Since the start of its implementation phase in 2017, the BUILD Health LA Initiative has enrolled 15 stores into the COMPRA Foods Collaborative program! Thanks to this partnership, more than $3500 of fresh fruits and vegetables have been infused into the Historic South LA community in the past 5 months! The task of incorporating […]
Usually when we think of teen pregnancy we take into account the teenage girls and how their pregnancies will affect them. We often overlook the other critical component in the equation: the teenage boys. Obviously, teen males have as much responsibility as the teen females in getting pregnant. In fact, each year in the United […]
On February 13th, 2017, Central Avenue Jazz Park in Historic South Central Los Angeles was transformed into an outdoor fitness space with community members and instructors moving through workouts designed to increase cardiovascular capacity, boost energy levels and increase the feeling of wellbeing. For community member Claudia Durango, it was a welcomed event, “This is […]
In 2015, National Health Foundation (NHF), California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC), and the Los Angeles County Department of PublicHealth (LACDPH) were awarded a BUILD Health Challenge planning grant to launch the BUILD Health LA initiative. The novel partnership had a specific goal: address the complex issues of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Turning our attention […]
