News
CHILD LABOR: A June 12th Huffington Post article about international child labor legislation highlighted research by the UCLA World Policy Analysis Center in the Fielding School of Public Health, finding that as many as 83 countries permit hazardous work for children.
Skipping the First Step to End Child Labor?
NUTRITION: New York’s WSTM-Channel 3 reported June 12th and WTOP-Radio (Washington) reported May 28th on research by Dr. Lenard Lesser, a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, finding that adolescents who purchased Subway meals consumed nearly as many calories as they did at McDonald's despite the fact that Subway promotes itself as the “healthy” fast food restaurant.
Bad News for Subway Fans: UCLA Study Compares Calories
For young, Subway calories on par with McDonald's
PARKINSON’S DISEASE: A June 10th New America Media article about cultural health care barriers cited research from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a comprehensive study of the health and well-being of the state's residents conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health, finding that higher poverty and lower education levels among Latinos may intensify the impact of Parkinson’s Disease. Steven Wallace, professor and chair of community health sciences at the Fielding School, was quoted.
Health Care Barriers Hinder Parkinson's Care for Latinos
THREAT ASSESSMENT: The June 9th Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured an op-ed by Dr. Brennan Spiegel, associate professor-in-residence of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and professor of medicine, describing his interaction with an individual responsible for a recent mass shooting at a Pittsburgh psychiatric institute and recommending "crowd-sleuthing" as a way of collectively identifying potentially violent people.
The Next Page: 'Crowd-sleuthing' the next John Shick
LGBT Health: A June 5th Queerty article about ‘the myth of gay affluence’cited research from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a comprehensive study of the health and well-being of the state's residents conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health, showing that lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are more likely to be poor than heterosexual people.
STUDY: The “B” In LGBT Apparently Stands For “Broke”
NUTRITION: Reports in multiple media outlets nationwide May 30th - June 5th about the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among California children cited findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a comprehensive study of the health and well-being of the state's residents conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health, showing that minority children are more likely to replace sodas with 100 percent fruit juice.
Black and Latino Kids Drink More Sugary Juice Drinks
SUGARY DRINKS: Kids cut soda, but some having too much fruit juice
Kids Eat Fewer Sweets While Parents Struggle To Find Healthy Alternatives
Researchers Warn About Increasing Fruit Juice Consumption Amongst Minority Kids
Sugar is Sugar: Fruit Juice Just as Bad as Soda for Kids
Minority children drink more sugary fruit juice than their white peers
HEALTH REFORM: Articles in the Los Angeles Times June 2nd and California Healthline June 3rd about encouraging young adults to enroll in health insurance cited research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health which found that more than 2 million Californians ages 19 to 34 are uninsured.
Calif. Groups Push To Enroll Young Adults in ACA Coverage
Affordable Care Act's challenge: getting young adults enrolled
PREVENTIVE CARE: A May 30th KPCC 89.3FM story about patient-centered medical homes cited findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a comprehensive study of the health and well-being of the state's residents conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health. Additional coverage included articles in News Medical May 30th and California Healthline May 31st.
UCLA Report Links 'Medical Homes' With Preventive Care
Patients in 'medical homes' may be more likely to get regular preventive care
HEALTH CARE REFORM: A May 28th KCRW 89.9FM story, and May 22nd California Healthline and Mercury News articles about the implementation of the health insurance provision of the Affordable Care Act in California cited a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health estimating the number of residents who will remain uninsured after the provision goes into effect.
How Obamacare Could Change Medi-Cal For the Better (and Worse)
Keith Carson: State must protect local safety net in health care reform implementation
SODA TAX: An editorial in May 25th’s San Jose Mercury News criticizing proposed soda-tax legislation in the California Senate cited a 2009 study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health showing that the average California teenager consumes 39 pounds of sugar a year from soda consumption. The Daily Democrat published an additional article about the legislation May 29th.
Mercury News editorial: California soda tax concept falls flat
State's soda tax plan falls flat
Quotables
Nadereh Pourat, director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a California Healthline article June 10th about controversy surrounding a bill in the state legislature that disqualifies health reform job applicants with felony convictions.
Background Check Bill May Affect Exchange Deadline
Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in June 7th Reuters articles about the Affordable Care Act.
President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row
President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, professor of pediatrics and director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, was quoted May 28th on KPCC 89.3FM about AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s proposal to create a city-operated public health department.
LA City Council opposes creation of its own public health department
Dr. Beate Ritz, professor and chair of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted in a May 24th Huffington Post article about the dangers of inhaling pesticides when smoking marijuana.
Marijuana Pesticide Contamination Becomes Health Concern As Legalization Spreads
