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UCLA Health Equity Challenge to award up to $200,000 to develop solutions to health equity issues in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties
October 12, 2022
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UCLA Health Equity Challenge to award up to $200,000 to develop solutions to health equity issues in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties
October 12, 2022
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UCLA Health Equity Challenge awards $100,000 in funding to UCLA student projects. Winning projects provide mental health crises de-escalation and maternal mental health support.
June 30, 2022
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UCLA Health Equity Challenge awards $100,000 in funding to UCLA student projects. Winning projects provide mental health crises de-escalation and maternal mental health support.
June 30, 2022
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UCLA study finds that employment opportunities, access to mental health services, and gang intervention are new keys to Parks After Dark A County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation program called Parks After Dark provides a safe space for the community during evening hours. According to a
July 25, 2018
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UCLA study finds that employment opportunities, access to mental health services, and gang intervention are new keys to Parks After Dark A County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation program called Parks After Dark provides a safe space for the community during evening hours. According to a
July 25, 2018
Ask the Expert
Nadereh Pourat is director of the Center's Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program and lead author of an evaluation of L.A. County's Parks After Dark (PAD) program. In this brief interview, Pourat discusses the origin and evolution of the after-dark program, what makes it different, and whether it improved community-police interaction.
August 22, 2017
Ask the Expert
Nadereh Pourat is director of the Center's Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program and lead author of an evaluation of L.A. County's Parks After Dark (PAD) program. In this brief interview, Pourat discusses the origin and evolution of the after-dark program, what makes it different, and whether it improved community-police interaction.
August 22, 2017
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Policy brief looks at centers in four U.S. regions, including Los Angeles Community health centers, the leading providers of primary health care to the nation’s poor and uninsured populations, need strong partnerships and effective strategies to strengthen the current health care safety net, and to prepare for what may happen in the future, according to a new policy brief by the
July 31, 2017
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Policy brief looks at centers in four U.S. regions, including Los Angeles Community health centers, the leading providers of primary health care to the nation’s poor and uninsured populations, need strong partnerships and effective strategies to strengthen the current health care safety net, and to prepare for what may happen in the future, according to a new policy brief by the
July 31, 2017
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Clinics see only a small drop in uninsured
Community health centers are serving millions more people than they did before passage of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new national study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Yet the number of uninsured people they serve has declined only slightly.
October 26, 2016
Press Releases
Clinics see only a small drop in uninsured
Community health centers are serving millions more people than they did before passage of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new national study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Yet the number of uninsured people they serve has declined only slightly.
October 26, 2016
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research awarded $140,000 in grants to eight community organizations whose outreach pilot projects will increase use of community preventive services among low-income African-Americans and Latinos age 50 and older in South Los Angeles.
September 27, 2016
Press Releases
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research awarded $140,000 in grants to eight community organizations whose outreach pilot projects will increase use of community preventive services among low-income African-Americans and Latinos age 50 and older in South Los Angeles.
September 27, 2016
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Many people are forced to travel miles to get oral care — or forgo it — when it’s not available on-site Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics in California either don’t offer oral health services or, if they do, the nearest facility is sometimes too far for many patients to reach, according to a new
September 30, 2015
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Many people are forced to travel miles to get oral care — or forgo it — when it’s not available on-site Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics in California either don’t offer oral health services or, if they do, the nearest facility is sometimes too far for many patients to reach, according to a new
September 30, 2015
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A church. A city park. An office. These are not the typical settings for a medical checkup. But a new nationwide study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that providing health services in unorthodox settings helps underserved adults get preventive care.
August 28, 2014
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A church. A city park. An office. These are not the typical settings for a medical checkup. But a new nationwide study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that providing health services in unorthodox settings helps underserved adults get preventive care.
August 28, 2014
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May 21, 2014
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May 21, 2014