PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
We Are All Public Health
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
PHI is dedicated to improving health and wellness by discovering new research, strengthening key partnerships and programs, and advancing sound health policies.
Healthy communities where individuals reach their highest potential.
Health is a fundamental human right. Just societies ensure equitable health outcomes for everyone.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
The Public Health Institute
The Public Health Institute advances wellbeing and health equity with communities around the world.
PHI's approximately 800+ projects touch on virtually every area of public health, which enhances collaboration and magnifies reach. This work is organized into eleven focus areas:
-Alcohol, Tobacco, Other Drugs and Mental Health
-Capacity Building
-Chronic Disease Prevention
-Communicable Disease Prevention
-Disabilities
-Environmental Health
-Global Health
-Healthy Communities
-Public Health Systems, Services and Research
-Technology and Innovation
-Women, Youth and Children's Health
For more information on specific projects or programs, visit www.phi.org(http://www.phi.org) .
FACES for the Future Coalition
FACES programs address the full context of a student’s life, providing the academic support, case management and mentoring, and youth leadership development opportunities that allow youth to learn about health careers and to have the confidence, skills and support necessary to pursue their dreams.
Children’s Oncology Group
Childhood cancer is the most common cause of death from disease in children. Each year, about 13,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer. At the Public Health Institute, the Children’s Oncology Group brings together more than 10,000 experts in childhood cancer at more than 200 institutions in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia.
The Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition (CWN)
The Public Health Institute Center for Wellness and Nutrition (CWN) is a national leader in developing campaigns, programs, and partnerships to reduce obesity and promote equity in the most vulnerable communities across the country. We have established relationships with local, state and national organizations, and through education, engagement, environmental changes and policies we work to make health accessible for all. We can help you set, achieve, and evaluate your goals and develop effective and innovative programs for your clients.
CWN’s ongoing work is grounded in our commitment to eliminating health disparities and making health accessible for all regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, class, or abilities. Our Health Equity and Racial Justice Platform is intended to show our commitment to health equity and racial justice and support the achievement of optimal health for all.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsPercentage of participants in FACES for the future, a school to healthcare training program, who graduate from high school
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This rate is much higher than the 40% graduation rate for their classmates/peers who do not participate in PHI's FACES for the Future program.
Percentage of students accepted into post-secondary college or training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, At-risk youth
Related Program
FACES for the Future Coalition
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
9 out of 10 FACES for the Future students are accepted into post-secondary college or training, and a large # plan to pursue healthcare and health-related professions.
Number of girls with improved healthcare, education, livelihoods and rights through Let Girls Lead program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PHI's Rise Up program leaders have advocated for laws in across Africa, Mexico, Central American and the U.S. that have guaranteed more rights, power and health for 135 million people.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
PHI recognizes the importance of building healthier communities to achieve public health impacts.
PHI has long recognized that our health is largely determined by the quality of our housing, the availability nearby of grocery stores well stocked with fresh produce and of places to be physically active, our air quality, and the safety of our streets and sidewalks. Nearly all of PHI's work over the years can be viewed through the lens of improving the health of communities to prevent chronic disease and create a culture of health.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
PHI has decades of experience bringing varied stakeholders together to support population-based policy, systems, and environmental change strategy development, including our pioneering Health in All Policies work and our multi-country Community Transformation Grant implementation.
Since its inception in 1964, PHI has overseen an impressive array of projects ranging from individual grants to large, multi-year, multi-site programs with national and international impact. PHI initiates projects, provides fiscal sponsorship, incubates new directions, partners with foundations and state agencies, and collaborates with others in the field, enabling research and interventions that would otherwise not be possible.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
PHI offers:
-Comprehensive program planning, design and implementation
-Tailored Policy, Systems and Environmental change strategy development
-Customized trainings and workshops, both web-based and in-person
-Culturally and linguistically competent public health approaches
-Partnership development/leveraging of resources and meeting funder match requirements
-Evaluation design, consultation and study implementation
-Budgeting and program development
-Needs assessments/data support
-Community mobilization/engagement strategy
-Communications planning, messaging and implementation
PHI programs help farmworkers eat more healthily in California's Central Valley, girls gain access to education in Nigeria, and hospitals support healthier populations across the US. PHI's comprehensive operational infrastructure allows us to quickly and effectively initiate new projects, serve as a fiscal sponsor, incubate new directions, partner with foundations and state agencies, and build collaborations across sectors. Together, we are building a healthier world.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
-PHI's groundbreaking California 5-A-Day-for Better Health! campaign has been adapted for use in all 50 states and internationally.
-Project LEAN's "2000 California High School Fast Food Survey" helped spur legislation that bans the sale of junk food and soda in California schools.
-Through PHI's CA4Health, more than 100 schools and community organizations across 12 California counties implemented healthy beverage standards, healthier vending machines and hydration stations.
-Cereal manufacturers changed advertising practices after PHI's Berkeley Media Studies Group published an analysis of their digital marketing to children. BMSG co-chairs the Food Marketing Work group, a national coalition working to eliminate junk food marketing to young people.
-PHI's Network for a Healthy California helped propel a 92% increase in the number of low-income Californians eating recommended levels of fruits and vegetables.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
Board of directorsas of 06/01/2023
Dara Johnson Treseder
Retired Managing Director, Citigroup
Dara Johnson Treseder
GE Ventures
Nick Macchione
County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
Andrew Pines
Retired Managing Director, Citigroup
Mary Pittman
Public Health Institute
Adaeze Enekwechi
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Santiago Munoz
UCLA Health
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Afia Asamoah
Waymark, Inc
Anthony A. Barrueta
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Sarah J. Dash
Alliance for Health Policy
Paul K. Halverson
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health Indiana University
Paul Kuehnert
Public Health Accreditation Board
Radha Muthiah
Capital Area Food Bank
Michael Rodriguez
California Alliance of Academics and Communities for Public Health Equity
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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