The Legacy of Partnership: Enduring Practices and Sustainable Models from the Partnership for the Public's Health Initiative
The Legacy of Partnership describes an evaluation of the legacy of the Partnership for the Public’s Health Initiative (PPH) conducted four years after its conclusion. It illuminates what is possible when health departments and communities are able to work successfully together over a long period of time. This evaluation does not reflect the entire legacy of the PPH Initiative, but instead focuses on those partnerships most likely to offer best practices for sustainability. |
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Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California
Men and boys of color face greater health and socio-economic disparities when compared to their white counterparts. But there is also a growing body of research that identifies approaches at the macro, community, interpersonal and individual levels that can improve the disparities facing this population. |
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Prevention for a Healthier America
A recent report released by the Trust for America’s Health, Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities, finds that an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save California more than $1.7 billion within five years. This is a return of $4.80 for every $1. |
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Coming Together: Lessons on Collaboration from California Works for Better Health
The Coming Together: Lessons on Collaboration from California Works for Better Health report finds that flexibility is absolutely necessary in long term projects but it is important to balance mid-course corrections with the need to stay the course and provide collaborative with the vision and stability they need to stay on track. |
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Coming Together: Lessons on Collaboration from California Works for Better Health - Executive Summary
The Coming Together: Lessons on Collaboration from California Works for Better Health report finds that flexibility is absolutely necessary in long term projects but it is important to balance mid-course corrections with the need to stay the course and provide collaborative with the vision and stability they need to stay on track. |
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California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being: Creating Healthier Communities for Our Future
The Children Now 2008 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being: Creating Healthier Communities for Our Future is an innovative public resource that measures counties' progress in enabling children to be healthy, safe and ready to learn in an effort to promote inquiry and action. |
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Culture and Health Among Filipinos and Filipino-Americans in Central Los Angeles
The Culture and Health Among Filipinos and Filipino Americans in Central Los Angeles report analyzes responses from a series of focus groups and over 400 surveys administered to health care providers, youth, residents, seniors and workers in Historic Filipinotown. |
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Healthy People 2010: A 2007 Profile of Health Status in the San Joaquin Valley
The Healthy People 2010: A 2007 Profile of Health Status in the San Joaquin Valley report reveals that the Valley is not making progress toward meeting the Healthy People 2010 objectives. |
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Good Health Counts
Good Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and Community for California, prepared by the Prevention Institute, asks for a new way of thinking about health in California's Communities. |
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Good Health Counts - Executive Summary
Good Health Counts: A 21st Century Approach to Health and Community for California, prepared by the Prevention Institute, asks for a new way of thinking about health in California's Communities. |
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Health Inequities in the Bay Area
As important as it is, most experts agree that health care contributes only about 10-15% to health outcomes and life span. Where you live is probably a bigger determinant of your health than whether you have health insurance. People who live in West Oakland, for example, can expect to live on average 10 years less than those who live in the Berkeley Hills. This report examines the health inequities that exist in the San Francisco Bay Area and suggests policy initiatives and activities that will reduce the disparities and improve the overall health throughout the region. |
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Reducing Health Care Costs Through Prevention
The current health care reform debate in California is driven in large part by fundamental concerns about ever-growing, unsustainable costs. Immediate cost-containment efforts are necessary, but they alone will not solve the long-term problem—more lasting changes are needed. Investment in primary prevention has the potential to be part of an enduring solution for improved health and health care. |
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How to Create and Implement Healthy General Plans
One of the tools that planners and public health officials who wish to lay the groundwork for creating healthier communities have at their disposal are general plans, the primary land use policy documents for California’s communities. Laying the Groundwork for Healthy Planning discusses strategies health practitioners and advocates can use to build relationships with planners and other public officials while involving community members and building political capital and support for their work. |
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The Impact of the Built Environment on Community Health: The State of Current Practice and Next Steps for a Growing Movement
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The Power of Art: The Arts as an Effective Intervention Strategy for At-Risk Youth
In 2003, The California Endowment commissioned an inquiry to examine the arts as an effective intervention for at-risk youth. The resulting report, The Power of Art: The Arts as an Effective Intervention Strategy for At-Risk Youth, provides a sampling of arts-related endeavors across the United States and examines programs that use the arts as a tool for reaching youth: in juvenile justice, foster care, after-school programs, education and workforce development. |
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The Partnership for the Public's Health: Findings From the Evaluation (Executive Summary)
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The Partnership for the Public's Health: Implications for Public Health Practice
The Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) was a $37 million, five-year initiative funded by The California Endowment to develop partnerships between California communities and local health departments. This report identifies several dimensions in which PPH health departments provide valuable lessons regarding the core capacities needed to improve community health. |
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"Bridges to Health" Reports by The Greenlining Institute
The Greenlining Institute, a grantee of The California Endowment, is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for low-income and minority communities. They have published a series of policy briefs, "Bridges to Health," which outline the impact of various environmental factors on health. Read about:Employment |
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"Bridges to Health" Reports by The Greenlining Institute - Community
Community |
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"Bridges to Health" Reports by The Greenlining Institute - Housing
Housing |
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"Bridges to Health" Reports by The Greenlining Institute - Schooling
Schooling |
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"Bridges to Health" Reports by The Greenlining Institute - Transportation
Transportation |
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Building a Regional Voice for Environmental Justice
The Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community and a team of researchers from University of California at Santa Cruz, Occidental College and Brown University worked with Communities for a Better Environment, the Liberty Hill Foundation and others to conduct research on environmental inequity in Southern California, documenting racial and other disparities in exposure to local hazards and air pollution. |
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Building Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Environmental Justice in California
California low-income communities and those of color face challenges from a disproportionate burden of toxics and pollutions. Within this paper, the Environmental Health Coalition studies the problem, while looking for ways to achieve environmental justice. |
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Cancer Screening in California: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist
This new Policy Brief by the UCLA Center Health Policy Research and commissioned by The Endowment, reveals that when it comes to receiving life-saving cancer screenings, "dramatic" differences persist when comparing racial and ethnic groups. |
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Fulfilling the Promise: A Roadmap for Meeting the Health Care Needs of the South Los Angeles Community
A new report by the Steering Committee on the Future of King/Drew Medical Center released today provides 10 recommendations that will lead to significant improvements in the overall delivery of health care services for Martin Luther King/Charles R. Drew Medical Center and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. |
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GreenCare for Children - Measuring Environmental Hazards in the Childcare Industry
Created by the Community Environmental Council, this survey brief examines the potential for exposure to environmental hazards within childcare settings. |
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Highlights From The Promotore/Community Health Workers Grantee Convening, June 2000
In June 2000, community health workers convened to discuss community-driven health outreach worker (promotores) models. This publication discusses the challenges and successes that frequently accompany such programs and summarizes the topics addressed at the event. |
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Reducing Health Disparities Through a Focus on Communities
Where you live can hinder or enhance good health. This report, which was funded by The California Endowment, highlights policies and practices aimed at reducing health disparities in low-income communities and communities of color. The report also proposes principles and strategies to reduce health disparities that focus not only on individuals, but also on the neighborhoods and communities in which people live. |
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Strengthening Medicare’s Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
The National Academy of Social Insurance, a grantee of The California Endowment, has released the report Strengthening Medicare’s Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. This report from a study panel convened by the National Academy examines Medicare’s role in moving towards a solution for improving cultural competence and reducing disparities in health. |
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The Cervical Cancer Prevention and Education Initiative
This report details work undertaken by the Los Angeles County Office of Women's Health and Los Angeles Women's Foundation in conducting a comprehensive outreach and education campaign to increase awareness among high-risk, underserved women of color about the importance of Pap tests in the early detection of cervical cancer. |
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The Influence of Community Factors on Health: An Annotated Bibliography
Foundations, practitioners, researchers, community-based organizations and policymakers have worked to reduce the higher rates of certain diseases and health conditions among low-income communities of color. Prepared by the research and advocacy organization PolicyLink, and funded by The California Endowment, this annotated bibliography is a compendium of research on how community factors affect health. |
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Unequal Treatment. Unequal Health. What Data Tell Us About Health Gaps In California
This new report produced by The California Endowment, in collaboration with the Institute of Medicine and Cause Communications, examines the impact of health and health care disparities within California. The publication underscores the importance of health and health care data collection to identify where and to what extent disparities exist, as well as to measure the progress we are making in remedying the problem. |
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Maximizing Societal Contributions
Nearly one-fourth of Latino children in California don’t have health insurance, and the lack of preventive care has far-reaching consequences on society, according to a study issued by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture. |
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