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UCLA Health Equity Challenge
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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
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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
New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
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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.
July 25, 2018
New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
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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.
July 25, 2018
Parks After Dark turns Los Angeles County parks into safe havens for communities
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UCLA study finds nighttime recreation and wellness programs reduced policing and health care costs. A Los Angeles County recreational program created stronger ties within communities, improved relations between the community and law enforcement officers, and decreased crime, according to a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
August 24, 2017
Parks After Dark turns Los Angeles County parks into safe havens for communities
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UCLA study finds nighttime recreation and wellness programs reduced policing and health care costs. A Los Angeles County recreational program created stronger ties within communities, improved relations between the community and law enforcement officers, and decreased crime, according to a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
August 24, 2017
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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
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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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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 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
July 31, 2017
Strengthening the safety net: Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
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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 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
July 31, 2017
Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
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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
Tried and true: Post-ACA, community health centers see large increase in newly insured
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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
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.
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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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
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
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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
A sermon and a flu shot: Taking preventive health care into community spaces
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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