PiK Foundation

Promoting wellness through health education

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research on prevention


Prevention is underfunded…

Trust for America’s Health. The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks, and Recommendations, 2020. https://www.tfah.org/article/new-report-show-hamstrung-covid-19-response-was-years-in-the-making/


Lifestyle choices reduce health risks…

Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kröger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1355-1362.


Support in early childhood makes a difference…

Karoly, Lynn A., M. Rebecca Kilburn, and Jill S. Cannon, Proven Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2005. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9145.html.