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When It Comes To Doctor Access, The San Joaquin Valley Is Being Left Behind

The US could be short of at least 40,000 doctors by the year 2030. In particular, San Joaquin Valley is already being impacted. According to Janet Coffman, a professor of health policy at the Healthforce Center at UC San Francisco, the problem is particularly pronounced here. “The San Joaquin...

A look at the Tobacco Industry's marketing of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Products

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is recommended for tobacco cessation on the basis of pharmaceutical industry research showing its effectiveness when combined with counseling. The tobacco industry opposed NRT when it first appeared in the 1980s but by 2016 was marketing its own NRT products.

Report Predicts a Deficit of 4,700 Clinicians by 2025

This second report in a series of three Healthforce Center reports on primary care in California, unveils projections of a statewide primary care clinician shortfall in the next 15 years, with the most severe shortages in the Central Valley, Central Coast and Southern Border areas. Key Findings

Examining the evidence linking factors in early adulthood to subsequent cancer risk

The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer each year.

Do School-Based Programs Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents

We systematically reviewed the literature to assess the effectiveness of school-based programs to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) among adolescents in the USA. We searched six databases including PubMed for studies published through May 2017. Eligible studies included...

Setting the Stage: Advancing a Cancer Prevention Agenda for Young Adults

The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer each year. In a special supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a noted group of experts examines the evidence linking factors in early adulthood (18 to 44 years of age) to...

Water Access in the USA: Health Disparities Abound and Solutions Are Urgently Needed

The tragedy in Flint, Michigan, riveted the public health community to the problem of water access, highlighting its pernicious influence on low-income, minority families. In the United States, nearly one in two adults and one in four children do not drink tap water on a given day, with even more...

Trumpcare: Is It The Right Treatment For What Ails The American Health-Care System?

All health-care systems must strike a delicate balance between cost, quality and access. Though Obamacare focused largely on increasing access to coverage and spreading the cost of illness across the entire population, Trumpcare tips the balance largely in favor of reducing federal spending, at the...

Physician Participation in Medi-Cal: Is Supply Meeting Demand?

Enrollment in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, surged with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), from 8.6 million in September 2013 to 13.4 million three years later. Medi-Cal now covers nearly one in three Californians. These Medi-Cal enrollees benefit from no- or low-cost...

Travel Ban Highlights Importance of Immigrant Physicians to California Health Care

Travel Ban Highlights Importance of Immigrant Physicians to California Health Care