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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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USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

May 01, 2024

How Can Health Care Do Better for LGBTQ+ Patients?

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study about disparities in LGBTQ+ health care is cited as important reading in the promotion of an upcoming webinar about ways to improve health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
Features: Susan H. Babey, Joelle Wolstein, The California Endowment (TCE) Research Studies, LGBTQ Health

Sierra Sun Times

May 01, 2024

New UCLA Study Finds Access to Firearms for Californians Ages 15–24 Associated with Increased Suicide Risk

1 in 4 California adolescents ages 15–17 and nearly 1 in 3 Californians ages 18–24 said they had suicidal thoughts at least once in their lifetime.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Gun Violence and Gun Safety

University of California Global Health Institute

Apr 30, 2024

Amplifying Asian Immigrant Women Voices through a Study on Sexual and Reproductive Health Experiences

This story which appeared on the University of California Newsroom highlights the work of Dr. May Sudhinaraset, associate professor of community health sciences and UCLA CHPR faculty associate. Sudhinaraset and her colleagues launched the first study to collect national data on the sexual and reproductive health care experiences of Asian immigrant women.
Features: May Sudhinaraset

Los Angeles Times

Apr 28, 2024

As some nursing homes cry poverty, what can be done about increased staffing requirements?

Los Angeles Times' columnist Steve Lopez talks with Ashvin Gandhi, a professor and faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about how nursing home companies sometimes use “tunneling” practices to obscure true profitability.
Features: Ashvin Gandhi

California Healthline

Apr 25, 2024

California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off.

Nearly half of California youths from the ages of 12 to 17 report having recently struggled with mental health issues, with nearly a third experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a 2021 study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also published on KFF Health News.
Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Mental Health Program, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

San Francisco Chronicle

Apr 22, 2024

Patients of female doctors — both men and women — have better outcomes, new study finds

A new study by Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that patients who have a female doctor are less likely to die in the days after being admitted to the hospital than patients who have a male doctor.
Features: Yusuke Tsugawa

New York Times

Apr 17, 2024

Take This Dance Class and Call Me in the Morning

Daniel Eisenberg, director of the mental health program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is quoted about reasons to be skeptical that social prescriptions will become widely adopted in the United States because of the traditional slow pace of chance in the U.S. health care system.
Features: Daniel Eisenberg

Newsweek

Apr 16, 2024

California SNAP benefits unused by millions

Nourish California estimates there are 2.7 million people eligible for CalFresh who do not receive any benefits. If the state approved the benefits for the 2.7 million, it would receive an extra $3.5 billion in CalFresh money from the federal government yearly.

California has a significant food insecurity problem, with UCLA's Center for Health Policy and Research finding 3.4 million residents went hungry in 2021, and 39 percent of adults could not afford enough food for themselves.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Planetizen

Apr 03, 2024

Spring Fun at Los Angeles County Parks

The outcomes and benefits of Los Angeles County’s Parks After Dark Program have been well-documented. According to a recent evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 92 percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in L.A. County parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe. 

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Insider Higher Education

Mar 27, 2024

All Eyes on Loneliness

Daniel Eisenberg, director of the mental health program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and colleagues write about loneliness among college students from a mental health angle in a column for Inside Higher Ed.
Features: Daniel Eisenberg, Mental Health Program