Center for Health Advancement

In the vaccine fight, measles is winning Every day, measles gathers momentum.

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

Paying the price: Researchers say health care waste is worse than reported | Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health 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...

Opinion | States are failing on vaccinations. The federal government must lead. Federal lawmakers have a responsibility to protect our children’s health.

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

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!

Institutional Member Highlight: UCLA's Center for Health Advancement - IAPHS - Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science 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.

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

New models of programs to improve maternal and infant health are up on our website! https://winwin.uclacha.org/

The Win-Win Project – UCLA Center for Health Advancement

New to the website! The health and education impact of a universal preschool program in Pasadena, CA. See the results here: https://insight.livestories.com/s/v2/universal-pre-k---pasadena/17ab5392-329b-4f58-ac89-495185300aa6/

Universal Pre-K - Pasadena Results Overview

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

Telling a Story Around Policy Outcomes, Quickly and Efficiently See how UCLA’s Win-Win Project communicates their findings with a broad audience, in record time.

"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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https://www.npr.org/2018/07/26/632013424/sharp-increase-in-gun-su***des-signals-growing-public-health-crisis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180726

Sharp Increase In Gun Suicides Signals Growing Public Health Crisis 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.

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

Chickenpox shows how unprepared we are at the border Victorville puts into stark relief our government’s responsibility toward those whom they detain or deport and all those with whom they interact.

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: http://winwin.uclacha.org/

The Win-Win Project – UCLA Center for Health Advancement

http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/387531-treat-owning-and-using-a-gun-like-owning-and-using-a-car
The Hill

Treat owning and using a gun like owning and using a car You cannot start a car without keys: You should not be able to fire a gun without first unlocking it from a secure state.

Action on the social determinants of health can be bolstered by providing flexible and sustained funding, by better meeting the research needs of public health departments, and by presenting research in a way that promotes cross-sector collaboration.

Read more in this editorial from Drs. Zimmerman and Narain!

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304430

Thank you to UC Center Sacramento yesterday for hosting CHA Co-Director Dr. Zimmerman. He presented 3 programs, school-based health centers, dual enrollment and school-based mentoring, to compare the impact on high school graduation and the return on investment for L.A. County. Results will be shared on our website soon!

Read CHA Director Dr. Fielding's recent article on US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2018-02-20/get-serious-about-a-universal-flu-vaccine

Tame the Flu It's time to get serious about a universal flu vaccine.

Center for Health Advancement Co-Director Dr. Jonathan Fielding writes, "an ounce of good relationship may be worth a pound of cure."
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2018-01-30/capitol-hills-bad-work-relationships-are-bad-for-health

Good Relationships Are Good for Our Health Capitol Hill's miserable work environment holds a lesson for our own health and well-being.

Accelerating Progress to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities Despite progress in recent decades, more than 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities occur each year in the U.S. To address this persistent problem, stak...

Have you checked out the Win-Win Project website lately? We unlocked the results to many of our modeled interventions. Find out the benefits of universal preschool in San Diego, an obesity prevention program in Los Angeles and many more!

http://winwin.uclacha.org/

The Win-Win Project – UCLA Center for Health Advancement The Win-Win project is a long-term initiative of the Center for Health Advancement at the Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA. It provides good science that drives real-world policy change by showing the education, crime and health impact to populations and value to governments of policies, syste...

Read "Getting to Average Life Expectancy: It Takes Commitment" from our Center's Dr. Teutsch, published in the American Journal of Public Health next month.

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304190

The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA) publications American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

"Team Trump endangers everyone by scrapping seniors' right to litigate nursing home abuse"
Read CHA Director Dr. Fielding's recent piece in US News & World Report.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-09-21/team-trump-is-leaving-the-elderly-vulnerable-to-nursing-home-abuses

Protect the Elderly, Protect Yourself Team Trump endangers everyone by scrapping seniors' right to litigate nursing home abuse.

NY Times reports drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, but some question whether insurers have played a role by limiting access to medications with a lower risk of addiction or dependence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/17/health/opioid-painkillers-insurance-companies.html?action=click&emc=edit_nn_20170918&module=Top+Stories&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=76231908&pgtype=Homepage&te=1&_r=0

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers Drug companies and doctors have been accused of fueling the opioid crisis, but some question whether insurers have played a role, too.

Read on for CHA Co-Director Dr. Fielding's latest opinion piece in US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-08-22/live-healthy-now-to-reduce-your-risk-of-dementia-later

Stay Healthy to Prevent Dementia Recent research suggests exercise, a healthy diet and good sleep are key to reducing the risk of dementia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/houston-contaminated-floodwaters.html?emc=edit_nn_20170831&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=76231908&te=1&_r=0

A Sea of Health and Environmental Hazards in Houston’s Floodwaters Overflowing sewers, runoff from chemical plants and seepage from toxic waste sites have created a hazardous stew in the waters covering much of Houston.

Register now for 'Improving Population Health:
Now, Across People’s Lives and Across Generations to Come', the 3rd annual interdisciplinary population health research conference that will bring scholars and practitioners from different disciplinary backgrounds together to share and discuss the science, practice and policy of population health. This conference is sponsored by CHA funding agency Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

http://www.cvent.com/events/2017-improving-population-health-conference/event-summary-e484ce04837d43e49714dc457bb2c327.aspx?i=de06887f-6965-446f-95b3-bedaec734174

2017 Population Health

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-06-15/donald-trumps-budget-undercuts-his-pledge-to-end-the-opioid-crisis

Click below for Dr. Fielding's most recent opinion piece in U.S. News & World Report.

Time for Action on Opioids The president's budget takes several significant steps back in the fight against opioids.

Check out this great IAPHS blog post!

How to Talk About Population Health Elsewhere on the Blog you can find a definition of population health. A useful starting place, for sure, but no place you’d care to end up. Population health is one of the concepts that acquires its meaning as much from how we talk about it as what we

A helpful article from one of our funding agencies, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
http://www.policiesforaction.org/blog/turning-research-into-action-a-dialogue-decision-makers-part-one?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Policies%20for%20Action&utm_content=P4A+-+May+2017

Turning research into action: A dialogue with decision-makers (PART ONE) | Policies for Action Multivariate analysis. Face validity. Sampling bias. For researchers, these are everyday terms. For policymakers, advocates, and other stakeholders, they might as well be ancient Sumerian.