Rose Kagawa Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Rose Kagawa is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kagawa conducts research on violence
prevention and firearm policy and has particular interest in
understanding how social and environmental contexts influence
violence perpetration and victimization through the life course.
Current projects include estimating the effects of changes to the
built environment, including the demolition of vacant and
dilapidated buildings, on the incidence of violence and
describing the availability and approach of neighborhood violence
prevention services in two mid-sized cities. Dr. Kagawa received
her Ph.D. in Epidemiology and her M.P.H. from the University of
California, Berkeley.
In recent years, cash-assistance programs have been piloted across the United States, typically as Guaranteed Income (GI). In a recent study, we explored how these programs are being designed and evaluated. Reviewing 105 programs covering over 40,000 beneficiaries, we compared eligibility criteria, funding sources, distribution amounts, program administration, pilot duration, and evaluation measures.
In 2022, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency(HHSA)
launched the Yolo County Basic Income (YOBI)project and engaged
the UC Davis Center for Regional Change to evaluate the project
via the collection of survey data from YOBI participants. The
YOBI project was designed to address the county’s poverty, which
is ~25%higher than the California rate reported in the 2021
Census.
