Welcome
The UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital carries out innovative research to prevent and treat chronic disease in populations for whom social conditions often conspire to both promote various chronic diseases and make their management more challenging. Founded in 2006, the CVP is based within the UCSF Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and is located on the campus of San Francisco General Hospital. Beyond the local communities it serves, CVP is nationally and internationally known for its research in health communication and health policy to reduce health disparities, with special expertise in the social determinants of health, including literacy, food policy, poverty, and minority status, with a focus on the clinical conditions of pre-diabetes, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
Reducing Salt in Teen Diet Could Have Big Impact on Future Health
New research from the CVP indicates reducing salt in teenagers. diet by as little as 1/2 teaspoon (or about 3 grams) per day could reduce the number of young adults with high blood pressure by 44 to 63%. Click here for press release.
CVP Director Received 2010 Research Mentoring Award
CVP Director, Dr. Dean Schillinger, received the 2010 Research Mentoring Award presented by the UCSF Department of Epidemiology, UCSF CTSI, Kaiser Division of Research, Sutter Health and Genentech. The award was presented on Friday, December 10th at the Bay Area Symposium for Clinical Research. He is the first at SFGH to receive this award!
The UCSF Geriatrics Education Center and CVP held a three-day inter-professional course entitled Improving Quality of Care for Socially Complex & Vulnerable Elders
CVP presentations include the following:
Keeping Socially Complex Elders Safe
- Transitions in Care Among Vulnerable Elders: Evidence and Strategies: Sarkar and Walter
- Improving Communication among Elders with Diabetes and Health Literacy Challenges: Fyles and Schillinger
Key Challenges: Balancing the Evidence with a Patient Centered Approach
- Medication Management for Chronic Disease: Bibbins-Domingo and Youmans {link to Bibbins Doming slides}
- Caring for the Food Insecure Elder: Seligman and Friedman
Updates
UCSF analysis suggests tax on sugary beverages would prevent heart disease, stroke and diabetes, save billions in health care costs. » Read more
Diabetes prevention messages by youth for youth using Spoken Word. Collaborative project between CVP, Youth Speaks, and California Diabetes Program. » Read more
Diabetes Public Health: UCSF Study Highlights Need for Better Guidelines » Read more
Dr. Dean Schillinger has co-authored three new issues briefs. » Read more
Compendium of URLs for Health Communication publications. Lists are kept on the Coalition for Health Communication Online Resources site. » Read more
Record set analyzer that uses the pre-formulated NLM PubMed Health Literacy search http://lnkd.in/JWwAcB or http://www.ponder-matic.com/recordSetAnalyzer/healthLit_journals.cfm for the journal titles retrieved by the NLM PubMed Health Literacy. » Read more
The 2010 Annual Report for the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP) is now available. » Read more
Impact of Diabetes along the California/Mexico Border: The CVP and California Diabetes Program generated exciting research around the impact of diabetes along the California/Mexico border. » Read more
Dr. Margaret Handley received the Global Health Day Award from the University of California for a paper entitled "Navigating the Slipstream of Changing Food Environments—Binational Perspectives on Dietary Behaviors and Implications for Nutrition Counseling" » Read more
New Institute of Medicine Report recommends tighter regulation of dietary salt.» Read more
The 2009 CVP Annual Report is now available! » Click here