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Lookout Santa Cruz

New Dominican Hospital residency program aims to speed up local health care

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%.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
MB News (Manhattan Beach)

How's Your Health, Manhattan Beach?

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.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mirage News (Australia)

California Adults in Long-Term Care Struggle with Resource Access

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.
Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Kathryn G. Kietzman, Lei Chen
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