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Tri-County Sentry (Ventura)

Oxnard youths behind State health stats

According to the California Health Interview Survey, 60% of 18 to 34-year-olds say they have excellent or very good health. The percentage is only around half in Oxnard.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Daily Bruin

Experts discuss details, implications of 2 health care propositions on the ballot

Two people from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research – Naomi Zewde and Riti Shimkhada – were quoted in a Daily Bruin article about health care-related propositions on the ballot in California.
Features: Naomi Zewde, Riti Shimkhada
Generations Now (American Society on Aging)

Data Should Drive Efforts to Improve Aging

This column in the American Society on Aging's online magazine touts the importance of working with key data sources like the California Health Interview Survey to bolster data collection efforts when building data dashboards.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
American Council on Science and Health

To Split or Not to Split: That is the Data Question

Ninez A. Ponce, Phd, MPP, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was quoted in a column about the value of data disaggregation, particularly for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce
The Week

Nobody sees themselves in the word 'other'

The op-ed written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, led The Week's newsletter of top opinion pieces.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
The Hill

Erase ‘other’: Accurate Census data matters for every American

In an op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, wrote about how having the right public health data helps policymakers pinpoint the needs of specific communities, allocate resources more appropriately and develop more effective solutions. Also published on MSN.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
KPBS

Health care providers push for voter engagement as part of public health campaign

New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
KXTV-TV (Sacramento)

Clínica Tepati: Bridging the health care gap for Sacramento's Latino community

California Health Interview Survey data about the percentage of Latino adults who don't have health insurance was cited in a TV news feature about a free medical clinic in California's Central Valley that primarily serves Latinos.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Medpage Today

Medicaid Might Cut Cardiovascular Risk for This One Group

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Faculty Associate Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa offered commentary on how "the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment is one of the few randomized controlled trials that enables us to assess the causal impact of health insurance coverage."
Features: Yusuke Tsugawa
Financial Times

How to have better sex

According to research gathered across several countries, sex is at an all-time low. In 2021, the annual California Health Interview Survey found that the number of Californians between 18 and 30 with no sexual partners in 12 months had reached a decade high of 38 per cent; the last count was 36.3 per cent.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce