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An increasing number of low-income, working-age Californians say they're struggling to access nutritious and affordable food, according to a study released Wednesday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Health policy researchers note that Medicare Advantage tends to be lucrative for insurers but can be a mixed bag for patients, who often have a limited choice of providers — and that targeted plans would not necessarily solve that problem. Some also worry that the approach could end up being a new vector for discrimination. “It’s strange to think about commodifying and profiting off people’s racial and ethnic identities,” said Naomi Zewde, an assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “We should do so with care and proceed carefully, so as not to be exploitive.”
Distinguished psychology professor Vickie Mays has received the 2024 Association for Psychological Science James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship.
Asian Americans facing hunger in California are less likely to seek help from government assistance programs than other ethnic groups, found a study published in Health Affairs. Researchers combed California Health Interview Survey Data gathered from 2011 through 2020. They studied information from six main groups — Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian (Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani, or Sri Lankan), and Vietnamese.
If you’re a journalist covering higher education in the U.S., you’ll likely be reporting this fall on what many healthcare professionals and researchers are calling a college student mental health crisis. Sara Abelson, a research assistant professor at Temple University’s medical school; Sarah Lipson, an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health; and Daniel Eisenberg, a professor of health policy and management at the University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Public Health, have been studying college student mental health for years.
Nearly two years after skilled nursing providers first took their concerns about massive nursing agency price hikes to federal regulators, they’re again warning of overreliance on temporary workers due to a federal staffing mandate that could lower quality and raise costs substantially. Ashvin Gandhi, an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, studies nursing home staffing and turnover.
In addition to prioritizing a centralized information hub, the county plans to work with health and hospital systems to increase caregiver training, educate county residents about family leave benefits, and increase awareness of caregiving surveys, such as the California Health Interview Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.
Transgender people make up 0.5% of the adult population in California, and 1.93% of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, according to research from the University of California, Los Angeles. In California, 17% of all gender non-conforming students aged 12-17 reported that they experienced psychological distress, the UCLA Center for Health Policy reported.
Transgender people make up 0.5% of the adult population in California, and 1.93% of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, according to research from the University of California, Los Angeles. In California, 17% of all gender non-conforming students aged 12-17 reported that they experienced psychological distress, the UCLA Center for Health Policy reported.
Researchers analyzed a representative sample of California adults, using 12,485 responses to the California Health Interview Survey. The study from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health showed that nearly 17% of employed Californians said they didn't take paid leave that they needed.