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•	The State of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health in California Report Ninez A. Ponce, Winston Tseng, Paul Ong, Yen Ling Shek, Selena Ortiz, Melissa S. Gatchell Despite their reputation as a healthy, successful minority group, Asians in the United States have serious health problems.	Outside Publication	Apr 2009

•	The Effects of Varying Periods of Uninsurance on Children's Access to Health Care (Pediatrics) Janet Cummings, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Thomas Rice, E. Richard Brown Many studies have documented the adverse consequences of uninsurance for children, but less is known about the differential effects of varying periods of uninsurance.	Journal Article	Mar 2009

•	Small-Area Estimation of Health Insurance Coverage for California Legislative Districts (American Journal of Public Health) Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace	Journal Article	Feb 2007

•	Too Many California Adults Are Tipping the Scales at an Unhealthy Weight Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in obesity and overweight rates among California adults for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Apr 2005

•	Diabetes Prevalence Rates Among Adults Across California Legislative Districts Mona Jhawar, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Steven P. Wallace This new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research presents diabetes prevalence rates among adults by California Assembly and Senate districts.	Policy Brief	Feb 2005

•	Health Status of the Uninsured: Opportunities for Improvement Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in self-reported poor/fair health status, asthma and hypertension rates among uninsured Californians for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Dec 2004

•	Over Four Million California Adults Age 45 and Older Have High Blood Pressure Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in hypertension rates among California adults for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Nov 2004

•	Asthma among California's Children, Adults and the Elderly: A Geographic Look by Legislative Districts Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Mona Jhawar, Sripipatana Alek This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in asthma rates among all Californians for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Sep 2004

•	Many Uninsured Children Qualify for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Alek Sripipatana, Beth L. Newman, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in uninsured children's Medi-Cal/Healthy Family eligibility rates by state Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts, as well as by counties and the Los Angeles Service Planning Areas (SPAs).	Policy Brief	Jun 2004

•	SB 2 Will Extend Coverage to 1 Million Uninsured Workers and Dependents E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Lida M. Becerra, Arindrajit Dube, Richard Kronick This fact sheet provides estimates of the number of uninsured workers and uninsured dependents (spouses and children of workers) who would be eligible for coverage under the provisions of SB 2.	Fact Sheet	Sep 2003

•	California’s New Assembly and Senate Districts: Geographic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Steven P. Wallace, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, E. Richard Brown This policy brief highlights the differences in uninurance rates among the new California Assembly and Senate districts resulting from redistricting based on the 2000 Census.	Policy Brief	May 2003

•	Over Half of California's 6.3 Million Uninsured Lack Health Coverage for More Than a Year E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research prepared this new fact sheet report as part of its participation in the Cover the Uninsured Week (CTUW) campaign - an unprecedented week long series of national and local activities taking place during the week of Monday, March 10, through Friday, March 14.	Fact Sheet	Mar 2003

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice, Shana Alex Lavarreda This report examines health insurance coverage in California based on the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) data.	Research Report	Jun 2002

•	Single Mothers in California: Understanding Their Health Insurance Coverage Roberta Wyn, Victoria D. Ojeda This Policy Brief examines the health insurance coverage of single mothers in California, addressing the factors affecting their coverage, as well as changes in coverage between 1994-95 and 1998-99.	Policy Brief	May 2002

•	Number of Uninsured Californians Declines to 6.2 Million — 2 Million Are Eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Lida M. Becerra	Fact Sheet	Mar 2002

•	Uninsured Californians in Assembly and Senate Districts, 2000 E. Richard Brown, Ying-Ying Meng, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu	Policy Research Report	May 2001

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Recent Trends, Future Prospects E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice	Policy Research Report	Mar 2001

•	Health Insurance Coverage of Californians Improved in 1999 - But 6.8 Million Remain Uninsured E. Richard Brown, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Hongjian Yu	Policy Brief	Feb 2001

•	Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18-64 in California, 1998 Roberta Wyn, Victoria D. Ojeda In a survey conducted by the California Alliance for Women’s Health Leadership, community-based leaders in women’s health recently identified as key issues lack of health insurance and lack of access to health care for women of color, those with low incomes, and younger women. Without ...	Outside Publication	Sep 2000

•	Disparities in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Residents Across U.S. Cities E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Stephanie Teleki U.S. metropolitan areas are characterized by pronounced disparities in rates of health insurance coverage and access to care.	Policy Research Report	Aug 2000

•	Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...	Fact Sheet	Jun 2000

•	Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Latinos UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...	Fact Sheet	Jun 2000

•	Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among American Indians and Alaska Natives UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...	Fact Sheet	Jun 2000

•	Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among African Americans UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...	Fact Sheet	Jun 2000

•	What Accounts for California's Low Employment-Based Coverage? Thomas Rice, Ninez A. Ponce, Stephanie Teleki, E. Richard Brown Over 3.8 million working adults in California have no health insurance. Lack of employment-based coverage is a significant driver of uninsurance.	Policy Alert	May 2000

•	Simplifying and Expanding Health Insurance Programs for Low-Income Working Parents Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu Report to the California Assembly Health Committee Based on Research Funded by a Technical Assistance ...	Policy Research Report	May 2000

•	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care E. Richard Brown, Victoria D. Ojeda, Roberta Wyn, Rebecca Levan Racial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major disparities in health status.	Policy Research Report	Apr 2000

•	California's Uninsured Children: A Closer Look at the Local Level Ninez A. Ponce, Stephanie Teleki, E. Richard Brown More than 2 million children in California do not have any form of health insurance. The proportion of uninsured children in the state has increased over the past several years (from 17% in 1995 to 21% in 1998) and is significantly higher than in the rest of the nation (15% in 1998).	Policy Alert	Mar 2000

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