Health Care Districts Hold a Lot of Power. Here’s What to Know …
Oct 9, 2024 · “They are the most accountable form of health care that a community could have,” Association Senior Legislative Advocate Sarah Bridge said. Unlike private hospitals or clinics, each district’s finances must be made publicly available, and if a community member wants to voice their opinion about the services of their health care district, they can attend a …
How Rural Communities Can Fill Care Gaps for Children with …
Dec 6, 2024 · Pediatric specialists often earn less than general pediatricians, even though they have undergone three years of additional training, leading fewer future physicians to seek out this line of work. General pediatricians are among the lowest-paid doctors in the country, largely because of low federal reimbursements for care. The result is a physician shortage, with children in rural areas ...
Many Rural Californians Still Lack Abortion Access. Here Are …
Oct 28, 2024 · The Rural Health Women’s Clinic in Bishop, California, provides health care to most of the community’s women but does not provide elective abortion services.
Why Emergency Medical Services Are Vital to Our Health Care …
Jan 15, 2025 · When dialing 911 for a medical emergency, the expectation is clear: Licensed health care providers, typically paramedics and emergency medical technicians, will arrive within minutes at your location, any time of the day or night. They will provide emergency medical care, administer medications and ...
California Health Report
Twenty-seven years ago, Devon Gaster was in jail, but had started down a path that would change his life forever. Devon’s experience healing himself and his family through restorative justice has taught him that being accountable taking responsibility makes it …
January 2014 – California Health Report
American adults are eating better, making better use of available nutrition information, and consuming fewer calories from fat, saturated fat and cholesterol and eating more fiber, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. Considering the ...
Failure to Protect: Should victims of domestic violence face child ...
Oct 27, 2015 · At the police station, Andrea and the children were interviewed. She left with an emergency restraining order against the father. One week later, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services filed a welfare petition on behalf of the children, alleging they were in danger and both parents were responsible — the father for his violent conduct, and the mother for her ...
2019 – California Health Report
Across California and the country, families with children with complex medical needs struggle to find qualified nurses to care for them. Historically low pay rates for home health nurses, a lack of pediatric training for in-home situations, and a disjointed system for finding caregivers has left many families without the nursing care their children …
Who We Are – California Health Report
Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Senior Reporter. Claudia is a long-time journalist based in Southern California. Her investigative stories on domestic violence and access to mental health care have resulted in legislative and policy changes, on both the state and county level. Her stories have won dozens of awards and appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronicle ...
The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking
May 25, 2021 · This article was produced by SJV Water, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ) and The New York Times.The collaboration between SJV Water and CCIJ was led by the Institute for Nonprofit News as part of a project called “Tapped Out: Power, justice and water in the West.” CORCORAN, Calif.