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Featured Staff
Nov 01, 2024
KFF Health News

California expanded Medi-cal to unauthorized residents. The results are mixed

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that 21% of California dentists saw Medi-Cal patients of all ages, according to data from 2019 to 2021. Often those dentists limit the number of Medi-Cal patients they will see; only 15% of adult enrollees might get dental care in a given year.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Nov 01, 2024
Crossings TV (Asian-focused broadcast outlet and syndicator)

Secretary Xavier Becerra Joins Covered California to Launch Its “Let’s Talk Health” Campaign as Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 1

The need for help and information about Covered California is even greater when English is a second language. According to data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), approximately 2 million Californians have limited English proficiency, and they are more than twice as likely to be uninsured. (Syndicated in 5 additional outlets.)
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 28, 2024
Peninsula Press

Historically allied CA healthcare groups split over proposition 35

Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at UCLA’s Center for Health Policy research was quoted in an article explaining California ballot Proposition 35, which is related to funding for Medi-Cal.
Riti Shimkhada
Oct 25, 2024
Tri-County Sentry (Ventura)

Oxnard youths behind State health stats

According to the California Health Interview Survey, 60% of 18 to 34-year-olds say they have excellent or very good health. The percentage is only around half in Oxnard.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Oct 24, 2024
Daily Bruin

Experts discuss details, implications of 2 health care propositions on the ballot

Two people from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research – Naomi Zewde and Riti Shimkhada – were quoted in a Daily Bruin article about health care-related propositions on the ballot in California.
Naomi Zewde, Riti Shimkhada
Oct 24, 2024
Generations Now (American Society on Aging)

Data Should Drive Efforts to Improve Aging

This column in the American Society on Aging's online magazine touts the importance of working with key data sources like the California Health Interview Survey to bolster data collection efforts when building data dashboards.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Oct 21, 2024
American Council on Science and Health

To Split or Not to Split: That is the Data Question

Ninez A. Ponce, Phd, MPP, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was quoted in a column about the value of data disaggregation, particularly for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 11, 2024
The Week

Nobody sees themselves in the word 'other'

The op-ed written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, led The Week's newsletter of top opinion pieces.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
The Hill

Erase ‘other’: Accurate Census data matters for every American

In an op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, wrote about how having the right public health data helps policymakers pinpoint the needs of specific communities, allocate resources more appropriately and develop more effective solutions. Also published on MSN.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
KPBS

Health care providers push for voter engagement as part of public health campaign

New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce