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Los Angeles Daily News — UCLA researchers embark on next chapter of Aliso Canyon health study — August 2, 2024

UCLA researchers embark on next chapter of Aliso Canyon health study — UCLA researchers embark on next chapter of Aliso Canyon health study — August 2, 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.
Features: Aliso Canyon Health Study
Meteoweb (Italy)

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.)

Madamenoir — Mýa Reveals She’s Been Celibate For 7 Years And It Changed Her Life — August 1, 2024

Mýa Reveals She’s Been Celibate For 7 Years And It Changed Her Life — Mýa Reveals She’s Been Celibate For 7 Years And It Changed Her Life — August 1, 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.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Lookout Santa Cruz — New Dominican Hospital residency program aims to speed up local health care — July 25, 2024

New Dominican Hospital residency program aims to speed up local health care — New Dominican Hospital residency program aims to speed up local health care — July 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%.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

MB News (Manhattan Beach) — How's Your Health, Manhattan Beach? — July 26, 2024

How's Your Health, Manhattan Beach? — How's Your Health, Manhattan Beach? — July 26, 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.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Mirage News (Australia) — California Adults in Long-Term Care Struggle with Resource Access — July 24, 2024

California Adults in Long-Term Care Struggle with Resource Access — California Adults in Long-Term Care Struggle with Resource Access — July 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.
Features: Kathryn G. Kietzman, Lei Chen, Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

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)