New County Child and Teen Health Profiles are here!

Easy-to-read, one-page fact sheets provide health statistics for smaller areas within Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as counties and regions How many young children in San Diego regularly eat fast food? Do a majority of teens in South L.A. drink soda daily? Are Fresno County parents reading enough to their tots?
New, easy-to-read, one-page fact sheets from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research answer some of the most pressing questions about child and teenage health. The new Child and Teen Health Profiles use the most recent California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data and for the first time include estimates for children and teens in each of the eight Los Angeles County Service Planning Areas (SPAs) and the six San Diego County Health & Human Services Agencies (HHSAs). Previously, data were available only at the county and regional levels.
 
Unlike the adult profiles, the Child and Teen Health Profiles include youth-centric topics, such as daily sugary drink consumption; if they lived in a home where smoking was allowed; if they visited a dentist within the last year – which a good share – 87.8 percent – did statewide.   View the new 2011-2012 Child and Teen Profiles here.   See past Child and Teen Health Profiles, by county and service planning area here.

About the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation’s leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR improves the public’s health through high quality, objective, and evidence-based research and data that informs effective policymaking. UCLA CHPR is the home of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and is part of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. For more information, visit healthpolicy.ucla.edu.