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One-quarter of low-income immigrants in California have avoided public programs due to fear of jeopardizing immigration status
March 01, 2021
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One-quarter of low-income immigrants in California have avoided public programs due to fear of jeopardizing immigration status
March 01, 2021
how-public-health-research-can-shape-inclusive-immigration-policies
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In this Q&A, Steven P. Wallace, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and his colleague Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, a faculty associate at the center and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, shared their recommendations to promote inclusive policies influenced by the public health mission to ensure the health and well-being of all people.
February 23, 2021
how-public-health-research-can-shape-inclusive-immigration-policies
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In this Q&A, Steven P. Wallace, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and his colleague Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, a faculty associate at the center and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, shared their recommendations to promote inclusive policies influenced by the public health mission to ensure the health and well-being of all people.
February 23, 2021
UCLA researchers awarded $596,000 grant by national collaborative on gun violence research to address gaps in gun use and help improve policies
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Grant awarded to advance knowledge on gun violence related to firearm ownership, storage practices 
August 06, 2020
UCLA researchers awarded $596,000 grant by national collaborative on gun violence research to address gaps in gun use and help improve policies
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Grant awarded to advance knowledge on gun violence related to firearm ownership, storage practices 
August 06, 2020
UCLA study finds overwhelming support for smoke-free policies among L.A. tenants, landlords
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Exposure to secondhand smoke poses serious health risks to tenants in densely populated housing
May 18, 2020
UCLA study finds overwhelming support for smoke-free policies among L.A. tenants, landlords
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Exposure to secondhand smoke poses serious health risks to tenants in densely populated housing
May 18, 2020
Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens
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Granting more rights and protections to Latino noncitizens may help improve their access to health. Non-citizen Latinos living in states that have policies that include and protect them are more likely to have health insurance compared to those living in states that lack such policies, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
February 28, 2018
Inclusive state policies boost health insurance coverage for Latino noncitizens
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Granting more rights and protections to Latino noncitizens may help improve their access to health. Non-citizen Latinos living in states that have policies that include and protect them are more likely to have health insurance compared to those living in states that lack such policies, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
February 28, 2018
$2.5 million grant to study health impact of immigrants' experience with exclusionary policies
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research a $2.5 million grant to study in which ways state policies help Latino and Asian immigrants in California integrate into the health care system or ways policies prevent access to health care and contribute to immigrants' persistent inequities in health.
October 31, 2017
$2.5 million grant to study health impact of immigrants' experience with exclusionary policies
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research a $2.5 million grant to study in which ways state policies help Latino and Asian immigrants in California integrate into the health care system or ways policies prevent access to health care and contribute to immigrants' persistent inequities in health.
October 31, 2017
Save the Date! April 6 Smokefree Apartments Los Angeles initiative to reveal findings from new survey of landlords, tenants on no-smoking policies
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Event will launch LA smokefree apartments awareness campaign. ​The Center will release findings from a first-ever survey of both landlords and tenants at an event in South LA, as well as launch an exciting new media and advertising campaign to encourage the adoption of smokefree policies citywide.
March 10, 2016
Save the Date! April 6 Smokefree Apartments Los Angeles initiative to reveal findings from new survey of landlords, tenants on no-smoking policies
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Event will launch LA smokefree apartments awareness campaign. ​The Center will release findings from a first-ever survey of both landlords and tenants at an event in South LA, as well as launch an exciting new media and advertising campaign to encourage the adoption of smokefree policies citywide.
March 10, 2016
Most states’ policies put the health of undocumented immigrants — and their families — at risk
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Ohio rules create the greatest health risk for undocumented residents; California the fewest California scored the highest in a new ranking of U.S. states’ public policies and laws that support the health and well-being of undocumented immigrants.
April 02, 2015
Most states’ policies put the health of undocumented immigrants — and their families — at risk
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Ohio rules create the greatest health risk for undocumented residents; California the fewest California scored the highest in a new ranking of U.S. states’ public policies and laws that support the health and well-being of undocumented immigrants.
April 02, 2015