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•	African Americans in Commercial HMOs are More Likely to Delay Prescription Drugs and Use the Emergency Room Dylan H. Roby, Gina Nicholson, Gerald F. Kominski This policy brief uses data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine delays in fulfilling prescribed medication, delays in obtaining needed medical care, visits to emergency rooms and the presence of a usual source of care among insured African Americans in public and commercial HMOs.	Policy Brief	Oct 2009

•	Young Parents' Relationship Characteristics, Shared Sexual Behaviors, Perception of Partner Risks, and Dyadic Influences (Journal of Sex Research) Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Rong Huang, Janna Lesser, Evelyn Gonzlez-Figuero, Sumiko Takayanagi, William G. Cumberland Rising rates of heterosexually transmitted HIV among youth and young adults, particularly from ethnic minorities, create an urgent need to understand risk factors and perceptions of risk within the context of couple relationships.	Journal Article	Mar 2009

•	Consistency of State Statutes with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Testing Recommendations for Health Care Settings (Annals of Internal Medicine) Anish P. Mahajan, Lara Stemple, Martin Shapiro, Jan B. King, William E. Cunningham In September 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the "Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-care Settings" to improve screening and diagnosis.	Journal Article	Feb 2009

•	Developing Family Healthware, a Family History Screening Tool to Prevent Common Chronic Diseases (Preventing Chronic Disease) Paula Yoon, Maren T. Scheuner, Cynthia Jorgensen, Muin J. Khoury Family health history reflects the effects of genetic, environmental and behavioral factors and is an important risk factor for a variety of disorders including coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Assessing the Barriers to Engaging Challenging Populations in Disease Management Programs: The Medicaid Experience (Disease Management and Health Outcomes) Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat This article explores the barriers to dealing with chronic illness and other factors faced by disease management programs for Medicaid populations.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Adolescent Preventive Services: Rates and Disparities in Preventive Health Topics Covered During Routine Medical Care in a California Sample (Journal of Adolescent Health) Sally Adams, Sheila Husting, Elaine Zahnd, Elizabeth Ozer The authors studied rates and disparities in preventive health topics covered during routine medical care for adolescents, using a California sample.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Trends in the Health of Older Californians: Data from the 2001, 2003 and 2005 California Health Interview Surveys Steven P. Wallace, Jennifer Lee, May Jawad Aydin California's population is getting older. By 2026 the elderly population will double to nearly 8 million.	Research Report	Nov 2008

•	Pathways to Health Risk Exposure in Adult Film Performers (Journal of Urban Health) Corita R. Grudzen, Gerry Ryan, William Margold, Jacqueline Torres, Lillian Gelberg Despite being part of a large and legal industry in Los Angeles, little is known about adult film performers' exposure to health risks and when and how these risks might occur.	Journal Article	Aug 2008

•	Women's Health in California: Health Status, Health Behaviors. Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Services Among California Women Ages 18-64 Roberta Wyn, Theresa A. Hastert, Erin Peckham This report examines important health concerns of nonelderly women (ages 18-64) in California, including their health status, selected health behaviors, health insurance coverage, usual source of care and access to health care.	Research Report	Aug 2008

•	Association of Insurance Coverage with Chlamydia Screening (The American Journal of Managed Care) Nadereh Pourat, Guoyu A. Tao, Cathleen M. Walsh This article examines the rates of self-reported Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening among young women and to examine the independent association of type of insurance and specific health plans with these rates.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	One in Three Young Children Do Not Get Regular Dental Care Nadereh Pourat These two fact sheets show that nearly one-third of young children 11 years of age or younger have never visited a dental provider or have not visited a dental provider in more than one year.	Fact Sheet	Apr 2008

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce, Jean Yoon, Janet Cummings, Thomas Rice This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance – continues to decline.	Research Report	Jul 2007

•	Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2006 Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron This report was produced by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research under contract to the California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), Department of Industrial Relations, which is required to perform an annual study of access to medical treatment for injured workers.	Policy Research Report	Feb 2007

•	Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access Elena Zúñiga, Xóchitl Castañeda, Al Averbach, Steven P. Wallace This report focuses on the population of Mexican ancestry in the United States and in California, with an emphasis on immigrants.	Research Report	Oct 2006

•	Sexually Transmitted Disease Services in California's Medi-Cal Managed Care: Findings from a Baseline Survey of STD Care Delivery in 2002 Nadereh Pourat, Jas Nihalani, Romni Neiman, George Rutherford, Barry Handon, E. Richard Brown, Gail Bolan In California, chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most common reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).	Research Report	Sep 2006

•	High Cost of Insurance Outweighs Other Barriers for Mid-Size Firms Nadereh Pourat, Jay C. Ripps The continued decline of employment-based coverage in California and more than 6.6 million uninsured residents are major reasons for concern, since health insurance is the primary means by which health care for employed persons and their families is financed in the state.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2006

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from the CHIS 2003 and CHIS 2001 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Jenny Chia, John Kurata Many Californians are still struggling to reach good health, according to this report from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the country's largest population-based state health survey.	Research Report	Jun 2006

•	Insured Californians Report High Satisfaction with Health Care Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron, Dylan H. Roby More than 96 percent (nearly 24 million) of insured Californians report "good" or better satisfaction with their health care.	Policy Brief	Jun 2006

