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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
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January 31, 2024

3 strategies to break down barriers to breastfeeding and lower women’s risk of breast cancer

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report recommends changes to laws and a more diverse lactation consultant workforce

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April 28, 2021

Breaking down barriers to care for metastatic breast cancer patients

UCLA team recommends state-level policy changes to improve health insurance coverage, participation in clinical trials and access to palliative care

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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.

How California can break down barriers to breast cancer treatment
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March 19, 2018

How California can break down barriers to breast cancer treatment

UCLA fact sheets recommend changes to help patients and survivors – particularly low-income women – who face serious obstacles to care More than 29,000 women in California will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. Many of them — especially low-income women, who suffer the worst survival rates — will face economic, emotional and structural obstacles to getting treatment and follow-up care.

UCLA report on roadblocks to breast cancer care prompts legislative briefing in California
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January 12, 2017

UCLA report on roadblocks to breast cancer care prompts legislative briefing in California

California State Senate will discuss barriers and possible solutions Jan. 12 In 2016, more than 26,700 California women were diagnosed with breast cancer, and an estimated 4,000 died from the disease. For women with breast cancer, the path from diagnosis to treatment to continued care is riddled with obstacles, according to a new analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

January 12 legislative briefing on barriers to breast cancer care in California
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January 05, 2017

January 12 legislative briefing on barriers to breast cancer care in California

'Breaking the Barriers to Breast Cancer Care: Exploring Policy Options''. ​One in eight women will develop breast cancer. Yet from narrow provider networks to cultural and linguistic obstacles, serious barriers exist for women seeking breast cancer treatment in California.