Oct 25, 2024
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.
Oct 24, 2024
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.
Oct 24, 2024
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.
Oct 21, 2024
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.
Oct 11, 2024
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.
Oct 10, 2024
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.
Oct 10, 2024
New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
Oct 02, 2024
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.
Sep 24, 2024
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."
Sep 23, 2024
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.