UC Riverside’s Center for Community Solutions will survey 1,000 adults in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to inform strategies to improve life in the Inland Empire, thanks to a grant from the IEHP Foundation, an Inland Empire health advocacy nonprofit. Residents will be asked about their experiences with nutrition, housing...

Stigma-linked social distance discourages care, while a sense of “mattering” may encourage treatment

Research explores vaping prevention and tobacco-cannabis use

Project evaluates California’s Medicaid reimbursement for traditional healing

A UC Riverside public health expert reflects on contracting the illness in 2018.

Research examines air quality and respiratory health among children

While online research is a useful way to reach people who may not take part in in-person studies, researchers are increasingly concerned that fake, automated, and duplicate survey responses can reduce data quality and compromise findings. A study led by researchers at UC Riverside, the University of Connecticut, Brown University...

Pilot study links culturally adapted intervention to healthier eating and increased physical activity

California Medicine Scholars Program is key to closing a 4,000-physician primary care gap by 2030

UCR-led study found the Spanish-language program improves health habits in rural communities

STOP COVID-19 CA showed how researchers and communities can work together to tackle health disparities

UC Riverside-led study offers a framework for involving non-maternal caregivers in public health initiatives

How geography acts as a structural determinant of health

UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma

To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention

UC Riverside-led research shows how deportation acts as a social determinant of health

UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV during the pandemic

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study

Deborah Deas and Mario Sims are recognized for their contributions to advancing public health