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Ominous orange skies have subsided, but threat of poor air quality isn't over

How will low-income, housing-insecure, and Black folks access the resources they deserve? Will mental health services be available in the aftermath? These were all questions that crossed Vickie Mays' mind as she watched news reports when New York City's skyline disappeared behind a cloud of grainy orange haze earlier this month.

Features: Vickie Mays, Air Pollution and Health Care Utilization
LAist

More than 3 in 10 teens in LA are overweight or obese

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
The Los Angeles Post

New public health report shows 1 in 10 LA county residents burdened by medical debt

This analysis uses data from the 2017-2021 California Health Interview Survey.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
JPHMP Direct

Designing Data Dashboards To Build Community Engagement Around Young People's Well-Being

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)