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Latino children and teens have the highest overweight and obesity rates of any ethnic group. Almost half of 10 to 17 year old Latinos in LA county are overweight or obese, according to the California Health Interview Survey, one of the sources in the report.
The survey's findings were similar to those from UCLA's California Health Interview Survey that found Millenials' individualistic behavior had left them engaging in far fewer physical relationships with people than older generations.
A study from the Public Health Institute, in partnership with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that challenges with child care and financial stress during the COVID pandemic may have greatly diminished opportunities for California parents to interact with their young children.
Child care challenges and financial stressed during the pandemic may have greatly diminished opportunities for California parents to interact with their youngest children, according to a study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
The LA DPH used county specific data from the California Health Interview Survey of 4,000+ people from 2017-2021 to better understand the burden of medical debt.
There's a vulnerability that happens when there are disasters and wildfires, even at a distance," Dr. Vickie Mays, a professor of psychology at UCLA College of Letters and Sciences, told ABC News. 'You need to kind of just check in with yourself and say, 'Wow, am I having a response to this? If so, do I need to do something about this? Don't just ignore it.'
This analysis uses data from the 2017-2021 California Health Interview Survey.
In our article titled, “Dashboards as Mechanisms for Community Empowerment: Developing a Prototype for Child and Adolescent Well-being in California,” my colleagues and I offer our thoughts and experiences with how dashboards might be designed to more effectively mobilize communities to advocate for policy actions that support young people in California.
The number of young adults going without sex was rising even before covid made dating harder and riskier. In 2011, about 22% of Californians ages 18 to 30 reported having no sexual partners in the prior 12 months. That crept up to 29% in 2019, and it jumped to 38% in 2021, according to the latest figures from UCLA's California Health Interview Survey.