The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #46739

Shailushi Baxi, MPH, Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, RD, Rachel A Davis, MSW, Vivek Mittal, and Larry Cohen, MSW. Prevention Institute, 265 29th street, Oakland, CA 94611

Health administrators and practitioners know that achieving prevention outcomes is based on certain elements, including comprehensive approaches, adequate funding, sufficient timeframes, appropriate evaluation measures, and dynamic coalitions and networks. Based on this understanding, Shifting the Focus, a State government collaborative in California, developed a set of Common Prevention Principles. These Principles can be used to guide program development, policy analysis, budget changes, and administrative practice change. They can be applied in a wide range of fields, including youth development, violence prevention, community development, teen pregnancy prevention, nutrition and physical activity, early childhood development, and alcohol and drug abuse prevention. The Principles are also applicable to local work, and have been adopted by several community organizations across the State.

Learning Objectives: In this presentation, participants will learn

• The elements and value of the Common Prevention Principles for advancing a more coherent and effective approach to State and local prevention efforts.
• Ways to implement to Common Prevention Principles, related to training, coalitions and networks, organizational practices, and policy change.
• Examples of how the Common Prevention Principles have been implemented in communities and government in California.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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