•	Prostate Cancer Screening in California, Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (Cancer) Benjamin A. Spencer, Susan H. Babey, David A. Etzioni, Ninez A. Ponce, N. A. Breen, R. Coates, Mark S. Litwin, E. Richard Brown Spencer BA, Babey SH, Etzioni DA, Ponce NA, Yu H, Breen NA, Coates R, Brown ER, Litwin M. (2006) Prostate Cancer Screening in California, Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey.	Journal Article	Feb 2006

•	Disability and Preventive Cancer Screening: Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (American Journal of Public Health) Anthony Ramirez, Gail C. Farmer, David Grant, Theodora Papachristou Am J Public Health. 2005; 95(11): 2057-2064. The 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) is the largest geographically complex multidimensional state health survey ever conducted in the United States and was designed to generate demographic and health estimates including cancer-related measures for the non-institutionalized household population of California.	Journal Article	Nov 2005

•	Mexico-United States Migration: Health Issues Elena Zúñiga, Steven P. Wallace, Salvador Berumen, Xóchitl Castañeda The fundamental purpose of "Mexico-United States Migration: Health issues" is to present a general overview of the conditions faced by Mexican residents in the United States concerning their health care. Good ...	Policy Research Report	Oct 2005

•	Fact Sheets – Mexican Immigrants in the United States Steven P. Wallace, Veronica F. Gutierrez, Xóchitl Castañeda The following two fact sheets viewing, respectively, demographics of Mexican immigrants to the United States and the health service disparities among that population are the products of a joint research effort conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California-Mexico Health Initiative at the California Policy Research Center, University of California Office of the President.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2005

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Thomas Rice, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Melissa S. Gatchell This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance -- is declining.	Research Report	Aug 2005

•	The Public Health Perspective on Aging (Generations) Steven P. Wallace Wallace, Steven P. The Public Health Perspective on Aging. Generations. 29:2(2005), 5-10.	Journal Article	Jun 2005

•	A Population-based Study of Colorectal Cancer Test Use: Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (Cancer) David A. Etzioni, Ninez A. Ponce, Susan H. Babey, Benjamin A. Spencer, Neetu Chawla, C. Y. Ko , Nancy Breen Etzioni DA, Ponce NA, Babey SH, Spencer BA, Brown ER, Ko CY, Chawla N, Breen N, Klabunde CN. A Population-based Study of Colorectal Cancer Test Use: Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey.	Journal Article	Dec 2004

•	Health of California’s Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2001 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Wei Yen, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Charles A. DiSogra This report summarizes selected findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. A broad range of health topics are addressed.	Research Report	May 2004

•	Cancer Screening in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey Ninez A. Ponce, Susan H. Babey, David A. Etzioni, Benjamin A. Spencer, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla This in-depth report describes cancer screening in California based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), the largest state-level health survey in the nation.	Research Report	Dec 2003

•	Cancer Screening Rates Among Asian Ethnic Groups Ninez A. Ponce, Melissa S. Gatchell, E. Richard Brown This fact sheet examines cancer screening rates for several Asian ethnic subgroups -- Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, South Asian, and Cambodian -- to identify specific populations at risk for not receiving preventive care.	Fact Sheet	Nov 2003

•	Mexican Immigrants are Generally Healthier, but Have Less Access to Needed Health Care Steven P. Wallace, Veronica F. Gutierrez, E. Richard Brown This health policy fact sheet presents information on selected indicators of the health status and access to health care of Mexican immigrants in California.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2003

•	Cancer Screening in California: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist Susan H. Babey, Ninez A. Ponce, David A. Etzioni, Benjamin A. Spencer, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla This policy brief reports on cancer screening in California based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), the largest state-level health survey in the nation.	Policy Brief	Sep 2003

•	Culturally Competent Prevention and Control of Asthma for American Indians and Alaska Natives Delight E. Satter, Andrea Zubiate, Steven P. Wallace Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are among the 10 leading chronic conditions causing restricted activity.	Research Report	Apr 2003

•	UPBEAT: The Impact of a Psychogeriatric Intervention in VA Medical Centers (Medical Care) Gerald F. Kominski, Ronald M. Andersen, Roshan Bastani, Robert Gould, Charles Hackman, David Huang, Lissy Jarvik, Annette Maxwell, Jennifer Moye, Edwin Olsen, Robert Rohrbaugh, Joel Rosansky, Shane Taylor, William Van Stone This study determines whether proactive screening of hospitalised patients can identify unrecognised comorbid psychiatric conditions, and whether comprehensive assessment and psychogeriatric intervention (UPBEAT) can improve care while reducing inpatient use.	Journal Article	May 2001

•	Delivery of Sexually Transmitted Disease Services in Medicaid Managed Care E. Richard Brown, John Nakashima, Nadereh Pourat, Natasha Razack, Sylvia Chu This report examines the extent to which managed care organizations (MCOs) that serve Medicaid beneficiaries are promoting effective management, control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among their enrollees—and whether these organizations’ policies correspond with the actual practices of the primary care providers in their networks.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2000

•	Culturally Competent HIV/AIDS Prevention for American Indians and Alaska Natives Delight E. Satter Approximately 1.9 million people self-identified as AIAN in the 1990 Census. There are 554 federally recognized Indian tribes in the U.S; ...	Research Report	Jun 1999

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