The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will host two informational webinars on Medi-Cal dental member support services in September. The same webinar will be held on both dates and will include information on Medi-Cal dental services care coordination, case management, complaint processes, language assistance, personal health information requests, and the use of authorized representatives….
Read More »The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) Center for Health Impact Evaluation will host a live webinar on the “Health Equity Implications of Cannabis Regulation in Los Angeles County” on Thursday, September 12 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. LACDPH recently completed the health impact assessment at the request of the Los Angeles…
Read More »Public Health Advocates will host its fall conference “Rooted in Community: Moving from Trauma to Healing” on November 20 and 21 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach. The conference will include topics such as critical lessons in equity, the role of social support in individual and community healing, redesigning organizational culture, trauma-informed education, and climate…
Read More »As a friendly reminder, registration for the 2019 CHEAC Annual Meeting will close in just over one week on September 1. This year’s annual meeting will be held from October 9 – October 11 at the Westin Pasadena and will provide local health department professionals representing a wide variety of disciplines throughout California with networking…
Read More »The California Legislature this week continued a steady pace of bill negotiations, committee hearings, and floor deliberations as it nears the end of the first year of the 2019-20 Legislative Session. Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees face a deadline next Friday, August 30 to hear and report all measures to their respective house floors. As…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom, joined by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and California Volunteers, on Tuesday officially launched Listos (Ready) California, the new statewide emergency preparedness campaign aimed at building resiliency in vulnerable communities at high risk for wildfire and other disasters. The campaign is an effort to boost disaster preparedness by engage a…
Read More »On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of John Connolly as the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health. Connolly has been the director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Division at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) since 2018. He has also served as…
Read More »Citing recent changes to rules governing the federal Title X family planning program, Planned Parenthood this week announced its nationwide exit from the program. Recall, the Trump Administration in March set forth a final rule that prohibits Title X from referring patients to certain reproductive health services and further specifies that clinics that refer patients…
Read More »Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a series of resources on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, targeted at a variety of audiences, including public health practitioners, local health departments, and communities. The CDC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Program has made the following resources available: What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a report examining“The Real Cost” campaign and its impact on youth tobacco use. “The Real Cost” campaign launched in 2014 to educate at-risk teens about the harmful effect of cigarette smoking and other tobacco products. In a new study published in the American Journal of…
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