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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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Left to right: Calvin Chang, Ninez Ponce, 'Alisi Tulua, Corina Penaia, Karla Thomas, and Brittany Morey.
Press Releases
July 18, 2024

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab honored by Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

The lab received the organization’s inaugural Narrative Change Award

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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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June 23, 2022

New report on the health, mental health and social service needs of Asian Americans, NHPIs

Data from the California Health Interview Survey and the American Community Survey highlight diversity and needs of California’s fastest growing population groups

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March 30, 2022

⁠Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab Featured on PBS NewsHour

⁠The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab, housed at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was featured on PBS NewsHour. The NHPI Data Policy Lab was created to address gaps in national COVID-19 data reporting and research in overlooked Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

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November 25, 2021

UCLA awarded grant to continue work through NHPI Data Policy Lab

Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, principal investigator of the center’s California Health Interview Survey, and professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, received a one-year $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health

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May 26, 2021

UCLA analysis reveals need to break down COVID-19 data for ethnic subgroups

According to a new UCLA report, COVID-19 death rates for Californians from Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Asian ethnic groups varied widely in 2020.

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February 03, 2021

UCLA CHPR releases COVID-19 specialized data for Asian and Pacific Islander groups

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) has released new data on its California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Preliminary COVID-19 Estimates Dashboard that takes a closer look at the impact of the pandemic on Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.