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NPR's Planet Money: The Indicator (podcast)

A baby bonds bonanza

Naomi Zewde, fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, spoke to Planet Money's "The Indicator" podcast about the federally funded $1,000 accounts for newborns in the recently adopted budget and how they measure up to baby bonds in addressing wealth inequality.
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LAist

Childcare is a key issue in NYC's mayoral race. Advocates in California are taking note

A study based on California Health Interview Survey data about the availability of regular child care (and lack of it) for kids in the state was cited in this article.
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The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Pride 2025: Black LGBTQ+ Californians lean on history — and each other — in the face of growing hate

Data about Californians' experiences with hate incidents from the 2023 California Health Interview Survey that showed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and pansexual (12%) and transgender (19%) adults were more likely to experience hate than Californians overall was cited. Syndicated across outlets that are part of California Black Media.
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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)

Mirage News (Australia)

Jul 24, 2024

California Adults in Long-Term Care Struggle with Resource Access

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.
Features: Kathryn G. Kietzman, Lei Chen, Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Dazed

Jul 17, 2024

How to go boy sober when you have a pathological need for male validation

The movement is part of a broader cultural conversation around celibacy: in 2021, a study by UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research revealed that 4 in 10 people under 30 reported having no sexual partner in the past 12 months.

City News Group

Jul 16, 2024

Focusing on Gut Health

Results from the California Health Interview Survey (2005-2015) data showed that individuals with moderate to severe psychological stress had habits of eating less fruits and vegetables and an increased consumption of French fries, soda, and fast food.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Galileu Magazine (Brazil)

Jul 13, 2024

New ways of having sex: Is Gen Z really less interested in sex?

In 2021, the California Health Interview Survey, conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) — Billie Eilish's hometown — also showed that the percentage of people aged 18 to 30 who reported having no sexual partner in the previous year reached 38%, the highest peak in ten years.

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

Quad-City Times (Illinois-Iowa)

Jul 13, 2024

12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall)

A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits per 1,000 beneficiaries per year.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program