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‘Hate is not felt equally’: study reveals who is more likely to experience hate acts

California Health Interview Survey data show which groups of Californians are among the most targeted
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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research receives grant to support data equity work

The $800,000 grant will help the Data Equity Center provide assistance to projects across the country.
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Ninez Ponce urges people to sign up for health insurance before the January deadline

The director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was a featured speaker at an event hosted by Covered California encouraging people to choose their plan before the enrollment deadline
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An ‘invisible disaster’: Aliso Canyon gas blowout is affecting residents’ long-term mental health

The study calls for inclusion of unseen but real health risks in understanding effects of disasters
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April 29, 2025

Regular child care remains out of reach for nearly half of young children in California

New report finds that Latinx and lower-income families are more likely to have difficulties accessing child care

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June 14, 2023

UCLA CHPR study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19

Economic stressors and child care shortages coincided with decreased parental involvement behaviors 

How to improve oral health care capacity at federally qualified health centers
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December 08, 2016

How to improve oral health care capacity at federally qualified health centers

UCLA experts make policy recommendations based on UCLA-First 5 LA program achievements. Despite efforts to increase dental visits at federally qualified health centers, only 21 percent of people who use those facilities received dental services in 2015, according to an article by UCLA researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and their colleagues.

Starting early: Child oral health program triples preventive visits
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June 29, 2016

Starting early: Child oral health program triples preventive visits

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.