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Web Forum: Strategies for Framing Overdose Prevention in?Rural Communities

Rural communities face unique challenges in communicating about overdose prevention. It can be difficult to tailor messages to specific audiences when, in many rural communities, one person or group may play many roles, or?to identify and train trusted messengers who can provide a local perspective.?Tune in on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 11:30am-12:30pm PT, to explore overdose prevention communications strategies for rural stakeholders. PHI’s Berkeley Media Studies Group will share messaging recommendations that draw on findings from their?recent news analysis, as well as learnings about how to frame?overdose prevention in rural contexts nationwide. This web forum?is sponsored by PHI's National Overdose Prevention Network and produced by PHI’s Dialogue4Health. Register →

Ensuring Better Health Protections for California Renters in Multi-Unit Housing

Living in substandard housing conditions can result in serious health issues. In California, renters are 2.6 times more likely to have?mold and 2.5 times more likely to have cockroaches?than?homeowners. Communities of color are also more likely to be renters: throughout the state, 62.9% of African Americans and 55.5% of Latinxs rent their homes, compared to just 44.7% of white people. In 2023, PHI’s Regional Asthma Management and Prevention program worked with tenants’ rights groups, community advocates and elected officials to?pass AB 548, making it easier to discover and correct severe health and safety problems in multi-unit housing. Thanks to their efforts, California's?6.8 million?renters living in multi-unit rental housing now have?better protections from substandard housing and health threats like mold, cold and pests. Read the full story →

RSVP: Community Action to Fight Asthma (Virtual Summit)

Join PHI’s Regional Asthma Management and Prevention for the Community Action to Fight Asthma Virtual Summit, held on?May 29-30. Hear about asthma policies and the latest scientific research on indoor air quality. The event will feature a panel on asthma and climate change policy; trainings on advocacy; and opportunities to meet California policymakers to discuss asthma and community solutions. Register here?→

Expanding Access to Advanced Illness Care in California’s Communities of Color

PHI’s AC CARE Alliance?is a faith-based, person-centered, lay care navigation intervention that is improving?care for people with advanced illness in California. The program first launched to serve predominantly African American adults with advanced illness and their caregivers. Last year, the AC CARE Alliance expanded their services and supports for the Latinx community—forging new partnerships with churches and community groups, and developing bilingual trainings and resources in English and Spanish?on end-of-life care, palliative care, advance care planning and more. See the impact story?→

Upcoming Webinars, Events & Trainings

Black Birth Equity: CA Clinician Focus Groups: May 2024 | Various times offered. Are you a California-based physician, nurse, certified nurse midwife or hospital C-Suite/QI staff??Join PHI’s California Coalition for Black Birth Justice for a focus group to explore the needs and capacities of clinicians and health care systems to engage in Black birth equity improvement efforts. Each session is 75 minutes long and participants will receive $75. Sign up →

Establishing an Evidence Base for MOUD in Recovery Housing: Tuesday, May 7 | 11am-12pm PT. PHI's Alcohol Research Group hosts the Studying Treatment & Addiction Recovery Residences (I-STARR) webinar series, which explores how to address challenges to providing and conducting research on medication for opioid use disorder in recovery housing. This webinar reviews key challenges discussed throughout the webinar series and presents suggestions on how to move research forward on particularly those on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in recovery housing. Register →

Telehealth &?Cancer Care: Strategies for Equitable Implementation in New York State: Tuesday, May 14 | 8-9am PT. This Dialogue4Health Web Forum will?explore opportunities, challenges, and policy and equity considerations surrounding the future of telehealth implementation as it relates to cancer care in New York state, informed by stakeholder?interviews?conducted by the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation. The event will also feature representatives of the New York State Department of Health and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Center. Tune in →

More from PHI

• PHI's FACES?Trains Teens on How to?Prevent Opioid Overdoses: Recent data shows that San Francisco recorded slowly decreasing overdose deaths over the first three months of 2024. A new Filter article cites the positive impact of community programs on this decrease, including PHI's FACES for the Future which is teaching local high schoolers how to use Naxalone to reverse opioid overdoses,?as well as how to administer CPR, the dangers of opioid abuse,?mental health first aid and more. Read the article?→
• Study:?Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Need Better Care: A new study finds that children with sickle cell anemia—the most common form of sickle cell disease—are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many don’t receive the antibiotics or annual ultrasounds that national guidelines suggest could keep them healthier. The study uses?data from California's Sickle Cell Data Collection program, an initiative of?PHI’s Tracking California, and PHI's Susan Paulukonis?is one of the study's authors. See news coverage?→
• Saving A Rural Hospital?through Strategic Partnerships: In 2008, the small, rural community in Mackinac County, MI faced a potential hospital closure. In response, the Mackinac Straits Health System forged?several strategic community partnerships including with county’s?largest year-round employer:?the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. By forming a collaboration rooted in trust and guided by a shared need, the partners were able to prevent the hospital's closure?and instead opened a new healthcare facility and tribal health clinic.?Explore the new Community Close Up case study from PHI's Build Healthy Places Network?→
• Apply Now: Become A Rise Up Leader in Mexico: PHI’s Rise Up is currently recruiting visionary leaders committed to gender equity from San Luis Potosí and Chihuahua, Mexico to be part of their 2024 Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator training. This new group of leaders will be Rise Up’s third cohort in Mexico and will learn key skills related to policy change, project financing, and organization capacity building. The leaders will also receive technical support from Rise Up’s in-country team to ensure they can launch effective advocacy strategies for women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people in Mexico. Learn more and apply by May 3rd?→
• Webinar: Protecting Farmworkers from Heat Illness in Polytunnels: Polytunnels—also known as hoop houses—are used to grow certain crops year-round because they?are often significantly warmer than outdoor environments. In this webinar recording, PHI’s Achieving Resilience Communities shares learnings and recommendations to?protect farmworkers and reduce the risk of heat related illness when working?inside these structures, informed by first-hand interviews. Watch the recording →
• Podcast: Rice Growers & the Future of Agriculture: The latest episode of Flipping the Table, a?podcast from PHI's Roots of Change, features California Rice Commission CEO and Founder?Tim Johnson.?Tim shares how California's rice growers are modeling the future of agriculture by delivering an array of ecosystem services that can promote biodiversity?and environmental conservation; support?local economies; and produce a?healthy staple enjoyed?by communities around the world. Tune in →

We're Hiring

PHI is dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. Join us:

• Strategic Communication Specialist: Berkeley, CA. This position with PHI's Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) will design, deliver and evaluate?virtual and in-person media advocacy trainings;?assist?with developing and adapting media advocacy tools, materials and case studies; facilitate strategic consultation or technical assistance sessions with clients,?and more.
• Director, Tracking California: Remote, USA. The Research Program Director II for PHI’s Tracking California provides leadership and scientific direction for an interdisciplinary team that has expertise in climate change and environmental health research and surveillance, health communications, policy, and community engaged research.
• Cancer Registry Data Associate: Sacramento, CA (Hybrid). This role performs casefinding and data collection activities, reviews pathology reports in both electronic and paper formats and performs follow back on potential reportable cases.

See all current opportunities →

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