Center in the News
Nov 01, 2024
Crossings TV (Asian-focused broadcast outlet and syndicator)
The need for help and information about Covered California is even greater when English is a second language. According to data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), approximately 2 million Californians have limited English proficiency, and they are more than twice as likely to be uninsured. (Syndicated in 5 additional outlets.)
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 21, 2024
American Council on Science and Health
Ninez A. Ponce, Phd, MPP, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was quoted in a column about the value of data disaggregation, particularly for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 11, 2024
The Week
The op-ed written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, led The Week's newsletter of top opinion pieces.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
The Hill
In an op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, wrote about how having the right public health data helps policymakers pinpoint the needs of specific communities, allocate resources more appropriately and develop more effective solutions. Also published on MSN.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
KPBS
New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 02, 2024
KXTV-TV (Sacramento)
California Health Interview Survey data about the percentage of Latino adults who don't have health insurance was cited in a TV news feature about a free medical clinic in California's Central Valley that primarily serves Latinos.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Sep 23, 2024
Financial Times
According to research gathered across several countries, sex is at an all-time low. In 2021, the annual California Health Interview Survey found that the number of Californians between 18 and 30 with no sexual partners in 12 months had reached a decade high of 38 per cent; the last count was 36.3 per cent.
Ninez A. Ponce
Sep 21, 2024
Antelope Valley Press
The Antelope Valley has the second highest rate in preventable hospitalizations, behind South Los Angeles, according to a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study released earlier this year.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce,
Susan H. Babey
Aug 06, 2024
Sacramento Bee
Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was a featured speaker at the Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander health equity roundtable, which included representatives from the state AAPI Caucus and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, as well as federal and state agencies and community-based organizations based throughout California.
Ninez A. Ponce
Jul 25, 2024
Lookout Santa Cruz
In Santa Cruz County in 2022, 21.4% of people reported in a California Health Interview Survey that they had delayed medical care or didn’t receive the care they needed, compared to the statewide average of 16.5%.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce