Day: October 3, 2014

UC Irvine's Program in Public Health part of coalition awarded $1.3 million by CDC to fight chronic diseases

UCI’s Program in Public Health and a coalition of Orange County community groups have been awarded $1.3 million by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention for a three-year joint project to improve health and ease the burden of chronic disease in Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana.

Motherhood has long-term effect on wages, occupational status, UCI study finds

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3, 2014 – Are kids a career killer for women? A new study by UC Irvine sociologists concludes that motherhood imposes a long-term professional penalty from which women in the workforce never fully recover. The career costs are less pronounced in countries that allocate more funds to child care. “Researchers have long […]