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Associated Press

College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support

AJ Scheitler, director of the Data Equity Center at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided important context about how college students and their academic success are affected by food insecurity.
young man looking into an empty refrigerator

ABC News

How Affordable Care Act subsidies became a sticking point in the government shutdown

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was quoted in this article about explaining who might be affected most by the discontinuation of the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Syndicated on Yahoo, AOL.com, and dozens of ABC news affiliates.
African American boy getting a vaccine while being with his father at pediatrician's office.

AsAmNews

Why 1000’s of Asian American seniors skip basic healthcare

Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, explained what effects the linguistic and cultural barriers to getting health care can do to older Asian adults, including things like not getting timely appointments, nor getting access to primary care or specialty care.
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Los Angeles Times

Aug 08, 2024

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.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study

KFF Health News

Aug 07, 2024

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.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Sacramento Bee

Aug 06, 2024

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.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce

Daily Nation (Kenya)

Aug 04, 2024

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)
Features: Daniel Eisenberg

Los Angeles Daily News

Aug 02, 2024

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.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study
Meteoweb (Italy)
Aug 02, 2024

California: One in Five Suffers Mental Illness Due to Extreme Weather

An Italian news website story about how climate change affected mental health, cited a new study that used data from the California Health Interview Survey. (No link available.)

Madamenoir

Aug 01, 2024

Mýa Reveals She’s Been Celibate For 7 Years And It Changed Her Life

A story about singer Mýa’s choice to abstain from sex for seven year cites data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Lookout Santa Cruz

Jul 25, 2024

New Dominican Hospital residency program aims to speed up local health care

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%.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

MB News (Manhattan Beach)

Jul 25, 2024

How's Your Health, Manhattan Beach?

The Beach Cities Health District, in its triannual survey of people's health in the L.A. County beach cities, includes indicators from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey, among others.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)