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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
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November 08, 2021

UCLA CHPR study takes a closer look at Latinx and Asian immigrant experiences in California

Researchers find negative perceptions and experiences with law enforcement, workplace discrimination and health care access

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March 01, 2021

How immigration policies can harm health: Study sheds light on ‘public charge’ rule

One-quarter of low-income immigrants in California have avoided public programs due to fear of jeopardizing immigration status

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February 23, 2021

How public health research can shape inclusive immigration policies

In this Q&A, Steven P. Wallace, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and his colleague Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, a faculty associate at the center and assistant professor of public health at UC Merced, shared their recommendations to promote inclusive policies influenced by the public health mission to ensure the health and well-being of all people.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Public Comment on proposed changes to the federal "public charge" immigration test
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December 13, 2018

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Public Comment on proposed changes to the federal "public charge" immigration test

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research strongly opposes the changes proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding “public charge,” published in the federal register on October 10, 2018.

Proposed changes to immigration rules could cost California jobs, harm public health
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December 03, 2018

Proposed changes to immigration rules could cost California jobs, harm public health

Possible changes in federal immigration policy could cost California billions of dollars and thousands of jobs

$2.5 million grant to study health impact of immigrants' experience with exclusionary policies
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October 31, 2017

$2.5 million grant to study health impact of immigrants' experience with exclusionary policies

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities awarded the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research a $2.5 million grant to study in which ways state policies help Latino and Asian immigrants in California integrate into the health care system or ways policies prevent access to health care and contribute to immigrants' persistent inequities in health.

CHIS plays role in new UC collaboration that will focus on immigration in California
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March 05, 2015

CHIS plays role in new UC collaboration that will focus on immigration in California

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS will be part of a research collaboration between five UC campuses that will help policymakers, non-governmental organizations and the public better understand and plan for immigrants, their integration into the state, and their impact on the educational system, workforce, public health, political environment, culture and more.