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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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Healthcare Finance

Jul 11, 2024

Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs

Nearly half of California adults, including one out of every three young adults, have either prediabetes – a precursor to Type 2 diabetes – or undiagnosed diabetes, according to a [2016] study released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Features: Susan H. Babey, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

MSN Money

Jul 09, 2024

Californians experiencing housing insecurity face higher rates of psychological distress

As California struggles with providing affordable housing, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that people who experience housing insecurity have much higher rates of psychological distress. Also picked up by Mirage News Australia, YubaNet, and MedicalXpress.
Features: Sean Tan, Joelle Wolstein

NextShark

Jul 09, 2024

Study: AANHPI less likely to seek mental health help

Mental health challenges affect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) communities disproportionately, yet they are less likely to seek help, a recent UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

Joko Winterscheidt Presents: Climate Change – the World

Jul 03, 2024

What drives Joko to the most polluted city in the USA?

California Health Interview Survey data about asthma in Bakersfield, California, gets cited by German TV personality Joko Winterscheidt, host of "The World's Most Dangerous Show," which focuses on the climate crisis.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

AsAmNews

Jul 02, 2024

New reports say AAPI mental health stigma persists

Data from a recent UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study of mental health among Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans was cited in an article about mental health stigma among AANHPI groups.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

CalMatters

Jun 26, 2024

‘Excruciatingly slow’: Delays in workers’ comp payments harm firefighters, frustrate therapists

Imelda Padilla-Frausto, research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, shares how the long delays in receiving payments for treating patients with workers' compensation claims for mental health care treatment have pushed some doctors to no longer accept such patients.
Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Mental Health Program

Flip the Media

Jun 25, 2024

Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Feb. 2023 symposium on “Addressing Gun Violence as a Public Health Epidemic” was cited in a report on the U.S. surgeon general declaring gun violence a public health crisis by the University of Washington's student-run Communication Leadership Program online publication.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), E.R. Brown Symposium

Vegworld Magazine

Jun 24, 2024

Guinness world record set with celebrity chef supreme serving 1,000+ community meals on Juneteenth in Los Angeles

This initiative addresses a critical public health issue: more than 3 in 10 teens in LA are overweight or obese, with Latino children and teens having the highest overweight and obesity rates of any ethnic group. Almost half of 10 to 17-year-old Latinos in L.A. Counties are overweight or obese, according to the California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Medical Xpress

Jun 21, 2024

U.S. government revises race, ethnicity data collection standards

Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, participated in a discussion about the recently announced revisions to federal guidelines for collecting race and ethnicity data.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab, Data Equity Center

Planetizen

Jun 13, 2024

‘Parks After Dark’ Helps LA County Communities Thrive

Story on Planetizen about the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program cites a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the program's outcomes and benefits.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program