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The Public Health Institute (PHI) advances wellbeing and health equity with communities around the world.
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For 60 years, PHI has accelerated the impact of public health, and we're excited to be extending that work to Bluesky and to connect with all of you! Follow us here at @publichealthinst.bsky.social for news and updates, the latest cutting-edge public health research, resources and more.
New Jobs | Study: Greater Alcohol Use Recovery From Attending Mutual-Help Groups In Person | Elevating Black Women's Behavioral Health and Support Needs | Register: 2025 Rural ACEs Summit | Mobilizing Community Investment for Health Payers—all that and more in our latest updates:
New Jobs | Study: Greater Alcohol Use Recovery From Attending Mutual-Help Groups In Person | Mobilizing Community Investment for Health Pay
New Study: Greater Recovery Benefits for Alcohol Use Disorder From Attending Mutual-Help Groups In Person Vs. Online New research from PHI’s Alcohol Research Group (ARG) finds that people with alcohol...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
New Jobs | Study: Greater Alcohol Use Recovery From Attending Mutual-Help Groups In Person | Elevating Black Women's Behavioral Health and Support Needs | Register: 2025 Rural ACEs Summit | Mobilizing Community Investment for Health Payers—all that and more in our latest updates:
Every day, PHI works with & in communities across the US—from rural towns to urban centers, in schools, health institutions & neighborhood organizations. We provide nutrition education, support community-led food initiatives & witness firsthand how federal food assistance programs sustain families.
"Federal Food Assistance Programs Sustain Families" Statement from the Public Health Institute on SNAP Funding - Public Health Institute
Statement from the Public Health Institute on SNAP Funding“Every day, our teams at the Public Health Institute work with and in communities across this country—from…
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October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Every day, PHI works with & in communities across the US—from rural towns to urban centers, in schools, health institutions & neighborhood organizations. We provide nutrition education, support community-led food initiatives & witness firsthand how federal food assistance programs sustain families.
Next week at #APHA2025: Join PHI's Public Health Alliance of Southern California for a powerful conversation on The Healthy Places Index, a powerful data, mapping and policy platform designed to identify opportunities to improve health at the community level. #phiAPHA
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PHI and its programs are returning to share their research, expertise, and new ideas at APHA 2025, which is being held in-person in Washington, D.C.…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Attending APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo next week in Washington D.C.? PHI and its programs are returning to share their research, expertise and new ideas at #APHA2025.
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PHI at APHA 2025 - Public Health Institute
PHI and its programs are returning to share their research, expertise, and new ideas at APHA 2025, which is being held in-person in Washington, D.C.…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Attending APHA's Annual Meeting and Expo next week in Washington D.C.? PHI and its programs are returning to share their research, expertise and new ideas at #APHA2025.
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Will you be attending the American Public Health Association (@apha.org) Annual Meeting next week? We'll see you there! At this year's conference, PHI and its programs will challenge you with new ideas, inform your work and inspire you to build relationships with new partners. #phiAPHA
PHI at APHA 2025 - Public Health Institute
PHI and its programs are returning to share their research, expertise, and new ideas at APHA 2025, which is being held in-person in Washington, D.C.…
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join PHI's Cypress Resilience Project Thurs 10/30 for a virtual workshop on early planning for end-of-life care. This workshop will not provide legal advice, but will explore how to start the conversation, and provide helpful strategies for documenting end-of-life wishes. Register:
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October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join PHI's Cypress Resilience Project Thurs 10/30 for a virtual workshop on early planning for end-of-life care. This workshop will not provide legal advice, but will explore how to start the conversation, and provide helpful strategies for documenting end-of-life wishes. Register:
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For 16 years @publichealthinst.bsky.social has provided backbone support for our work, allowing us to focus on our mission to advance #GenderJustice. ✨ Last week we became an independent nonprofit & we’re deeply grateful to PHI for helping us build a strong foundation to make this possible. (🧵1/2)
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For 16 years @publichealthinst.bsky.social has provided backbone support for our work, allowing us to focus on our mission to advance #GenderJustice. ✨ Last week we became an independent nonprofit & we’re deeply grateful to PHI for helping us build a strong foundation to make this possible. (🧵1/2)
New Jobs | Register: 4th Annual Rural ACEs Summit, "It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families" | Why CDFIs Are Essential for Community Health and Prosperity—all that and more in our latest updates:
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Register: 4th Annual Rural ACEs Summit, "It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families" PHI’s Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) brings together Northern California ...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New Jobs | Register: 4th Annual Rural ACEs Summit, "It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families" | Why CDFIs Are Essential for Community Health and Prosperity—all that and more in our latest updates:
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Rural #ACEs Summit, hosted by PHI's Population Health Innovation La. This year’s theme, “It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families,” will focus on strengthening #BehavioralHealth and justice systems for youth.
