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Starting early: Child oral health program triples preventive visits
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UCLA–First 5 LA initiative aims to improve California’s low rates of child dental services

An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles, the UCLA–First 5 LA 21st Century Dental Homes Project, has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

June 29, 2016
Starting early: Child oral health program triples preventive visits
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Communications Team
UCLA–First 5 LA initiative aims to improve California’s low rates of child dental services

An innovative program that serves low-income and uninsured children in Los Angeles, the UCLA–First 5 LA 21st Century Dental Homes Project, has more than tripled preventive dental visits for children from birth to age 5, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

June 29, 2016
Small mercies: Program for children with life-threatening conditions shows early success
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A child is desperately ill, and a family faces a stark choice: Should they try to save the child's life with therapeutic treatments, or ease the pain through hospice and other pain-relief services? 

This is the current dilemma of families seeking support through Medicaid to care for a child with a life-threatening condition. Under current law, Medicaid recipients are only granted full access to both therapeutic and palliative services in the last six months of a child's life.
August 29, 2012
Small mercies: Program for children with life-threatening conditions shows early success
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Communications Team

A child is desperately ill, and a family faces a stark choice: Should they try to save the child's life with therapeutic treatments, or ease the pain through hospice and other pain-relief services? 

This is the current dilemma of families seeking support through Medicaid to care for a child with a life-threatening condition. Under current law, Medicaid recipients are only granted full access to both therapeutic and palliative services in the last six months of a child's life.
August 29, 2012
Chronic health conditions hit native elders early
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New Report on Native Elder Health Finds Asthma, Diabetes, Obesity Prevalent in Native Elders Years Before General Population

Native elders are aging earlier than other elderly groups, according to a new Center report that provides the first comprehensive information on American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) elder health in California. 
Using the 2005 and 2007
June 30, 2010
Chronic health conditions hit native elders early
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New Report on Native Elder Health Finds Asthma, Diabetes, Obesity Prevalent in Native Elders Years Before General Population

Native elders are aging earlier than other elderly groups, according to a new Center report that provides the first comprehensive information on American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) elder health in California. 
Using the 2005 and 2007
June 30, 2010