29 results match your criteria: "AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.[Affiliation]"
RE-AIM analysis of a community-partnered policy, systems, and environment approach to increasing consumption of healthy foods in schools serving low-income populations.
Transl Behav Med
October 2019
AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, AltaMed Health Services Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Prevalences of childhood overweight and obesity represent major public health concerns. School-based policy strategies represent one approach to increasing access to healthy foods; however, overall health impact of such initiatives is often overlooked. We undertook program evaluation of a school wellness policy focused approach in low-income, multiracial communities in southeast Los Angeles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExploring Community Integration Among Formerly Homeless Veterans in Project-Based Versus Tenant-Based Supportive Housing.
Community Ment Health J
February 2020
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Community integration-an individual's embeddedness in his/her community-impacts mental and physical health. This study aimed to understand factors affecting community integration among Veterans in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with HUD-VASH staff (n = 14) and persons residing in project-based (n = 9) and tenant-based (n = 9) housing at VA Greater Los Angeles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) Protections and Medical Education in the U.S.
J Immigr Minor Health
April 2020
Program in Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
The termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy poses unique challenges for medical education and healthcare. A survey on DACA was administered online using Qualtrics Software System to 121 unique U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors Associated With Leisure Time Physical Activity Among Schoolchildren in a Predominantly Latino Community.
J Sch Health
June 2019
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck Medicine of University of Southern California, and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Affiliated Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
Background: School initiatives aimed at increasing physical activity (PA) may improve the health of children in low-income communities.
Methods: Assessors completed 5909 observations of students' PA during leisure periods using a validated instrument in 19 schools in low-income Latino communities. We examined relationships between school environment factors (eg, presence of playground equipment) and levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).