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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

Ask the Expert

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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January 17, 2025

Mark A. Peterson on how California health programs could change with second Trump administration

In a conversation moderated by “Forum” co-host Alexis Madrigal, Peterson provided insights into the what’s motivating the Republican ideas, past attempts to revamp health care, and what’s at stake this year

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October 03, 2024

Health inequities abound in California, according to newest California Health Interview Survey

Trends in housing discrimination, health care access among topics in the nation’s largest state health survey

Fourth Annual UCLA Health Equity Challenge which offers up to $50,000 for each community organization to implement your idea. Open to all UCLA graduate students.

October 01, 2024

UCLA Health Equity Challenge provides funding to support student-driven solutions to health inequities

Up to $200,000 will be awarded to community organizations to implement student projects

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

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

California's Whole Person Care

February 08, 2023

California’s Whole Person Care improved health care for high-risk Medi-Cal patients

UCLA study shows California’s Whole Person Care pilot program, launched in 2016 to address the multiple health needs of some of the state’s highest-risk Medi-Cal patients, helped improve coordination of care and reduced Medi-Cal costs.

2022 APHA

November 04, 2022

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research represented at 2022 APHA conference

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) will be at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo on November 5–9 in Boston

Grad Competition

January 13, 2022

New UCLA graduate student competition invites ideas to improve health equity in California

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is leading the Health Equity Challenge, in collaboration with The MolinaCares Accord.

Q&A

September 01, 2021

Three Questions with Corrina Moucheraud on Global Health

Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH, a global health policy, systems, and services researcher, has been named an associate center director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR).

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February 23, 2021

How public health research can shape inclusive immigration policies

In this Q&A, Steven P. Wallace, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and his colleague Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, a faculty associate at the center and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, shared their recommendations to promote inclusive policies influenced by the public health mission to ensure the health and well-being of all people.

Q&A

October 24, 2019

Three Questions with AJ Scheitler on Breast Cancer

AJ Scheitler is the Center coordinator of stakeholder relations and lead author of new findings on three main types of barriers women with breast cancer face in California. In this brief interview, Scheitler discusses a pending state bill on breast cancer care time limits, barriers to accessing care, and gaps in awareness of patient rights.