implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive prevention initiatives and effective coalitions. It has also published several reports and other documents dealing with issues in public policy, public health and social issues. Examples: PI, through the Strategic Alliance, developed ENACT, or the Environmental Nutrition and Activity Community Tool, which is a concrete menu of strategies created to offer community members realistic ways they can effect positive change in their food and activity environments. As the Strategic Alliance website notes, ENACT was designed "to complement current education and community efforts and to empower local action to address priority issues. Working locally can make healthy eating and regular activity a realistic option for everyone, and can bubble up to affect state and national policy." Additionally, as a part of the ENACT project, PI also manages the ENACT Local Policy Database that catalogues promising policies in nutrition and activity to provide a reference point for local policy makers, health advocates and the media on concrete examples of what’s being tried/adopted in other locales, to demonstrate physical activity / nutrition-related policies that are emerging, and facilitate networking among local policymakers and advocates. THRIVE (toolkit for health and resilience in vulnerable environments) a community assessment tool that helps communities bolster factors to improve community health and reduce disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities. Prevention Institute also responds to current issues in health with analysis and recommendations. Recently, Prevention Institute and PolicyLink co-authored a memo to Congress, "Strengthening What Works: Critical Provisions for Prevention and Public Health in Health Reform Legislation", detailing the importance of community prevention and why preventative strategies must be a vital part of any meaningful reform on health care. Prevention is Primary Recently, Prevention Institute published its first full-length book, Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing, a landmark work on current issues in public health and primary prevention strategies, co-edited by Larry Cohen and Sana Chehimi of Prevention Institute along with Vivian Chavez of San Francisco State University. The text was published March 23, 2007 by Jossey-Bass and is written primarily for Master’s level public health, public policy and social welfare students to underscore the value and promise of prevention and to frame its practice as a key social and economic justice issue. The institute’s founder and Executive Director is Larry Cohen, MSW. References External links Official website Category:Medical and health organizations based in California