramuhara diet affecting diabetes...[14:37] -What do you do if you can't trace your ancestors to one specific indigenous diet...[19:40] -Why Daphne sometimes has wine for breakfast...[26:22] -What Daphne found about some ethnic food restaurants now using ingredient substitutions that cater to North American palates...[34:30] -What first got Daphne thinking about the "soul of soil"...[44:20] -What we can learn about social behavior of humans from social behavior of chickens...[46:40] -How Daphne learned about cancer management from a winery...[52:30] -How dangerous microbes may actually be beneficial...[56:45] -What a hydrosol is and why you can use it for "sustainable beauty"...[60:40] -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - - - Show Sponsors:  -Onnit - To save 10% off your order, visit . -TradeStation - Active military and veterans, as well as First Responders get to trade commission free. TradeStation is dedicated to helping everyone who has invested so much into this country. Learn more and sign up today at . -HealthIQ - To learn more about life insurance for physically active people and get a free quote, go to . -Human Charger - Go to and use the code BEN20 for 20% off. Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Daphne or me? Leave your comments at and one of us will reply!

It may not always be obvious, but mental health is a highly contested concept, and one that has evolved considerably over the years. Are we on the cusp of the next phase in mental health's evolution, and what might this look? Ken Thompson, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and member of the Hogg Foundation's National Advisory Council, has some strong feelings on the subject. In this episode, he traces the lineage of our current understanding of mental health, and where he believes it should go next. Sheila Savannah, director of the Oakland-based Prevention Institute, joins us for the second segment where she offers some timely reflections on the fusion between population health and community health.

Dr. Howard Pinderhughes, Ph.D., of the Prevention Institute was the keynote speaker at the Safe MKE symposium, where he explained the dynamics of community trauma and structural violence, as part of the development process for an action plan to create a healthier Milwaukee.

In this episode of Movember Radio, we chat to Niiobli Armah IV, Program Manager at Prevention Institute in the U.S on promoting mental health and wellbeing. Niiobli also works with the Movember Foundation team on the groundbreaking new initiative called “Making Connections”. This will develop and implement actionable, community-level prevention plans to improve mental health for men and boys. Niiobli hopes to encourage more positive notions of masculinity in the community and effectively utilize social connectedness as a preventative measure to decrease the risk of suicide in men. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.