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Center in the News
Apr 03, 2024
Planetizen
The outcomes and benefits of Los Angeles County’s Parks After Dark Program have been well-documented. According to a recent evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 92 percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in L.A. County parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe.
Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program
Nadereh Pourat
Mar 27, 2024
Insider Higher Education
Daniel Eisenberg, director of the mental health program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and colleagues write about loneliness among college students from a mental health angle in a column for Inside Higher Ed.
Mental Health Program
Daniel Eisenberg
Mar 25, 2024
Newsweek
California has a significant food insecurity problem, with UCLA’s Center for Health Policy and Research finding 3.4 million residents went hungry in 2021, and 39 percent of adults could not afford enough food for themselves.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 24, 2024
The Gazette (Iowa)
Ashvin Gandhi, faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and his expertise on the problems with nursing home care is cited in this opinion column about staffing shortages at nursing homes.
Ashvin Gandhi
Mar 22, 2024
Nguoi Viet Daily News (Orange County)
According to the 2021 California Health Interview Survey, 62% of Vietnamese people in California have fear of gun violence; 22% have been victims of hate crimes; 13% live in constant fear of being victims of a hate crime.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 21, 2024
Los Angeles Times
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Kathryn Kietzman and Imelda Padilla-Frausto are cited in this article about hunger among older adults.
Elder Index, Food Insecurity
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto,
Kathryn G. Kietzman
Mar 20, 2024
WGN.com (Chicago TV station)
Ponce is known for her expertise in health policy and health disparities. She has made a significant impact on the field of public health through her research, teaching and advocacy efforts. [Picked up in more than 200 outlets from PR Newswire news release issued by CDC Foundation.]
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 20, 2024
CalMatters
About 600,000 uninsured Californians are eligible for subsidized insurance through Covered California, according to estimates by the UCLA Health Policy Research Center cited by the agency.
California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)
Mar 18, 2024
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
About one in four Californians are immigrants, and half are from Latin America. Nearly 10% of California’s workforce are undocumented. Nearly three times more Hispanics/Latinx (about 12%) compared to their white peers were uninsured in California, according to a 2020 report from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Shana Charles,
Susan H. Babey,
Joelle Wolstein
Mar 18, 2024
The Final Call
To increase awareness of mental health issues in AANHPI communities, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and AAPI Data, based at UC Riverside, published a 67-page report detailing the psychological toll burdening these communities.
AAPI Data Project, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce