Center in the News List
Accessing health care, including mental health services, became much tougher for California's Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
The report, done in collaboration with the group AAPI Data, builds on findings from UCLA's 2021 California Health Interview Survey and roughly 1,600 follow-on surveys conducted last year.
A 2021 survey conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that nearly a quarter of immigrants reported feeling "very worried" about being a victim of gun violence, compared with roughly 13% of California adults.
Nadereh Pourat, a professor at the Fielding School of Public Health and researcher on the case, said she will indirectly measure the health of residents in Aliso Canyon's surrounding areas by identifying where residents utilized health care, which will help understand the short and long term health impacts of exposure on residents compared to those who were not exposed to the gas leak.
Most employers, particularly larger companies, typically subsidize about 80 percent of the total premium, meaning that you will go from paying about 20 percent to paying about 102 percent of the cost, once you factor in the 2 percent administrative fee, said Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Mental health recovery from the pandemic begins when equitable policies are made to address the social and economic crises of the pandemic," Padilla-Frausto said, adding that the pandemic's effects on mental health and on people's social lives and personal relationships will be felt for years to come.
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute conducted a study that shows healthcare disparities linked to telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from race, age, language, and technology access barriers.
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute conducted a study that shows healthcare disparities linked to telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from race, age, language, and technology access barriers.
About 9.3% of Asian immigrants keep guns in their homes in California, compared with 5.6% of Latino immigrants and 12% of white immigrants, said Ninez Ponce.
A study by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that since COVID-19 emerged, language barriers have prevented Latino and Asian patients in Los Angeles from making full use of telehealth services.