The UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health promotion conducts community-based participatory research, develops programs, disseminates findings, and provides education and training related to adolescent health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention, with a special emphasis on projects that involve parents of adolescents. Our research agenda, established with our community partners, responds to community needs and addresses national, regional, and local health priorities and disparities related to adolescent health. We focus on activities that can be incorporated into community practice and build community capacities. Our primary community is the Carson-Wilmington (CW) region of LA County, represented by a Community Advisory Board (CAB); we also have a Youth CAB and strong partnerships with the county and state health departments, school districts and individual schools, and agencies invested in youth. We draw on these partnerships to respond to CW's needs, implement interventions in community settings across LA County and disseminate successful programs and practices both locally and nationally.

The Center is a unique partnership of three research and educational institutions--UCLA Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Public Health, RAND, a non-partisan, private non-profit research institute that conducts research to improve public policy, and local community and school groups in LA County.

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