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Los Angeles Daily News — Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — June 12, 2024

Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — June 12, 2024

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's evaluation of the L.A. County Parks After Dark program that showed participants felt safe was cited in a story published in all six Southern California New Group papers, as well as the Los Angeles Post and San Fernando Sun.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation

Claycord Newstalk 925 — Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — June 11, 2024

Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — June 11, 2024

Contra Costa County has launched a free online tool that gives the public easy access to a wide array of county health data. The health atlas uses data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Health Day News — Many Americans cite health reasons for using marijuana — June 13, 2024

Many Americans cite health reasons for using marijuana — Many Americans cite health reasons for using marijuana — June 13, 2024

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Faculty Associate Lillian Gelberg is quoted in a story about her study of cannabis use in California. The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
Features: Lillian Gelberg

Umu Talk (podcast) — Rise and Vote: Pacific Islander Youth in Action — June 21, 2024

Rise and Vote: Pacific Islander Youth in Action — Rise and Vote: Pacific Islander Youth in Action — June 21, 2024

This episode features Calvin Chang, Director of the UCLA Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab, talking about the importance of why the NHPI vote matters and strategies that community health workers can use to support youth to vote.
Features: Richard Calvin Chang, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab

Crosscurrents (public radio show) — Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — May 31, 2024

Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — May 31, 2024

Crosscurrents host Hana Baba and Helen H. Hsu, bi-cultural, bi-lingual clinical psychologist founder of Hella Mental Health and outreach director at Stanford University, discussed a UCLA CHPR report about the importance of culturally competent mental health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

CBS Evening News (online) — As investors pour in, for-profit nursing homes leave some seniors in need — June 3, 2024

As investors pour in, for-profit nursing homes leave some seniors in need — As investors pour in, for-profit nursing homes leave some seniors in need — June 3, 2024

Research by Ashvin Gandhi, a faculty affiliate of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is cited in this report on for-profit nursing homes.
Features: Ashvin Gandhi

Daily Mail — Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — May 29, 2024

Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — May 29, 2024

Despite the positive attachment to sex, a 2021 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found that 38 percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 reported they hadn't had any sexual partners in the previous year.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

MyNewsLA.com — LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — May 23, 2024

LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — May 23, 2024

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program found that the program has largely been successful.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation

UCLA Newsroom — IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — May 23, 2024

IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — May 23, 2024

Two articles about the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were included in a curated selection of stories spotlighting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices, histories and research.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

The Epoch Times — Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — May 24, 2024

Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — May 24, 2024

Telehealth use surged in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in October 2023. In 2022, 46.7 percent of California adults had used telehealth in the preceding year, a dramatic increase from the 12.4 percent figure in 2018.
Features: Sean Tan, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)