Health Equity & Social Justice

Several San Francisco city departments have seen challenges as they implement sexual orientation and gender identity, or SOGI, q

SF LGBT data collection a work in progress

Matthew S. Bajko is a recipient of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2017 California Fellowship.

Environmental Health, Housing and Homeslessness

Mai Yang, a Hmong refugee who’s father was killed fighting for the CIA’s “Secret Army,” sits remembering those days in her home

The war inside

Health workers and a younger generation help Hmong elders overcome a devastating past in one Northern California community.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Community Safety

What mental health resources exist for children of color in Texas?

in 2017, the rate of suicide attempts for Hispanic teens in Texas was 11.4 percent, compared with 8.2 percent nationally, according to data from the CDC.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health

Naloxone kit. (Photo: James Heilman, MD)

Can harm reduction roll back an epidemic of drug-related deaths and disease?

The practice of harm reduction seeks not to shame people who use drugs into giving them up, but simply to provide them with the tools to improve their health.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

Dr. Michelle Bholat talks with students in the UCLA International Medical Graduate Program. (Photo credit: UCLA Health)

Reporting on the doctor shortage in California’s Inland Empire

As California faces a statewide shortage of physicians, there’s one area that will be hit especially hard: the large collection of cities, suburbs and rural areas that make up Southern California’s Inland Empire.

Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Aging

Are publicly funded school lunches contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic?

Obesity is a major problem in Merced County, especially for children. So why is the local school district’s menu full of unhealthy items such as hot dogs and breakfast pizza?

Poverty and Class, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

We placed a sensor inside the home of Cristina Sanchez (L) and her husband Felino Chanax (next to L), in Maywood, in southeast L

How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

Caption: Three dental chairs keep busy with patients inside a specially equipped recreational vehicle operated by the Tzu Chi Me

In one California county, thousands still live without health care

In underserved areas such as California's San Joaquin County, access to care can be difficult at best.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Peer volunteer Jamie and program coordinator Jessica Smith at the Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction.

Drug users fight for acceptance in California’s deep north

Judith Lewis Mernit’s reporting on harm reduction in rural California was supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 Impact Fund.

Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

A look at Californians’ uneven access to the gold-standard opioid addiction treatment

A look at Californians’ uneven access to the gold-standard treatment for opioid addiction

Why don't some addiction treatment centers in California offer medication-assisted treatment or MAT?

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Health Equity & Social Justice

SF LGBT data collection a work in progress

The war inside

What mental health resources exist for children of color in Texas?

Can harm reduction roll back an epidemic of drug-related deaths and disease?

Reporting on the doctor shortage in California’s Inland Empire

Are publicly funded school lunches contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic?

How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data

In one California county, thousands still live without health care

Drug users fight for acceptance in California’s deep north

A look at Californians’ uneven access to the gold-standard treatment for opioid addiction