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•	Migration and Health: The Children of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Steven P. Wallace, Paula Leite, Xóchitl Castañeda, Marc Schenker This report highlights the challenges faced by the 6.3 million children whose parents migrated to the U.S.	Outside Publication	Oct 2009

•	Physical Activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield? (Preventive Medicine) Antronette Yancey, James F. Sallis Physical inactivity is one of the leading causes of death, disability and health care costs, but resources and other investments in promoting physical activity are neither proportional, nor ideally suited, to address the problem, especially in the United States.	Journal Article	Oct 2009

•	Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California Susan H. Babey, Malia Jones, Hongjian Yu, Harold Goldstein This study reports geographic variations in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among children, adolescents, and adults and examines the correlation between soda consumption and obesity.	Policy Brief	Sep 2009

•	The Landscape of Opportunity: Cultivating Health Equity in California California Pan-Ethnic Health Network This report examines a range of indicators, from education to housing, to neighborhood safety, to food access, to criminal justice as well as health insurance, among other topics to explore how health inequities can be eliminated in communities of color.	Outside Publication	Jul 2009

•	Low-Income Adolescents Face More Barriers to Healthy Weight Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, E. Richard Brown In this policy brief, the authors examine why low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households.	Policy Brief	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

•	Trends in the Health of Young Children in California David Grant, Samantha Kurosky This policy brief compares three CHIS survey cycles –- 2001, 2003 and 2005 –- to examine key indicators of children’s health in California.	Policy Brief	Oct 2008

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2005 and CHIS 2003 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Y. Jenny Chia, Nicole Lordi, David Grant, Mirabai Rao This report provides a summary of the statewide findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), with highlights of changes from 2003 to 2005.	Research Report	Sep 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

•	Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, Theresa A. Hastert, Stefan Harvey, Harold Goldstein, Rebecca Flournoy, Rajni Banthia, Victor Rubin, Sarah Treuhaft People living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes. The ...	Policy Brief	Apr 2008

•	Effect of a Targeted Incentive on Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Women in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (American Journal of Public Health) Dena R. Herman, Gail G. Harrison, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Eloise Jenks This study tested the effectiveness of a subsidy for fruits and vegetables to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).	Journal Article	Jan 2008

•	Food Security Among California's Low-Income Adults Improves, But Most Severely Affected Do Not Share in Improvement Gail G. Harrison, Matthew Sharp, George Manolo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, November McGarvey This policy brief reports that, according to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, more than 2.5 ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2007

•	Teens Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Lack Access to Parks and Get Less Physical Activity Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, E. Richard Brown Teens living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income households are unlikely to have a safe park near their home and are more likely to get less physical activity, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	Mar 2007

•	Fighting Cancer with Fitness: Dietary outcomes of a randomized, Controlled Lifestyle Change Intervention in Healthy African-American Women (Preventive Medicine) William J. McCarthy, Antronette Yancey, Gail G. Harrison, Joanne Leslie, Judith M. Siegel This study tested the efficacy of an eight-week, culturally targeted, community-based nutrition and physical activity promotion intervention: Fight Cancer with Fitness! (FCF).	Journal Article	Mar 2007

•	Adult Smoking Rate Declines, While Asthma, Diabetes and Obesity Rates Rise Susan H. Babey, David Grant, E. Richard Brown Using newly available data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2005), as well as data from CHIS 2001 and CHIS 2003, this fact sheet provides an early look at changes over time in the prevalence of smoking, asthma, diabetes, and overweight and obesity in California.	Fact Sheet	Nov 2006

•	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

•	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

•	Diabetes on the Rise in California Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown, Theresa A. Hastert Nearly 1.7 million California adults age 18 and over (6.6%) have been diagnosed with diabetes, up from 1.5 ...	Policy Brief	Dec 2005

•	Seizing the Moment: California's Opportunity to Prevent Nutrition-Related Health Disparities in Low-Income Asian American Populations (Cancer) Gail G. Harrison, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Susan B. Foerester, Henry Lee, Loan Pham Kim, Allyn Fernandez-Ami, Tu-Uyen Nguyen, Valerie Quinn, Dileep G. Bal Harrison GG, Kagawa-Singer M, Foerster SB, Lee H, Pham Kim L, Nguyen TU, Fernandez-Ami A, Quinn V, Bal DG.	Journal Article	Dec 2005

•	More California Teens Consume Soda and Fast Food Each Day Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, E. Richard Brown Each day two-thirds of California teens drink soda, nearly half eat fast food, and only a quarter eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, as reported in this new health policy research brief that uses data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).	Policy Brief	Sep 2005

•	More Than Half of Californians in HMOs Are Overweight or Obese Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Natalya Mostovskaya More than 5 million Californians enrolled in HMOs (over 50% of enrollees aged 12-64) are overweight or obese.	Policy Brief	Jul 2005

•	One out of Three Latino Adolescents Overweight or At Risk Michael A. Rodriguez, Marlena Kane, Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, George R. Flores This fact sheet describes overweight among Latino adolescents in California based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).	Fact Sheet	Apr 2005

•	An Analysis of Implementation Issues Relating to CHIP Cost-Sharing Provisions for Certain Targeted Low-Income Children Sara Rosenbaum, Anne Markus, Dylan H. Roby This analysis, prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration, examines issues that arise under laws designed to avert excessive cost-sharing in the case of low income families whose children participate in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).	Outside Publication	Jun 1999

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