Community residents, organizations, and elected officials are encouraged to attend an evening discussion on Thursday, October 6 to learn more about the health effects of air pollution.
Hosted by the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), this event will provide you with the opportunity to meet … [ Read full post ]
Education advocates are encouraged to participate in a free webinar on Sept. 27 hosted by The Advancement Project. The webinar will teach participants how to access children’s health data from HealthyCity.org’s website that can be used to engage funders, legislators and other stakeholders on important issue areas to include: physical fitness and school … [ Read full post ]
Family members or friends caring for aging or disabled individuals in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face even greater burdens, given recent cuts in state support for programs and services that support in-home care, write the authors of a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health … [ Read full post ]
Geoffrey J. Hoffman, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA School of Public Health, is lead author of a new policy brief on the stress and financial burden placed on the state’s informal caregivers. In this brief interview, he talks about who the typical caregiver is in California, why more don’t use state services and … [ Read full post ]
Join the UCLA School of Public Health on Sept. 21 from 6-8:30 p.m. for a free public forum on the challenges of health reform. The panel will feature health leaders such as Anthony D. Rodgers, Deputy Administrator and Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Strategic Planning, and Diana S. Dooley, Secretary, California … [ Read full post ]
Learn how to find and use data on children’s health and well-being at a Sept. 30 FREE workshop hosted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Health DATA Program and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, which supports the children’s health data website kidsdata.org. Lunch will be provided.
At this workshop, … [ Read full post ]