Register: 2025 Rural ACEs Summit, "It Takes a Village" - Public Health Institute
Join PHI’s Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) and its division Northern ACEs Collaborative (NAC) for the fourth annual Rural ACEs Summit, It Takes a Village:…
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October 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Rural #ACEs Summit, hosted by PHI's Population Health Innovation La. This year’s theme, “It Takes a Village: Building Systems of Care that Center Youth and Families,” will focus on strengthening #BehavioralHealth and justice systems for youth.
A new study published in BMC Public Health has found that use of chlorpyrifos—a commonly used organophosphate (OP) #pesticide linked to negative health outcomes when #pregnant people are exposed to it—sharply dropped in CA following a ban in 2020, and overall OP pesticide use more than halved.
Harmful Pesticide Use Down Since CA Ban, More Work Needed to Protect At-Risk Communities - Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA — A new study published in BMC Public Health has found that the use of chlorpyrifos — an organophosphate (OP) pesticide commonly used…
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September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A new study published in BMC Public Health has found that use of chlorpyrifos—a commonly used organophosphate (OP) #pesticide linked to negative health outcomes when #pregnant people are exposed to it—sharply dropped in CA following a ban in 2020, and overall OP pesticide use more than halved.
New Study from PHI's Tracking CA (@trackingca.bsky.social) on #SCT and Long-term Health Outcomes | Action and Empathy to Prevent #Overdose Deaths | From Data to Action: Leveraging #StrategicMapping to Mobilize | Building Support Systems During #Emigration | all that and more in our latest updates:
New Jobs | New PHI Study on Sickle Cell Trait and Long-term Health Outcomes | Action and Empathy to Prevent Overdose Deaths
New Study from PHI's Tracking CA Examines Long-term Health Outcomes for Individuals Born with Sickle Cell Trait Sickle cell trait (SCT) is a hereditary blood disorder and carrier status for sickle cel...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New Study from PHI's Tracking CA (@trackingca.bsky.social) on #SCT and Long-term Health Outcomes | Action and Empathy to Prevent #Overdose Deaths | From Data to Action: Leveraging #StrategicMapping to Mobilize | Building Support Systems During #Emigration | all that and more in our latest updates:
A new population-based study led by the California Sickle Cell Data Collection—an initiative of PHI's @trackingca.bsky.social —reveals that people born with #SickleCellTrait (SCT), the carrier status for #SickleCellDisease, may face underrecognized health risks, especially in childhood.
Population-Level Study from PHI's Tracking CA Reveals Gaps in Monitoring Health of People with Sickle Cell Trait - Public Health Institute
Oakland, CA — A new population-based study conducted by the Public Health Institute’s Tracking California program and published in Public Health Reports, the official journal…
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September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A new population-based study led by the California Sickle Cell Data Collection—an initiative of PHI's @trackingca.bsky.social —reveals that people born with #SickleCellTrait (SCT), the carrier status for #SickleCellDisease, may face underrecognized health risks, especially in childhood.
Join PHI's @rootsofchange.bsky.social at the 2025 Terra Madre Americas international food and wine event in Sacramento, September 26-28. This free weekend celebration will feature food and drink tastings, live music, celebrity chef demonstrations, educational panels, artisan vendors and more.
Roots of Change Slow Meat Pavilion at Terra Madre Americas - Roots of Change
Roots of Change will have a big presence at Terra Madre USA with a regenerative meat pavilion celebrating regenerative ranchers and meat.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Join PHI's @rootsofchange.bsky.social at the 2025 Terra Madre Americas international food and wine event in Sacramento, September 26-28. This free weekend celebration will feature food and drink tastings, live music, celebrity chef demonstrations, educational panels, artisan vendors and more.
