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More online resources needed for Californians with disabilities requiring help making critical decisions

UCLA analysis calls for providing supported decision-making materials tailored for more languages, cultures, employment sectors, and disability types

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Community organizations awarded $200,000 to implement UCLA students’ health equity projects

Four proposals each receive $50,000 to support Black male trauma recovery, foster youth resilience, autism-friendly emergency departments, and accessible playgrounds

The 2025 UCLA Health Equity Challenge finalists

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Ask the Expert: Calvin Chang on what community-engaged research means for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders

The director of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab explains how good intentions haven’t always produced good collaborations

Calvin Chang Ask the Expert

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Ninez A. Ponce receives 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award for trailblazing work in health and data equity

The director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was honored by the CDC Foundation and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation

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Californians in some areas less likely to benefit from policies curbing tobacco use

Areas with weak local regulations leave some communities more vulnerable to harm from tobacco use

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February 29, 2024

What prevents more Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans from seeking mental health care?

Tailoring outreach by cultures, languages, and nationalities could help increase utilization of services

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February 26, 2024

New UCLA Data Equity Center aims to ensure data expertise is available to those who need it

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and its network of partners will provide free assistance across the country

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January 31, 2024

3 strategies to break down barriers to breastfeeding and lower women’s risk of breast cancer

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report recommends changes to laws and a more diverse lactation consultant workforce

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January 10, 2024

Challenge accepted: Graduate students answer the call to help boost health equity

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has announced the 15 Health Equity Challenge finalists, who will turn their ideas to solve a health inequity into a full project proposal that a community organization can implement

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January 10, 2024

New two-year California Health Interview Survey Public Use Files now available

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) has released the 2021–2022 two-year cycle Public Use Files (PUFs).

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December 18, 2023

Recent immigrants saw biggest spike in mental distress as anti-immigrant sentiment increased

UCLA study shows rate of serious psychological distress more than doubled for those in U.S. fewer than five years

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November 29, 2023

1 in 3 California adults say they would not get any more COVID vaccines

One-third (32%) of adults in California said they would not get additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, even if recommended by health guidelines, according to August 2023 data from the California Health Interview Survey.

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November 28, 2023

Despite stronger fears of being a victim of gun violence, California immigrants far less likely to own firearms than citizens

Among Latinos and Asians living in California, immigrants are less likely than citizens to own a firearm and more likely to report being afraid of becoming a victim of gun violence, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.