Why We Need a Student Volunteer Health Corps
A national student volunteer health corps, modeled on the U.S. Public Health Service Corps would bring needed preventive services into underserved communities.
Redefining the Process for Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery
With training in the mental health needs of vulnerable populations, non-traditional first responders such as parents, teachers and spiritual leaders can help shepherd communities through disasters to the support services that they need to heal, recover and thrive.
Education, Training & Volunteerism
We focus on how institutions of higher learning can apply their resources to improve the health system; train a more culturally competent and diverse health work force; and help build a nationwide infrastructure to support community health.
Community Health and Well-Being
The Center has a long history of working with and for community members to involve them in the earliest stages of research design and to train them to be valuable assets in the array of systems that safeguard health and well-being.
Suicide and Bullying: The Research is There but Why Isn't It Put to Use?
Policies in place at schools and other environments for teens should be based on available data on the needs of LGBT youth and communities.
Training Promotores as Navigators for Health Research
The BRITE Center and its community and academic partners are developing a research certificate program for community health workers.
Policy Impact Spotlight
Unequal Access Could Continue to Cost California's Same-Sex Couples Their Health and Money
The Obama administration has called for more equitable treatment of gay and lesbian couples, but without clear federal guidance on coverage expansions in health reform, employers' decisions may be driven by discriminatory state laws.
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Research Spotlight
School-Based Health Centers are an Untapped Resource for Addressing Disparities in Mental Health
Policymakers should invest greater resources in school-based mental health programs as a way to improve access to needed services for racial and ethnic minority adolescents.
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Welcome From the Director
Vickie M. Mays
PhD, MSPH
Professor, Clinical Psychology, UCLA
Professor, Health Services, UCLA SPH
Welcome to the Center's new website, a resource for students, community members, policymakers and the academic community.
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