Assessing the Impact of SNAP-Ed Services on Health Behavior of Low-income Residents in Los Angeles CountyKatherine RolfsmeyerHealth Reform
L.I.F.E. (Low-Income Fare is Easy) The L.I.F.E. (Low-Income Fare is Easy) program provides transportation assistance to low-income individuals in Los Angeles County. Qualifying riders can save money on monthly bus passes from AVTA and other participating transit operators with L.I.F....
The Public Health Center Vaccine Survey (PHCVS) examines the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about seasonal influenza and H1N1 vaccinations in a largely low-income, urban, public health clinic population in Los Angeles County, USA. A cross-sectional survey of vulnerable individuals at risk for ...
Complete Care Community Health Center provides affordable low income health clinics, womens health clinics, HIV & STD testing, and more throughout Los Angeles county.
Some states have used their tax dollars to cover a portion of health care expenses for some low-income immigrants. California first extended health care benefits to low-income children without legal status in 2015 and later added the benefits for young adults and people over th...
We used data from the 2017 Los Angeles County WIC Survey, a survey of a random sample of all WIC participants living in Los Angeles County. Separate multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association of severe housing-cost burden (very difficult to pay for housing) ...
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Executive Management Committee Thursday will consider approving a 23-month pilot program to make L.A. Metro buses and trains free to students starting in August and all low-income riders starting in January. If approved by t...
low-income adult clientele of five public health centers in Los Angeles County (n = 1503). We constructed a negative binomial regression model to examine the association between perceived food environment and the number of fruits and vegetables consumed. For every one point increase on the perceive...
In addition, Figure 3 shows the areas in which low-income households were prevalent; only 25 of the 91 facilities (27.5%) in those hot spots offered integrated care. Figure 1 Map of SAT facilities and integrated care services, Los Angeles County, California. Full size image Figure 2 Map ...
More than 15,000 summer jobs are being offered to Los Angeles youths from low-income families as part of a $21-million federally funded program. The Summer Youth Employment and Training Program will have positions ranging from clerical to maintenance work in government offices, nonprofit agencies,...