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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types
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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds
The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations
Calvin Chang Ask the Expert

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Trust in government and healthcare workers decreases, influencing attitudes on vaccines
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January 11, 2022

Trust in government and healthcare workers decreases, influencing attitudes on vaccines

Trusting health advice from governments and health workers and feeling positively about vaccines are strongly associated with trust in institutions, according to a peer-reviewed study from UCLA researchers published in the August edition of the journal Health Affairs

Public money accounts for more than two-thirds of health care spending in California
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August 31, 2016

Public money accounts for more than two-thirds of health care spending in California

​Contrary to the notion that the country’s health care is primarily a privately funded system, 71 percent of health care expenditures in California are paid for with public funds, according to a new analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Not enough doctors for California's sick kids
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April 22, 2013

Not enough doctors for California's sick kids

​California faces a shortage of medical specialists for the state's estimated 1 million children with serious medical conditions. According to a new Center policy note and related April 25 webinar, although pediatric subspecialists who care for the sickest children require additional training, they are generally paid less than physicians who care for adults.