During profound hardship, faith communities play a vital role in offering healing, sanctuary, and hope. Join PHI's Center for Immigrant and Refugee Health Wed 9/3 to explore how spiritual traditions and interfaith solidarity can support healing and resilience among displaced communities. Register:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Faith & Healing: An Interfaith Dialogue on Supporting Refugees. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a powerful and compassionate conversation that brings together faith leaders to explore how spiritual traditions and interfaith solidarity can support healing and resilience among displace...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
During profound hardship, faith communities play a vital role in offering healing, sanctuary, and hope. Join PHI's Center for Immigrant and Refugee Health Wed 9/3 to explore how spiritual traditions and interfaith solidarity can support healing and resilience among displaced communities. Register:
There is a growing body of #PublicHealth research on the secondhand harms from #alcohol and #drug use and their impact on quality of life, well-being and mental health issues among those affected—often including family members—but there hasn’t been any specific focus on family burden until now.
Study: Evaluating Family Burden Among US Adults Experiencing Secondhand Harms from Alcohol, Cannabis or Other Drug Use - Public Health Institute
This study from PHI's Alcohol Research Group evaluated the associations between a seven-item summative burden scale and different types of harms attributed to someone else’s use of alcohol, cannabis o...
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August 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There is a growing body of #PublicHealth research on the secondhand harms from #alcohol and #drug use and their impact on quality of life, well-being and mental health issues among those affected—often including family members—but there hasn’t been any specific focus on family burden until now.
New Jobs | Register: Street Medicine & Overdose Prevention in Action | Factsheet: Climate & Community Health | Creating Disability Inclusive Medical Environments | Community Health Solutions: Innovation in Vaping Addiction Cessation--all that and more, in our latest updates:
New Jobs | Register: Street Medicine & Overdose Prevention in Action | Factsheet: Climate & Community Health
Saving Lives Where They’re Lived: Street Medicine & Overdose Prevention in Action Community-based harm reduction strategies—grounded in trust, peer engagement and direct outreach to people who use dru...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New Jobs | Register: Street Medicine & Overdose Prevention in Action | Factsheet: Climate & Community Health | Creating Disability Inclusive Medical Environments | Community Health Solutions: Innovation in Vaping Addiction Cessation--all that and more, in our latest updates:
More Americans may be abstaining from #drinking, according to a new #Gallup poll, w/ 54% of respondents saying they consume #alcohol— the lowest in the survey's history. The decline among young adults is most pronounced, w/ only 50% of respondents 18-34 reporting they consume alcohol. Via @npr.org:
Percentage of Americans who say they drink alcohol hits record low, Gallup says
Gallup, which started tracking Americans' alcohol habits more than 80 years ago, says the drop in drinking rates coincides with Americans' growing concerns that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
PHI's CAMI Health and The Initiative for MPTs (IMPT) hosted a symposium, “The Time Has Come for Multipurpose Prevention Technologies ( #MPTs): Transforming STI/HIV Prevention,” at @stihiv2025.org in Montreal last month, drawing a standing-room-only audience:
PHI's CAMI Health Hosts MPT Symposium at the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress - Public Health Institute
Join PHI's CAMI Health/IMPT for their symposium on Sunday, July 27 from 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM, as part of the upcoming STI & HIV 2025 World Congress conference, in Montreal, Canada.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PHI's CAMI Health and The Initiative for MPTs (IMPT) hosted a symposium, “The Time Has Come for Multipurpose Prevention Technologies ( #MPTs): Transforming STI/HIV Prevention,” at @stihiv2025.org in Montreal last month, drawing a standing-room-only audience:
Join PHI's Alcohol Research Group (@argdotorg.bsky.social) tomorrow 8/19 at 11 am PT for a discussion on integrating recovery housing with substance use treatment.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: I-STARR Webinar: In-Depth Topics in Recovery Housing . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This webinar series continues our deep dive into key topics in recovery housing, offering participants the chance to learn from and connect with leading experts in the field.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join PHI's Alcohol Research Group (@argdotorg.bsky.social) tomorrow 8/19 at 11 am PT for a discussion on integrating recovery housing with substance use treatment.
