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Gun suicides: America's unseen public health crisis

Source:
The Hill
Date:
October 11, 2019
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, distinguished professor of health policy and management Dr. Jonathan Fielding addresses gun suicides. In 2017, 60 percent of the nearly 40,000 gun deaths in the United States were suicides.
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Everything You Need to Know About the Mysterious Vaping Lung Disease in the U.S.

Source:
Parade
Date:
October 10, 2019
Dr. Michael Ong, professor-in-residence of health policy and management, was quoted in a Parade magazine article about a possible vaping-related lung disease.
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Can Being an Immigrant Be Hazardous to Your Health?

Source:
U.S. News & World Report
Date:
October 9, 2019
Ninez Ponce, professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about factors, including moving to a new country, that can adversely affect one’s health.
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Fielding Fall Fest Recap

Date:
October 2, 2019
On September 24th, students, staff and alumni came together at Fielding Fall Fest to kick off the new academic year.
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CicLAvia Fast Facts

Date:
October 1, 2019
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, in collaboration with colleagues from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and RAND have worked since 2013 to collect and share data about CicLAvia events in Los Angeles communities.
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In a Statewide Disparity, More Latino Children Lack Health Insurance

Source:
California Health Report
Date:
September 11, 2019
Susan Babey, senior research scientist and co-director of the Chronic Disease Program at the Fielding School's Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in a California Health Report article about uninsured Latino children in California which featured a recent study conducted by the Center.
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Public health professor honored for work on health survey she helped create

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
September 9, 2019
Ninez Ponce, Fielding School professor and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the statewide health survey she helped launch were recognized with a Health Services Research Impact Award from AcademyHealth.
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Fielding School professor and former dean recognized as distinguished alum

Source:
UCLA Newsroom
Date:
September 9, 2019
Dr. Linda Rosenstock, professor and former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association.
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Social determinants of health — health care isn't just bugs and bacteria

Source:
The Hill
Date:
September 4, 2019
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, distinguished professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, co-authored an opinion piece published in The Hill about a new bill that would make grants available to states and communities to help people with housing, employment, and other non-medical factors that affect their health.
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Gay fathers receive less parental leave than other couples: study

Source:
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Date:
September 4, 2019
The Thomson Reuters Foundation covered a new study from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the Fielding School reporting that in many countries, gay couples receive less paid parental leave than other couples.
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