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Voices for a Healthy Future

Voices for a Healthy Future is the Public Health Institute's bi-annual newsletter highlighting the work of PHI's many newsworthy people and programs. The newsletter is available in both English and Spanish. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view Voices for a Healthy Future.

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June 29, 2010

The Public Health Institute supports the American Public Health Association's statement of disappointment over the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Chicago's ban on handgun ownership.

You can read the statement at here.

June 25, 2010

PHI Statement on "Vision California: Charting Our Future"

The Public Health Institute (PHI), one of the nation’s leading public health organizations, welcomes the release of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Vision California report, “Vision California: Charting Our Future.” The report emphasizes the need for significant land use changes and renewed investment in public transit options.

April 5, 2010

Public Health Institute puts focus on National Public Health Week

In observance of National Public Health Week from April 5 to 11, the Public Health Institute encourages all Americans to promote good health by making big and small changes in their communities, from planting a fruit tree in the yard to starting a walking group with co-workers and advocating to remove trans-fats from school menus. By acting family by family, neighborhood by neighborhood, school by school and workplace by workplace, we can create healthier communities and build a healthier nation.

March 22, 2010

In observance of World TB Day, PHI calls for continued public health efforts to keep TB under control in California.

Although tuberculosis is at historic lows in the U.S. and California, the disease remains a worldwide epidemic and poses a threat to everyone who breathes because it is spread through travel and migration. Therefore, in recognition of World TB Day on March 24, the Public Health Institute urges state and local public health departments to continue their vigorous efforts to prevent, monitor and treat this age-old disease.

March 16, 2010

PHI congratulates board member on receiving community health centers' Impact Award

PHI board member, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, recently was recognized for his leadership in implementing a plan to head off the H1N1 pandemic. AltaMed Health Services honored Dr. Tapia-Conyer with its Impact Award at a gala event in Los Angeles on March 5. The award recognizes efforts which have great impact in the community AltaMed serves. AltaMed is the largest non-profit community health clinic system in California. Dr. Tapia-Conyer has been an active member of PHI's board since 2003.

March 12, 2010

PHI Statement on Health in All Policies Task Force

Governor Schwarzenegger called needed attention to the role government actions play in influencing whether the communities we live in foster healthy eating and physical activity when he ordered the state's Strategic Growth Council to establish a Health in All Policies Task Force at his recent obesity summit. The implications go far beyond obesity. The Public Health Institute (PHI) welcomes this important focus and looks forward to supporting the work of the task force and providing specific recommendations to ensure the success of this promising strategy.