Center in the News
Aug 07, 2024
KFF Health News
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
Aug 06, 2024
Sacramento Bee
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
Aug 04, 2024
Daily Nation (Kenya)
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
Aug 02, 2024
Los Angeles Daily News
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
Aug 02, 2024
Capital & Main
Food insecurity is limited or inconsistent access to healthy food, according to UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Aug 02, 2024
Meteoweb (Italy)
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.)
Aug 01, 2024
Madamenoir
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.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Jul 25, 2024
Lookout Santa Cruz
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%.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Jul 25, 2024
MB News (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.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Jul 24, 2024
Mirage News (Australia)
Whether because of age or disability, California adults who require assistance with day-to-day activities reported their health as worse overall and experience higher rates of serious psychological distress, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also picked up by MSN, Sierra Sun Times, Medical Xpress, and Health Medicine Network.
Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Kathryn G. Kietzman,
Lei Chen