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Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas

Contra Costa County has launched a free online tool that gives the public easy access to a wide array of county health data. The health atlas uses data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Health Day News

Many Americans cite health reasons for using marijuana

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Faculty Associate Lillian Gelberg is quoted in a story about her study of cannabis use in California. The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
Lillian Gelberg
Umu Talk (podcast)

Rise and Vote: Pacific Islander Youth in Action

This episode features Calvin Chang, Director of the UCLA Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab, talking about the importance of why the NHPI vote matters and strategies that community health workers can use to support youth to vote.
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab
Richard Calvin Chang
Crosscurrents (public radio show)

Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness

Crosscurrents host Hana Baba and Helen H. Hsu, bi-cultural, bi-lingual clinical psychologist founder of Hella Mental Health and outreach director at Stanford University, discussed a UCLA CHPR report about the importance of culturally competent mental health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce
CBS Evening News (online)

As investors pour in, for-profit nursing homes leave some seniors in need

Research by Ashvin Gandhi, a faculty affiliate of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is cited in this report on for-profit nursing homes.
Ashvin Gandhi
Daily Mail

Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months

Despite the positive attachment to sex, a 2021 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found that 38 percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 reported they hadn't had any sexual partners in the previous year.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
MyNewsLA.com

LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program found that the program has largely been successful.
Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation
Nadereh Pourat
UCLA Newsroom

IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month

Two articles about the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were included in a curated selection of stories spotlighting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices, histories and research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce
The Epoch Times

Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions

Telehealth use surged in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in October 2023. In 2022, 46.7 percent of California adults had used telehealth in the preceding year, a dramatic increase from the 12.4 percent figure in 2018.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Sean Tan
VoyageLA

Check Out Imelda Padilla-Frausto’s Story

In this Q&A, Imelda Padilla-Frausto shares her "non-traditional" journey from studying engineering and computer science at community college in central New Mexico to research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Mental Health Program
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto