Healthy Communities
When it comes to health, where you live matters
Our Impact
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- 13.5M+ CA residents in communities that limit the # of marijuana retail outlets, as recommended by Getting it Right from the Start
- 500K telephone health surveys conducted in English, Spanish, Chinese & Vietnamese since 1987 by Survey Research Group
- 19 CA state departments with Racial Equity Action Plans, thanks in part to PHI's HiAP team
Our Work
When it comes to health, where you live matters: Neighborhoods can create opportunities for—or barriers to—health. In fact, zip code is a better predictor of health than genetic code. PHI works within and alongside communities to build health, with a particular emphasis on reducing health disparities by amplifying local leadership, dismantling structural barriers and addressing the social determinants of health. We work collaboratively to increase access to safe opportunities for physical activity, improve the built environment, reduce exposure to hazards in the environment and expand the availability of affordable, healthful foods.
Critical Issues
Pioneering Expertise
PHI Priority
Building Health Equity
In 2017, PHI's CA4Health and Dialogue4Health co-hosted a 3-part Understanding Marijuana web forum series focused on understanding the effects of marijuana on our health and how to address the long-term residual consequences of its criminalization in our communities. Over 3,000 attendees tuned in to hear attorneys, law enforcement, racial justice organizations, researchers and city officials from across the country discuss what legalization means for health and public health, and how cannabis legalization will impact and present opportunities in poor, previously incarcerated, and people of color communities.
Programs
Active Programs
Achieving Resilient Communities (ARC)
Advancing the State of the Art in Community Benefit
Alameda County Care Alliance
Berkeley Media Studies Group
Build Healthy Places Network
CA4Health
California Alliance for Prevention Funding
California Alliance of Academics and Communities for Public Health Equity
California Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP)
Center for Climate Change and Health
Archived Programs
Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative(PHI program 2002-2017)
California Adolescent Health Collaborative
California Center for Research on Women and Families(PHI program 2000-2016)
California Convergence Coordinating Office
California Project LEAN
CAN-Act
Center for Civic Partnerships (PHI program 1991-2016)
Cleaner Cookstoves: Building Global Capacity & Improving Public Health
Cultiva La Salud/Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program
Network for a Healthy California, Supplemental Nutrition Education Program Education (PHI program 1997-2015)
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