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Nov 25, 2022 · Opinion. Op-Ed: South L.A. deserves better healthcare access. Fair Medi-Cal payments can help. An IV bag hangs near a portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the emergency department at ...
Dec 13, 2022 · In 2020, healthcare costs represented nearly 20% of the United States’ gross domestic product, a sharp rise from 2019 and more than four times higher than in 1960. COVID-19 helped fuel the rapid ...
Dec 12, 2013 · On Tuesday, the clinic kicked off its drive to create a Los Angeles wellness trust as it hosted the 4th annual South LA Health and Human Rights Convening. Mangia has led the clinic for the past 20 years as it grew from three to 300 staff members. It now provides care to 50,000 patients, who together make 150,000 clinic visits a year.
Addressing the health crisis in south Los Angeles The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare how little progress has been made to right the wrongs of South Los Angeles’ past. As the coronavirus spread, Black and Latino residents in South Los Angeles suffered disproportionately because of a lifelong and systemic lack of access to healthcare resources.
Mar 12, 2010 · The Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism . 734 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089. Phone: (213) 821-8824
Dec 15, 2008 · The South Los Angeles Health Equity Scorecard documents the inequities in South LA’s healthcare and physical resource environments and challenges city and county officials to take action on policy recommendations for a healthy community. The study calculated scores for 50 socioeconomic and environmental factors that influence health behaviors ...
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Coalition for Health & Justice (CHJ), founded in 2004 to address the growing healthcare crisis in South Los Angeles, is a coalition of diverse leadership throughout South Los Angeles working to ensure access to quality healthcare for underserved residents of South Los Angeles. This project was made possible with generous funding from
