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Paid Leave: Good for Health, Good for Business

Source:
Medscape
Date:
April 17, 2018
A Medscape article featured a new report led by Dr. Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and founding director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center, that concludes that paid medical and family leave is crucial to national health and has economic benefits.
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Peer Navigation Helps Released Inmates Maintain HIV Suppression

Source:
MD Magazine
Date:
April 16, 2018
MD Magazine featured research by William Cunningham, a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and faculty associate at the Fieldling School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about a program that used health care navigators to help HIV-positive inmates maintain control of the disease after release from incarceration.
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Xenophobic prejudice doesn’t just affect immigrants—it harms U.S.-born people of color too

Source:
Pacific Standard
Date:
April 16, 2018
A Pacific Standard article featured a new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health that reports that anti-immigrant prejudice is associated with higher mortality rates among non-white American citizens
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Tired of Salad? New Ways to Eat Leafy Greens

Source:
Consumer Reports
Date:
April 6, 2018
Dana Hunnes, adjunct assistant professor within the department of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, was quoted by Consumer Reports in an article about how to incorporate more leafy greens into your diet.
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"We can take care of children by taking care of their teeth"

Source:
The Hill
Date:
April 5, 2018
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, professor-in-residence in FSPH's Department of Health Policy and Management, wrote an op-ed published April 5 by The Hill discussing the importance of providing preventative dental care to America's children in the face of a national tooth decay epidemic.
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Coalition Pursuing Package of Laws to Expand Health Care Access, Reduce Cost

Source:
California Health Report
Date:
April 2, 2018
Gerald Kominski, professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and director of the Fielding School's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted by California Health Report in a story about a group of bills that would expand health coverage and reduce health costs in the state.
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The FDA Wants to Limit the Amount of Nicotine in Cigarettes, but Would That Actually Lower Addiction Rates?

Source:
Self Magazine
Date:
March 28, 2018
Self Magazine on Mar. 27 quoted William J. McCarthy, adjunct professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, in an article about the FDA’s proposal to limit the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.
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Here's How The Great Recession Impacted Your Health

Source:
CNN
Date:
March 14, 2018
A new study led by Dr. Teresa Seeman of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA reveals how high unemployment and stagnant wages during the the Great Recession negatively affected health nationwide.
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Long Term Exposure to Green Spaces Affects Children’s Cognitive Development

Source:
KCET
Date:
March 13, 2018
School aged children who have long term exposure to green space are less distracted and experience improved memory, according a recently published study co-authored by UCLA FSPH professor and chair of environmental health sciences, Dr. Michael Jerrett.
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Global Obesity Battle: What You Eat and How You Think

Source:
Voice of America
Date:
March 12, 2018
The problem of obesity worldwide has tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organization. This is not just a problem in high-income countries such as the United States. There is a growing number of people who are overweight and obese in low- and middle-income countries. Being overweight has been connected to more deaths globally than being underweight.
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