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Location, location, location
How geography acts as a structural determinant of health
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Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic
UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma
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Grant supports research on extreme risk of alcohol abuse among Pacific Islander young adults
To address the crisis, UC Riverside-led team will design a culturally tailored group-based intervention
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Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children
UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health
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A shot in the arm
UC Riverside experts answer questions on Americans needing just one COVID-19 booster vaccine each year
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Monkeypox explained
UC Riverside experts discuss disease symptoms, vaccines, and anxiety management
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Marginalized communities of color face high COVID-19 risk
UC Riverside study focused on farm-working communities in California’s Eastern Coachella Valley
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Should we be double masking?
UC Riverside epidemiologist answers this and other questions in Q&A
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Are people living with HIV more isolated during the pandemic?
A UC Riverside-led study, funded by Merck, is set to find out
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School of Medicine faculty receive grants to study opioid use and COVID-19 testing
Andrew Subica and Ann Cheney will focus their research on marginalized U.S. populations
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Mobile clinics can help address health care needs of Latino farmworkers
A University of California, Riverside, study that sought to determine barriers to health care among Spanish-speaking Latino farmworkers in rural communities has devised an innovative health care service delivery model that addresses many challenges these communities face. The researchers, led by Ann Cheney, a medical anthropologist and assistant professor in...