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LAist — For Many in California's AAPI Community, Finding Mental Health Support Is Hard — March 9, 2023

For Many in California's AAPI Community, Finding Mental Health Support Is Hard — For Many in California's AAPI Community, Finding Mental Health Support Is Hard — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

California Healthline — Listen: Immigrants Fear Gun Violence and Students Conduct COVID Outreach — March 9, 2023

Listen: Immigrants Fear Gun Violence and Students Conduct COVID Outreach — Listen: Immigrants Fear Gun Violence and Students Conduct COVID Outreach — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Sean Tan, Gun Violence and Gun Safety

The Daily Bruin — New proposal seeks holistic investigation of 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak — March 9, 2023

New proposal seeks holistic investigation of 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak — New proposal seeks holistic investigation of 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Aliso Canyon Health Study

The Washington Post — 11 Tips to plan your health care after job loss — March 9, 2023

11 Tips to plan your health care after job loss — 11 Tips to plan your health care after job loss — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Gerald F. Kominski, Health Insurance Program

UCLA Newsroom — Under COVID-era stay-at-home orders, household conflicts had direct link to poor mental health — March 9, 2023

Under COVID-era stay-at-home orders, household conflicts had direct link to poor mental health — Under COVID-era stay-at-home orders, household conflicts had direct link to poor mental health — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Mental Health Program

mHealth Intelligence — mHealth Intelligence — March 9, 2023

mHealth Intelligence — mHealth Intelligence — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

mHealth Intelligence — Race, Age, Languare Barriers Fuel Telehealth Delivery Disparities — March 9, 2023

Race, Age, Languare Barriers Fuel Telehealth Delivery Disparities — Race, Age, Languare Barriers Fuel Telehealth Delivery Disparities — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

Reuters — California massacres heighten immigrants' fears of U.S. gun violence — March 9, 2023

California massacres heighten immigrants' fears of U.S. gun violence — California massacres heighten immigrants' fears of U.S. gun violence — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Ninez A. Ponce, Gun Violence and Gun Safety

UCLA Newsroom — Telehealth, key part of pandemic-era care, should be more accessible for more patients — March 9, 2023

Telehealth, key part of pandemic-era care, should be more accessible for more patients — Telehealth, key part of pandemic-era care, should be more accessible for more patients — March 9, 2023

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.

Features: Arturo Vargas Bustamante

FOX 11 LA — In Depth: Rockhaven Sanitarium — March 9, 2023

In Depth: Rockhaven Sanitarium — In Depth: Rockhaven Sanitarium — March 9, 2023

Mental illness is sorely underfunded. California is actually one of the leaders because we have what's known as the millionaire's tax, which is the mental health services act, which gives us more resources than the typical state to deal with mental health problems, and you see, we're not getting it right. The first thing we need to do is look at how we finance mental health, some people think that if people get all of the treatment that they want, that we will break the bank. And that's not a good way to think about it. Instead what we need to do is when people go to their primary care setting

Features: Vickie Mays, Mental Health Program