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Health Insurance and Coverage Programs Health Care Delivery Systems Health Care Financing Health Status and Issues Death Rates Maternal and Child Health Communicable Diseases Chronic Conditions Health Behaviors Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities Governance	Chronic Conditions Chronic diseases present numerous difficulties and challenges to individuals and health care systems. Death rates from these conditions often do not reveal their influence on disease burden. People are living longer with chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which results in an increased need for medical care and disease management programs. Significant health disparities exist within L.A. County. SPAs that fare far worse on several key chronic disease indicators include SPA 4 (Metro), SPA 6 (South L.A.) and SPA 7 (East L.A.). Publications and Documents Jun 01 2005 Gail Harrison, George Manalo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, Y. Jenny Chia, John Kurata, November McGarvey and Matt Sharp , UCLA Center for Health Policy Research More Than 2.9 Million Californians Now Food Insecure May 01 2005 Dr. Darryl Leong, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles The Power of Partnership: Solutions Created and Lessons Learned by the PPP Program Apr 30 2005 David Chenoweth, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section and California Center for Physical Activity, California Department of Health Services (DHS) The Economic Costs of Physical Activity, Obesity, and Overweight in Callifornia Adults Apr 13 2005 Michael Rodriguez, Marlena Kane, Lupe Alonzo-Diaz and George Flores, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California One out of Three Latino Adolescents Overweight or At Risk Apr 05 2005 Carolyn Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar and Steven Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Too Many California Adults Are Tipping the Scales at an Unhealthy Weight Apr 01 2005 Susan H. Babey, Allison Diamant, E. Richard Brown and Theresa Hastert , UCLA Center for Health Policy Research California Adolescents Increasingly Inactive Mar 01 2005 Claire Brindis, Elizabeth Ozer, Sally Adams, Jane Park, Nicole Lordi, Elaine Zahnd and Sue Holtby, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Health Profile of California's Adolescents: Findings from the 2001 CHIS Feb 22 2005 Mona Jhawar, Carolyn Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying Ying Meng and Steven Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Diabetes Prevalence Rates among Adults Across California Legislative Districts Jan 04 2005 Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar and Steven Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Health Status of the Uninsured: Opportunities for Improvement Nov 01 2004 Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, and Steven P. Wallace, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Over Four Million California Adults Age 45 and Older Have High Blood Pressure Page 19 of 23 pages « First < 17 18 19 20 21 > Last »	Search the Library Advanced Search RSS Subscribe to Chronic Conditions

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