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LAist — More than 3 in 10 teens in LA are overweight or obese — July 5, 2023

More than 3 in 10 teens in LA are overweight or obese — LAist — July 5, 2023

Latino children and teens have the highest overweight and obesity rates of any ethnic group. Almost half of 10 to 17 year old Latinos in LA county are overweight or obese, according to the California Health Interview Survey, one of the sources in the report.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Business & Politics — Young employees fed up with 'Boomer' workplace habits like replying 'all' on emails, tech inquiries — July 5, 2023

Young employees fed up with 'Boomer' workplace habits like replying 'all' on emails, tech inquiries — Business & Politics — July 5, 2023

The survey's findings were similar to those from UCLA's California Health Interview Survey that found Millenials' individualistic behavior had left them engaging in far fewer physical relationships with people than older generations.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Public Health Institute — Brief: Experiences of families with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 to 2021 — July 7, 2023

Brief: Experiences of families with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 to 2021 — Public Health Institute — July 7, 2023

A study from the Public Health Institute, in partnership with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that challenges with child care and financial stress during the COVID pandemic may have greatly diminished opportunities for California parents to interact with their young children.

Features: Sean Tan, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Medical Xpress — Study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — July 5, 2023

Study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — Medical Xpress — July 5, 2023

Child care challenges and financial stressed during the pandemic may have greatly diminished opportunities for California parents to interact with their youngest children, according to a study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Features: Sean Tan, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

UCLA Newsroom — UCLA study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — July 5, 2023

UCLA study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — UCLA Newsroom — July 5, 2023

Child care challenges and financial stressed during the pandemic may have greatly diminished opportunities for California parents to interact with their youngest children, according to a study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Features: Communications Team, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Lown Institute — How hospitals can help solve our medical crisis debt — July 5, 2023

How hospitals can help solve our medical crisis debt — Lown Institute — July 5, 2023

The LA DPH used county specific data from the California Health Interview Survey of 4,000+ people from 2017-2021 to better understand the burden of medical debt.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

ABC News — How smoke blanketing Northeast from Canadian wildfires can impact our mental health — July 12, 2023

How smoke blanketing Northeast from Canadian wildfires can impact our mental health — ABC News — July 12, 2023

There's a vulnerability that happens when there are disasters and wildfires, even at a distance," Dr. Vickie Mays, a professor of psychology at UCLA College of Letters and Sciences, told ABC News. 'You need to kind of just check in with yourself and say, 'Wow, am I having a response to this? If so, do I need to do something about this? Don't just ignore it.'

Features: Vickie Mays, Air Pollution and Health Care Utilization

JPHMP Direct — Designing Data Dashboards To Build Community Engagement Around Young People's Well-Being — July 5, 2023

Designing Data Dashboards To Build Community Engagement Around Young People's Well-Being — JPHMP Direct — July 5, 2023

In our article titled, “Dashboards as Mechanisms for Community Empowerment: Developing a Prototype for Child and Adolescent Well-being in California,” my colleagues and I offer our thoughts and experiences with how dashboards might be designed to more effectively mobilize communities to advocate for policy actions that support young people in California.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

California Healthline — Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age, and researchers are exploring why — May 30, 2023

Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age, and researchers are exploring why — California Healthline — May 30, 2023

The number of young adults going without sex was rising even before covid made dating harder and riskier. In 2011, about 22% of Californians ages 18 to 30 reported having no sexual partners in the prior 12 months. That crept up to 29% in 2019, and it jumped to 38% in 2021, according to the latest figures from UCLA's California Health Interview Survey.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)