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March 8, 2021
UCLA-led study reveals ‘hidden costs’ of being black in the U.S.

Research led by UCLA Fielding School professors Dr. Vickie Mays and Dr. Susan Cochran found Black men face near-daily discrimination despite financial and educational success.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Read Full Article
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March 1, 2021
How immigration policies can harm health: Study sheds light on ‘public charge’ rule

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases new data on the impact of the “public charge” rule that made it harder for immigrants on public assistance to obtain legal residency.

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February 10, 2021
AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition releases new data and vulnerability indices to assist with COVID-19

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases new data to assist with COVID-19.

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February 3, 2021
UCLA releases COVID-19 data for Asian and Pacific Islander groups

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, releases data on specific questions on hate incidents, views on governments’ handling of the pandemic and financial challenges.

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January 28, 2021
UCLA Fielding School researchers find COVID-19 punishes Latinos for hard work and larger families

Dr. David Hayes-Bautista and Dr. Paul Hsu, both with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, have found that Latino Californians have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic because of their employment and familial patterns.

Source: UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture Read Full Article
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January 27, 2021
UCLA finds nearly half of California adolescents report mental health difficulties

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, finds rates are higher among poor, multiracial, female, gender-nonconforming and foreign-born young people.

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Preliminary Summative Evaluation of California’s Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program
January 26, 2021
Preliminary summative evaluation of California’s public hospital redesign and incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Jack Needleman, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Nadereh Pourat, professor of health policy and management, co-authored a research report evaluating California's Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) program.

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January 21, 2021
New edition of Fielding School scholar’s landmark work on U.S. healthcare published

A revised second edition of “United States: Health System Review,” co-authored by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor Thomas Rice and published by the WHO, is now available from the University of Toronto Press as "Health Systems in Transition: USA."

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January 21, 2021
UCLA research suggests COVID-19-related evictions will put Californians’ healthcare at risk

The team, made up of researchers from across UCLA and Cedars-Sinai, including Frederick Zimmerman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found those who move, even if voluntarily, face reduced access to prescribed drugs and medical services.

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January 19, 2021
Assessing vulnerability indicators and race/ethnicity

The UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, led by Professor Paul M. Ong, and supported by UCLA Fielding School professors Vickie Mays and Ninez Ponce and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey, has published a study assessing four vulnerability indicators being used by public agencies to select the most COVID-19 vulnerable neighborhoods for interventions.

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January 16, 2021
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers say mask mandates could add $1 trillion to the U.S. GDP

The team, including UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professors Anne Rimoin and Christina Ramirez, found that near-universal adoption of nonmedical masks in public, combined with complementary public health measures, could successfully eliminate spread of the infection.

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Researchers Awarded Grant to Study COVID-19 Among NHPI
January 15, 2021
Fielding School researchers awarded grant to study COVID-19 among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

Ninez Ponce, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management and director of the Fielding School’s UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, has received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to produce data on COVID-19 among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

Source: UCLA Newsroom Read Full Article