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Dazed — How to go boy sober when you have a pathological need for male validation — July 18, 2024

How to go boy sober when you have a pathological need for male validation — How to go boy sober when you have a pathological need for male validation — July 18, 2024

The movement is part of a broader cultural conversation around celibacy: in 2021, a study by UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research revealed that 4 in 10 people under 30 reported having no sexual partner in the past 12 months.

City News Group — Focusing on Gut Health — July 18, 2024

Focusing on Gut Health — Focusing on Gut Health — July 18, 2024

Results from the California Health Interview Survey (2005-2015) data showed that individuals with moderate to severe psychological stress had habits of eating less fruits and vegetables and an increased consumption of French fries, soda, and fast food.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Galileu Magazine (Brazil) — New ways of having sex: Is Gen Z really less interested in sex? — July 15, 2024

New ways of having sex: Is Gen Z really less interested in sex? — New ways of having sex: Is Gen Z really less interested in sex? — July 15, 2024

In 2021, the California Health Interview Survey, conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) — Billie Eilish's hometown — also showed that the percentage of people aged 18 to 30 who reported having no sexual partner in the previous year reached 38%, the highest peak in ten years.

Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Quad-City Times (Illinois-Iowa) — 12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — July 15, 2024

12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — 12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — July 15, 2024

A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits per 1,000 beneficiaries per year.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Healthcare Finance — Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs — July 11, 2024

Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs — Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs — July 11, 2024

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 — Californians experiencing housing insecurity face higher rates of psychological distress — July 9, 2024

Californians experiencing housing insecurity face higher rates of psychological distress — Californians experiencing housing insecurity face higher rates of psychological distress — July 9, 2024

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 — Study: AANHPI less likely to seek mental health help — July 10, 2024

Study: AANHPI less likely to seek mental health help — Study: AANHPI less likely to seek mental health help — July 10, 2024

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 — What drives Joko to the most polluted city in the USA? — July 3, 2024

What drives Joko to the most polluted city in the USA? — What drives Joko to the most polluted city in the USA? — July 3, 2024

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 — New reports say AAPI mental health stigma persists — July 3, 2024

New reports say AAPI mental health stigma persists — New reports say AAPI mental health stigma persists — July 3, 2024

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 — ‘Excruciatingly slow’: Delays in workers’ comp payments harm firefighters, frustrate therapists — June 26, 2024

‘Excruciatingly slow’: Delays in workers’ comp payments harm firefighters, frustrate therapists — ‘Excruciatingly slow’: Delays in workers’ comp payments harm firefighters, frustrate therapists — June 26, 2024

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