Aug 07, 2024
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. Also published on California Health Line.
Aug 06, 2024
Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was a featured speaker at the Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander health equity roundtable, which included representatives from the state AAPI Caucus and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs, as well as federal and state agencies and community-based organizations based throughout California.
Aug 04, 2024
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, a UCLA professor of health policy and management and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's mental health program, was cited in this story about mental health among college-going adults in Kenya. (Paywall)
Aug 02, 2024
Over the next six months, a UCLA team will continue collecting a massive amount of data that will help dozens of scientists and researchers investigate how residents have been impacted by the Aliso Canyon gas leak near Porter Ranch that went on for four months, forcing thousands of families to evacuate their homes.
Aug 02, 2024
Food insecurity is limited or inconsistent access to healthy food, according to UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research.
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Aug 02, 2024
California: One in Five Suffers Mental Illness Due to Extreme Weather
An Italian news website story about how climate change affected mental health, cited a new study that used data from the California Health Interview Survey. (No link available.)
Aug 01, 2024
A story about singer Mýa’s choice to abstain from sex for seven year cites data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Health Interview Survey.
Jul 25, 2024
In Santa Cruz County in 2022, 21.4% of people reported in a California Health Interview Survey that they had delayed medical care or didn’t receive the care they needed, compared to the statewide average of 16.5%.
Jul 25, 2024
The Beach Cities Health District, in its triannual survey of people's health in the L.A. County beach cities, includes indicators from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey, among others.
Jul 24, 2024
Whether because of age or disability, California adults who require assistance with day-to-day activities reported their health as worse overall and experience higher rates of serious psychological distress, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also picked up by MSN, Sierra Sun Times, Medical Xpress, and Health Medicine Network.