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Asian foster kids face housing instability and homelessness as young adults

A recent report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research used 2022 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data to show the mental health effects of housing instability on adults apart from the impact of being in and exiting the foster care system.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Joelle Wolstein
WebMD

Earth(quakes), Winds, and Fires Can Shake Your Mental Health

In a recent study, Hwong polled 24,000 people in the California Health Interview Survey, which added questions in 2021 about exposure to extreme weather events and mental health responses. More than half, 53%, said their mental health was affected by climate events.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
San Francisco Public Press

Budget cuts threaten San Francisco food programs for seniors and adults with disabilities

Food insecurity disproportionately affects people of color. In California, mixed-race adults are the most food-insecure racial group, with 50% possessing that status, followed by African Americans, at about 49%, according to a 2023 report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Los Angeles Daily News

Environmental groups urge Newsom to shut Aliso Canyon facility in coming weeks

Helen Attai, a resident of Granada Hills and co-founder of the Aliso Moms Alliance group, said she was shocked to hear about recent findings by UCLA researchers that pregnant women who lived near Aliso Canyon during and after the 2015 blowout had a higher chance of premature births and low-weight newborns compared to women from other communities.
Aliso Canyon Health Study
Medical Xpress

Experiencing climate-related events tied to negative impact on mental health

Data from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey was used by Daniel Zhao, M.D., from Maimonides Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues when they evaluated how individual factors and neighborhood social cohesion are associated with negative mental health effects of exposure to extreme weather events.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Los Angeles Times

Boiling Point (column): As California broils, Montana doubles down on coal

Sammy Roth, who writes the newspaper's twice weekly Boiling Point newsletter about the environment, clean energy, and sustainability, mentioned UCLA's continuing efforts to study the effects of the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
Aliso Canyon Health Study
KFF Health News

Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that 21% of California dentists saw Medi-Cal patients of all ages, according to data from 2019 to 2021. Also published on California Health Line.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Nadereh Pourat
Sacramento Bee

Language access is a top concern for Asian communities. What AAPI leaders say can be done

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
Daily Nation (Kenya)

Cracking under pressure: The mental health toll on Kenya's future leaders

Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, a UCLA professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's mental health program, was cited in this story about mental health among college-going adults in Kenya. (Paywall)
Daniel Eisenberg
Los Angeles Daily News

UCLA researchers embark on next chapter of Aliso Canyon health study

Over the next six months, a UCLA team will continue collecting a massive amount of data that will help dozens of scientists and researchers investigate how residents have been impacted by the Aliso Canyon gas leak near Porter Ranch that went on for four months, forcing thousands of families to evacuate their homes.
Aliso Canyon Health Study