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Staff Op-Eds & Articles
The following is a collection of opinion editorials written by The California Endowment staff and articles quoting or referencing them.
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Torture survivors need more help from California
June 26, 2008
Sacramento Bee
This op-ed co-authored by Gregory Hall, senior program officer for the California Endowment, and Kathi Anderson, executive director of Survivors of Torture, International, highlights the difficulties California's refugee populations face due to inadequate access to health and mental health care services. Hall and Anderson call on California's legislature to join the effort to ensure torture survivors have access to the health care they need to become healthy, productive members of society.
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Involving local health departments in Community Health Partnerships
June 01, 2008
Journal of Urban Health
This paper co-authored by Senior Program Officer George Flores, MD, MPH, presents findings and lessons learned from the Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH), a comprehensive community initiative that featured a central role for local health departments. Funded by The California Endowment, PPH provided technical and financial resources to 39 community partnerships in 14 local health department jurisdictions to promote community and health department capacity building and community-level policy and systems change designed to produce long-term improvements in population health.
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Active Living in Latino Communities
April 01, 2008
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
This article by TCE Senior Program Officer George Flores, MD, MPH, examines barriers to active living in Latino Communities. The consequences of inactivity in the Latino community are reflected in Latino's inordinately high rates of obesity and diabetes. Examining the barriers to active living in Latino communities provides an opportunity to consider the deep and persistent social and environmental inequities in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
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Mexico's Health Czar Seeks Better Care for Mexicans in California
April 24, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle
This article about Mexico's new secretary of health and his visit to San Francisco quotes Mario Gutierrez, The California Endowment's Director of Rural and Agricultural Worker Health Programs, on how the health of immigrant workers affects California's economy.
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Champion of Health Care for the Poor Gets High Honor
February 17, 2007
The Sacramento Bee
This profile of Mario Gutierrez, The California Endowment's Director of Rural and Agricultural Worker Health Programs, highlights his career commitment to the health of the poor on the occasion of his most recent accomplishment - becoming the first ever Latino to win the Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy, Grantmakers in Health's highest honor.
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California Governor Unveils Plan Requiring All Californians to Have Health Insurance
January 09, 2007
NBC Nightly News
The California Endowment's Vice President of Program, Laura Hogan, appeared on NBC Nightly News to explain the benefits of providing health insurance to all children regardless of immigration status.
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New Commission to Help Youth Renounce Gang Life
November 01, 2006
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The city of San Diego announced the creation of the Commission on Gang Prevention and Intervention, a group made of lawmakers, law enforcement officials, community leaders and former gang members brought together to find solutions for gangs and gang violence. The California Endowment's Steven Eldred, a program officer in the Community Health and the Elimination of Health Disparities program area, was named to the commission.
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What are NPIOs and Why Can't Foundations Live Without Them?
October 01, 2006
Foundation News & Commentary
The California Endowment's Director of the Center for Healthy Communities Gwen Walden wrote this article to explain how nonprofit infrastructure organizations (NPIOs) that provide training and professional development to nonprofits are essential to effective philanthropy.
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