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PHI’s Rise Up (@riseuptogether.org) continues to grow & strengthen their global network of leaders through connection, collaboration, and shared purpose. Following in-person Accelerators in 2024, Rise Up hosted dynamic virtual convenings for continued learning, skill-building & mutual inspiration.
Bringing Together Leaders for Learning, Skill-Building and Mutual Inspiration - Public Health Institute
PHI’s Rise Up’s global network of leaders continues to grow stronger through connection, collaboration, and shared purpose. Following Rise Up’s in-person Accelerators in both Nigeria and India…
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August 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
PHI’s Rise Up (@riseuptogether.org) continues to grow & strengthen their global network of leaders through connection, collaboration, and shared purpose. Following in-person Accelerators in 2024, Rise Up hosted dynamic virtual convenings for continued learning, skill-building & mutual inspiration.
Last week, PHI’s Dr. Lynn Silver, director of @getitrightonmj.bsky.social, joined @kalwradio.bsky.social's State of the Bay to discuss the #cannabis industry and examine whether increased availability, potency and social acceptance have led to new and unexpected risks for users.
August 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week, PHI’s Dr. Lynn Silver, director of @getitrightonmj.bsky.social, joined @kalwradio.bsky.social's State of the Bay to discuss the #cannabis industry and examine whether increased availability, potency and social acceptance have led to new and unexpected risks for users.
#Refugee students arriving in new host countries face the challenge of navigating unfamiliar school systems, languages and cultures. Beyond achieving academic success, these students also need something just as vital to their well-being: belonging. 🧵 [1/3]
Amplifying Refugee Youth Voices and Solutions to Bolster Community Belonging in School Settings - Public Health Institute
After fleeing war and other conflict or instability, students arriving in new host countries face the challenge of navigating unfamiliar school systems, languages, and cultures.…
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August 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Refugee students arriving in new host countries face the challenge of navigating unfamiliar school systems, languages and cultures. Beyond achieving academic success, these students also need something just as vital to their well-being: belonging. 🧵 [1/3]
In 2021, when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered the recommended age to begin #ColorectalCancer screenings from 50 to 45, experts worried that the younger age groups would be less likely to opt in to the screening.
#PublicHealth #Research
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Screening guideline change led to more colorectal cancers being detected early in younger adults
Two new studies show that colorectal cancer screening sharply increased for people ages 45 to 49 after the age recommendation changed in 2021.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In 2021, when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered the recommended age to begin #ColorectalCancer screenings from 50 to 45, experts worried that the younger age groups would be less likely to opt in to the screening.
#PublicHealth #Research
#PublicHealth #Research
New #PublicHealth Jobs | Alternatives to AA Just as Effective for People with Alcohol Use Disorders | Amplifying Refugee Student Voices to Bolster School Belonging -- all that and more, in our latest updates: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-jo...
New Jobs | Alternatives to AA Just as Effective for People with Alcohol Use Disorders | Amplifying Refugee Student Voices to Bolster School Belonging
New Study: Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous Are Just as Effective for People with Alcohol Use Disorders A new study from PHI's Alcohol Research Group found that alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymou...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New #PublicHealth Jobs | Alternatives to AA Just as Effective for People with Alcohol Use Disorders | Amplifying Refugee Student Voices to Bolster School Belonging -- all that and more, in our latest updates: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-jo...
A new study from PHI's Alcohol Research Group (@argdotorg.bsky.social) found that people with #AlcoholUseDisorders who attended a mutual-help group experienced the same benefits for recovery regardless of the group they chose. 🧵
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#PublicHealth #Research #SUDs
Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous are Just as Effective for People with Alcohol Use Disorders - Public Health Institute
Emeryville, CA — Today, a new study from the Alcohol Research Group, a program of the Public Health Institute, was released and found that people…
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August 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A new study from PHI's Alcohol Research Group (@argdotorg.bsky.social) found that people with #AlcoholUseDisorders who attended a mutual-help group experienced the same benefits for recovery regardless of the group they chose. 🧵
#PublicHealth #Research #SUDs
#PublicHealth #Research #SUDs