OVER THE COURSE OF A UCLA Fielding School of Public Health career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Gerald F.
In its six-plus decades, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has graduated more than 11,600 students. These FSPH alums currently live or work in 71 countries, using their degrees to build healthier futures in communities around the world. UCLA Fielding has inducted 80 of these individuals into the school’s Hall of Fame.
WHAT STEPS CAN CALIFORNIA policymakers and healthcare leaders take today to enhance the prospects for all of the state’s residents to enjoy good health into the next century? One of the most important is to broaden the definition of health to encompass much more than the healthcare system, says Dr.
Updated COVID-19 vaccines were released earlier this month by the CDC, but will California adults be flocking to their local pharmacies? Not all of them, according to data released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Nearly one-third — or 29% — of California adults surveyed in June 2023 said they would not get additional COVID-19 vaccine doses if recommended by public health guidelines.
High rates of food insecurity, hate incidents, and difficulties accessing health care were all at the forefront of issues that plagued Californians in 2022, according to the annual California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data released today by FSPH's
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Linh Chuong
PhD Candidate, Health Policy and Management
More than half — or 55% — of California adults said they have received a positive COVID-19 test result: 46% used only a self-test kit, 27% received their positive result from both a self-test kit and testing site, and 26% from a clinic, hospital, lab or other test, according to May 2023 data released today by the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
While self-test kits have made it faster and more convenient to test for COVID-19, the results are not reported to health care providers or local public health departments, making case rates impossible to track.
Sarah Stigers, MPH student in the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Lauren Morales, MPH student in the Departm