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UCLA Health Equity Challenge
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UCLA competition provides funding to students to address health inequity
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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
UCLA Health Equity Challenge
Press Releases
UCLA competition provides funding to students to address health inequity
Communications Team
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
ucla-health-equity-challenge-awards
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UCLA Health Equity Challenge awards $100,000 in funding to student projects
Communications Team
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
ucla-health-equity-challenge-awards
Press Releases
UCLA Health Equity Challenge awards $100,000 in funding to student projects
Communications Team
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
New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
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New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
Communications Team
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
New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
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New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
Communications Team
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
Q&A
Ask the Expert
Three Questions with ​Nadereh Pourat on Parks After Dark
Communications Team
Nadereh Pourat
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
Q&A
Ask the Expert
Three Questions with ​Nadereh Pourat on Parks After Dark
Communications Team
Nadereh Pourat
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
Strengthening the safety net: Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
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Strengthening the safety net: Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
Communications Team
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
Strengthening the safety net: Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
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Strengthening the safety net: Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
Communications Team
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
Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
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Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
Communications Team
Clinics see only a small drop in uninsured

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​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
Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
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Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
Communications Team
Clinics see only a small drop in uninsured

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​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
Eight South LA community groups awarded Center/DHHS grants to provide preventive health care to low-income seniors
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Eight South LA community groups awarded Center/DHHS grants to provide preventive health care to low-income seniors
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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.

Getting simple preventative health care, such as flu shots and cholesterol tests, can save lives and money.

September 27, 2016
Eight South LA community groups awarded Center/DHHS grants to provide preventive health care to low-income seniors
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Eight South LA community groups awarded Center/DHHS grants to provide preventive health care to low-income seniors
Communications Team

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.

Getting simple preventative health care, such as flu shots and cholesterol tests, can save lives and money.

September 27, 2016
Three out of five California community clinics fail to provide easy access to oral health care
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Three out of five California community clinics fail to provide easy access to oral health care
Communications Team
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
Three out of five California community clinics fail to provide easy access to oral health care
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Three out of five California community clinics fail to provide easy access to oral health care
Communications Team
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
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
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A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
Communications Team

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.

With support from the

August 28, 2014
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
Press Releases
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
Communications Team

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.

With support from the

August 28, 2014
Community health centers: Ready for ACA?
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Community health centers: Ready for ACA?
Communications Team

​How ready are community clinics for the anticipated increase in new patients as a result of health care reform?  A

May 21, 2014
Community health centers: Ready for ACA?
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Community health centers: Ready for ACA?
Communications Team

​How ready are community clinics for the anticipated increase in new patients as a result of health care reform?  A

May 21, 2014