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Los Angeles Sentinel

Housing Insecurity Makes Black Californians Face Higher Rates of Psychological Distress

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study revealed that Black people in California experiencing unstable housing are more likely to struggle with mental health.
Sean Tan, Joelle Wolstein
Dazed

How to go boy sober when you have a pathological need for male validation

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

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.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Galileu Magazine (Brazil)

New ways of having sex: Is Gen Z really less interested in sex?

In 2021, the California Health Interview Survey, conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) — Billie Eilish's hometown — also showed that the percentage of people aged 18 to 30 who reported having no sexual partner in the previous year reached 38%, the highest peak in ten years.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Quad-City Times (Illinois-Iowa)

12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall)

A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits per 1,000 beneficiaries per year.

Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program
Nadereh Pourat
Healthcare Finance

Blue Shield of California expands Wellvolution with new programs

Nearly half of California adults, including one out of every three young adults, have either prediabetes – a precursor to Type 2 diabetes – or undiagnosed diabetes, according to a [2016] study released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Susan H. Babey
MSN Money

Californians experiencing housing insecurity face higher rates of psychological distress

As California struggles with providing affordable housing, a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that people who experience housing insecurity have much higher rates of psychological distress. Also picked up by Mirage News Australia, YubaNet, and MedicalXpress.
Sean Tan, Joelle Wolstein
NextShark

Study: AANHPI less likely to seek mental health help

Mental health challenges affect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) communities disproportionately, yet they are less likely to seek help, a recent UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce
Joko Winterscheidt Presents: Climate Change – the World

What drives Joko to the most polluted city in the USA?

California Health Interview Survey data about asthma in Bakersfield, California, gets cited by German TV personality Joko Winterscheidt, host of "The World's Most Dangerous Show," which focuses on the climate crisis.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
AsAmNews

New reports say AAPI mental health stigma persists

Data from a recent UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study of mental health among Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans was cited in an article about mental health stigma among AANHPI groups.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce