Center in the News List
Oct 10, 2024
New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
Oct 02, 2024
California Health Interview Survey data about the percentage of Latino adults who don't have health insurance was cited in a TV news feature about a free medical clinic in California's Central Valley that primarily serves Latinos.
Sep 24, 2024
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Faculty Associate Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa offered commentary on how "the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment is one of the few randomized controlled trials that enables us to assess the causal impact of health insurance coverage."
Sep 23, 2024
According to research gathered across several countries, sex is at an all-time low. In 2021, the annual California Health Interview Survey found that the number of Californians between 18 and 30 with no sexual partners in 12 months had reached a decade high of 38 per cent; the last count was 36.3 per cent.
Sep 21, 2024
The Antelope Valley has the second highest rate in preventable hospitalizations, behind South Los Angeles, according to a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study released earlier this year.
Sep 10, 2024
Though a smaller percentage of LGBT adults in California had firearms in their households than non-LGBT adults, they reported higher rates of risk for firearm-related injury or mortality, including serious thoughts of suicide in the previous year and intimate partner violence, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also picked up by Medical XPress, Health Medicine Network, and Mirage News (Australia).
Sep 05, 2024
UCLA Center for Health Policy Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, was quoted in a post on the California Health Care Foundation's website about the importance of data disaggregation.
“Disaggregating data offers a more accurate picture of the health needs of a community and allows for targeted interventions to improve outcomes,” said Ponce.
Sep 04, 2024
This story used Center for Health Policy Research data to show that the percentage of insured Californians has reached an all-time high.
Sep 03, 2024
Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, spoke to CalMatters to compare how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump presidencies could affect the Affordable Care Act.
Sep 03, 2024
Demonstrating the value of disaggregated data, the California Health Interview Survey showed disparities in food security among different Asian American groups.