Center for Health Advancement

04/26/2019

Every day, measles gathers momentum.

03/19/2019

https://ph.ucla.edu/news/news-item/2019/mar/paying-price-researchers-say-health-care-waste-worse-reported?fbclid=IwAR0rgO6d3JEfiaFbArnKIzi3YcKnMN-hHdu0KB-g79swKXVyDfEP22Im4fY

Simpler, cheaper 'upstream prevention' — such as installing AC or paying for a taxi ride to the doctor — could save taxpayersIn 2017, health care spending in the United States grew to $3.5 trillion, or nearly 18 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. But not all of this spending actu...

03/12/2019

Federal lawmakers have a responsibility to protect our children’s health.

03/01/2019

Dr. Jonathan Fielding, Dr. Steve Teutsch and Vanessa Lam from ’s Center for Health Advancement authored a blog post for Health Affairs about the anti-vaccination movement: http://bit.ly/2NB3qHM

02/07/2019

Center for Health Advancement Co-Director Dr. Fred Zimmerman was recently named president-elect of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science - IAPHS. Read more about him and the Center's work here!

We're honored to have the Center for Health Advancement at the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health as an institutional member. Find out more about their work.

10/31/2018

Wednesday, Nov. 7, 12pm - 1pm

Join the FSPH Community Meet & Greet, sponsored by the FSPH Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the FSPH Public Health Student Association.

Don’t forget to wear/bring your t-shirt or FSPH sweatshirt—there will be a school-wide group photo taken with Dr. Fielding! RSVP: bit.do/fsph-meet-greet

10/31/2018

New models of programs to improve maternal and infant health are up on our website!

09/11/2018

New to the website! The health and education impact of a universal preschool program in Pasadena, CA. See the results here:

Results Overview

08/23/2018

https://www.livestories.com/blog/case-study-win-win-project
Read about our work with data visualization exerts, LiveStories

See how UCLA’s Win-Win Project communicates their findings with a broad audience, in record time.

07/26/2018

"The public is really misinformed about this issue," she said. "They think it's homicide. But 60 to 80 percent of gun deaths are su***des, depending on what state you're in. So we have to start raising awareness about this."
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The overwhelming majority of gun deaths in America don't involve bad guys with guns — they're caused by people deliberately harming themselves. The U.S. experiences more than 60 gun su***des daily.

07/19/2018

http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/395273-chickenpox-shows-how-unprepared-we-are-at-the-border
The Hill

Victorville puts into stark relief our government’s responsibility toward those whom they detain or deport and all those with whom they interact.

07/19/2018

Are you interested in improving high school graduation rates? We added three graduation-boosting programs to our website: dual enrollment, school-based health centers and high school mentoring. Click to see their impact and ROI: