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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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Boomers hit hardest by 'Great Recession'
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July 31, 2013

Boomers hit hardest by 'Great Recession'

A new study shows what many middle-aged Californians privately suspect: They are the first to lose their jobs and the health benefits that come with those jobs when hard times hit.

More than one million Californians lost job-based insurance during recession
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October 25, 2012

More than one million Californians lost job-based insurance during recession

For the first time in a decade, the percentage of Californians who had health insurance through their own or a family member's employment fell below 50 percent in 2011, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Recession's bite: Nearly 4 million Californians struggled to put food on table during downturn
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July 09, 2012

Recession's bite: Nearly 4 million Californians struggled to put food on table during downturn

Study finds that even those with jobs at risk. An estimated 3.8 million California adults — particularly those in households with children as well as low-income Latinos — could not afford to put adequate food on the table during the recent recession, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Number of uninsured in California counties grew during recession
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August 23, 2010

Number of uninsured in California counties grew during recession

CORRECTION:  An earlier version of this press release, in the second paragraph, stated that “37 counties…saw uninsured rates increase to nearly one-third of their total non-elderly population (0-64) for all or part of 2009.”  This is incorrect.

Nearly 2 million Californians lost health insurance during recession
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March 16, 2010

Nearly 2 million Californians lost health insurance during recession

Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 — years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs — bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.