Public Health is Political

"We adhere to a higher law and that is one of humanity."

— Cheri Honkala

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Alternative response programs to guide public health research and practice

Early evidence suggests non-police crisis response programs reduce arrests, violence, and unmet needs, but they remain underfunded, under-evaluated, requiring stronger public health research support.

Still Too Much

Shackling contradicts public health best practices by undermining trauma-informed, patient-centered, and evidence-based care.

One(-ish) Year of Public Health is Political 

As we celebrate over one year, we want to return to our namesake. What does it mean for public health to be political?
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Speaking Truth to Power

with Katie Dixon

San Francisco Foundation

Philanthropy has the potential to strengthen criminal justice reform by building the capacity to address mass incarceration as a public health crisis. Katie shares her thoughts on the role of long-term philanthropic investment in shifting public opinion, encouraging support for systemic reform, and advancing alternatives to the current prison-industrial complex.

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"Can we recognize that we have lost trust in the public health system as a whole? Yes. But we have never lost trust in the carceral system. Why is that?"

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Dr. Lorenda Belone, PhD, MPH

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Amy Hagopian, professor emeritus at the University of Washington School of Public Health

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Koren Carbuccia, Rhode Island Community Health Works

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