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Our mission is to provide sound, credible forecasts to support policy decisions that improve population health and reduce health disparities, by using the best available research evidence and microsimulation analysis - read the infosheet
Health Forecasting is a companion project to Health Impact Assessment (HIA) at UCLA, developer of HIA CLIC
Latest News
May 2012
Quarterly Newsletter Released:
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March 2012
New Report:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published the Health Forecasting Program Results Report. View the report in the public health section of the RWJF website: "Looking into the future in three states with the UCLA Health Forecasting Tool".
March 2012
New Issue Brief:
Air Pollution and Community Health in Boyle Heights: This brief examines various air quality scenarios for a pollutant known as fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, in the urban community of Boyle Heights. Using the Health Forecasting Tool, we forecast direct and indirect health outcomes over a 20-year time period.
New Research:
van Meijgaard, J., & Fielding, J.E. (2012) "Estimating benefits of past, current and future reductions in smoking rates using a comprehensive model with competing causes of death", Prev Chronic Dis, Forthcoming
Shi, L., van Meijgaard, J., & Fielding, J.E. (2012) "Long-term effects of health factor modification in Milwaukee County", J Public Health Manag Pract, Forthcoming
February 2012
New Research:
Shi, L., van Meijgaard, J., & Simon, P.A. (2012) “The association between acculturation and recreational computer use among Latino adolescents in California”, Pediatric Obesity: Forthcoming
Create your own personalized community profile using the recently updated 'Define a Population' feature. View customized data for any of the available studies in the Health Forecasting Tool such as, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, among others. Build your personal community profile here.
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