PHI’s Getting it Right from the Start releases annual scorecards to evaluate the policies passed by California cities and counties that allow cannabis sales, rating them on a 100-point scale. Santa Cruz County—which scored 42 out of 100 in 2023—is working to improve their local policies to better protect youth, public health and equity, and using the scorecards as a guiding tool in their collective process: https://lnkd.in/gAzw5Rhg
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PHI is dedicated to promoting health & equity for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world.
About us
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally and internationally. PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 “Best Non-profit Organizations to Work For” by the Non-Profit Times in a national search.
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
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- Nonprofit
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- 1964
- Specialties
- Public Health, Chronic Disease Prevention, Communicable Disease Prevention, Global Health, Capacity Building, Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs, Women, Youth & Children's Health, Healthy Communities, Public Health Systems, Services & Research, and Technology & Innovation
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Oakland, California 94607, US
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Earlier this month marked one year since the deadliest U.S. wildfires displaced over ten thousand residents of Lahaina, many of whom are still without stable or permanent housing. While disaster housing experts say the effort has been unprecedented in its cooperation among federal, state, county and philanthropic organizations toward keeping the community together, local leaders have long worried the islands are losing their culture as housing costs fuel an exodus of Native Hawaiian and other local-born residents, now exacerbated by the fires.“You start to change the fabric of Hawaii,” said Kuhio Lewis, chief executive of the nonprofit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, which is involved in housing survivors. “That’s what’s at stake, is the future of who Hawaii is.” https://lnkd.in/gWGSFJqr
A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery
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Disinvested neighborhoods across the U.S. are experiencing severe impacts from climate change, but new federal funding for sustainability and resilience offers a significant collaboration opportunity for health and community development organizations to work alongside community members to take action. Learn more in the latest Crosswalk Essay from PHI's Build Healthy Places Network, exploring how innovative partnerships are transforming communities: https://lnkd.in/gDvjsdjA
Building a Sustainable Future: How Healthcare and Community Development Can Unite for Climate…
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Montana is the latest state to consider increased scrutiny of how its nonprofit hospitals deliver community benefits in exchange for their tax-exempt status. PHI’s Kevin Barnett shares insights with KFF Health News on nonprofit hospital oversight policies and standards, and discusses the importance of state requirements that include specific outcomes, such as lowering preventable emergency room visits by people from low-income neighborhoods:
Montana Looks To Become Latest State To Boost Nonprofit Hospital Oversight - KFF Health News
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New Jobs | Healing Intergenerational Trauma Among AAAI Communities | Advancing Global Reproductive Health with Multipurpose Prevention Technologies -- all that and more, in our latest updates:
New Jobs | Healing Intergenerational Trauma Among AAAI Communities | Advancing Global Reproductive Health with Multipurpose Prevention Technologies
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Extreme heat poses severe health risks to children, including heat stress and heightened vulnerability to diseases. A new Unicef report found that worldwide, 466 million children--that's about one in five--experience at least double the number of extremely hot days compared to 60 years ago:
Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s
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In the latest episode of the People. Power. Perspectives podcast, PHI's CA4Health speaks with Kary Carbone and Isai Garnica-Palma from the Together Toward Equity Fellowship on how promoting equity & health inclusive policies within diverse communities benefits everyone. https://lnkd.in/g2ARS9FD
Podcast: People. Power. Perspectives. - Public Health Institute
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Across the globe, Indigenous youth are taking governments and companies to court, fighting for the future of their land and culture against the devastating impacts of climate change. "This feeling of loss and grief of experiencing life with climate change—it impacts so many of our traditional ways," said Beze Gray, Aamjiwnaang First Nation.
Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here's why they're suing.
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PHI's California Coalition for Black Birth Justice is bringing their Birth Justice & Joy event to Los Angeles on 8/29. Join birth justice leaders, advocates, and partners for a vibrant evening of connection and joy as the Coalition seeks to strengthen and accelerate birth justice strategies across California. Space is limited, learn more and register -- https://lnkd.in/gYXZbMkz
Calling birth equity leaders, policymakers, clinicians, CBO's, payers, philanthropy, and other friends who believe in advancing Black birth justice, our Birth Justice & Joy event is coming to Los Angeles!! Thu. 8/29 from 5:30-8:00 pm Join us for an evening of intimate conversation as we continue to unify and strategize to advance Black birth equity & justice. We'll share more about our California Black Birth Justice Agenda, eat good soul food, have good music, you can valet your car for FREE, all in a beautiful space in Downtown LA! Space is limited so RSVP early! Our Bay Area Justice + Joy reached capacity! https://lnkd.in/gYXZbMkz
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Communities across the U.S. and around the world are grappling with dangerous wildfires and extreme heat. These threats disrupt and uproot communities and pose serious risks to environmental and community health—from rising temperatures, unhealthy air pollutants, water contamination and more. Outside workers, low-income, and people of color communities are often harmed first and worst. Today, we're highlighting some of our wildfire and extreme heat resources, tools, programs and impacts—with a focus on ways to reach systemically excluded communities with key resources and information, and invest in transformative solutions to promote safety, equity and resiliency:
Community Resources for Extreme Heat, Wildfires & Climate Change
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