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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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Study shows surge in e-cigarette, marijuana use among young adults

Study shows surge in e-cigarette, marijuana use among young adults

Alarming 48% of e-cigarette users and 40% of marijuana users are underage The use of marijuana and electronic cigarettes jumped dramatically among young adult Californians between 2017 and 2018, with large proportions of users of both products being underage, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Nearly 2 million California adults don’t get needed mental health care

Nearly 2 million California adults don’t get needed mental health care

UCLA researchers recommend expansion of Proposition 63 services to address unmet needs Of the 3 million California adults who have recently experienced psychological distress and are eligible for public mental health services, 1.8 million say they have received no treatment or support, according to a policy brief released today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Low-income undocumented adults are largely locked out of health care in California

February 19, 2019

Low-income undocumented adults are largely locked out of health care in California

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act cut in half the percentage of low-income, uninsured Californians under age 65, from 23 percent in 2013 to 11 percent in 2016-17. But federal law bars undocumented residents from federally funded Medicaid health services and from purchasing health insurance on the ACA Marketplaces. This leaves them the largest group of uninsured people in California, according to a new study.

Even with health insurance, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more likely to delay medical care

October 17, 2018

Even with health insurance, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more likely to delay medical care

UCLA study analyzes rates of insurance coverage in California, access to health care and healthy behaviors Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults in California have rates of health insurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight men and women in the state, but they are more likely to wait to see the doctor when they need medical care, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

The 2016 California Health Interview Survey provides insight into demographics and health of California’s transgender adults

October 31, 2017

The 2016 California Health Interview Survey provides insight into demographics and health of California’s transgender adults

Data also show another year of statewide health insurance gains, now at risk under potential federal funding changes The first release of transgender data from the California Health Interview Survey, the nation’s largest state survey, reveals the demographic characteristics of transgender adults in the state — such as population size, racial makeup and marital status — as well as sobering disparities in their health status.

Flu shot rates among California adults vary by race and ethnicity

Flu shot rates among California adults vary by race and ethnicity

The immunization picture is improving statewide, say UCLA researchers, but it's still low More than 60 percent of all adults in California fail to get an annual flu shot, according to a new journal article by UCLA researchers that also found wide disparity in flu immunization rates among Asian subgroups.

Majority of California adults have prediabetes or diabetes

Majority of California adults have prediabetes or diabetes

And one-third of young adults are at risk of becoming diabetic. Nearly half of California adults, including one out of every three young adults, have either prediabetes — a precursor to type 2 diabetes — or undiagnosed diabetes, according to a UCLA studym released today.

UCLA study finds that one-quarter of California adults are obese

UCLA study finds that one-quarter of California adults are obese

Rate is up from 19.3% in 2001 More Californians than ever are obese, according to a new report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The study found that 24.8 percent of adults were obese in 2011–2012, compared to 19.3 percent a decade earlier. Nearly 18 million California adults and adolescents are considered overweight or obese, and about 7.4 million of them can be classified as obese.

More than half a million California adults think seriously about committing suicide

December 19, 2012

More than half a million California adults think seriously about committing suicide

More than half a million adults in California seriously thought about committing suicide during the previous year, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

The study, which uses data from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), is the first by the center to focus on suicide ideation.

In California, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death, the researchers noted.