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Flip the Media — Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis — June 27, 2024

Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis — Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis — June 27, 2024

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Feb. 2023 symposium on “Addressing Gun Violence as a Public Health Epidemic” was cited in a report on the U.S. surgeon general declaring gun violence a public health crisis by the University of Washington's student-run Communication Leadership Program online publication.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), E.R. Brown Symposium

Vegworld Magazine — Guinness world record set with celebrity chef supreme serving 1,000+ community meals on Juneteenth in Los Angeles — June 25, 2024

Guinness world record set with celebrity chef supreme serving 1,000+ community meals on Juneteenth in Los Angeles — Guinness world record set with celebrity chef supreme serving 1,000+ community meals on Juneteenth in Los Angeles — June 25, 2024

This initiative addresses a critical public health issue: more than 3 in 10 teens in LA are overweight or obese, with Latino children and teens having the highest overweight and obesity rates of any ethnic group. Almost half of 10 to 17-year-old Latinos in L.A. Counties are overweight or obese, according to the California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Medical Xpress — U.S. government revises race, ethnicity data collection standards — June 21, 2024

U.S. government revises race, ethnicity data collection standards — U.S. government revises race, ethnicity data collection standards — June 21, 2024

Ninez A. Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, participated in a discussion about the recently announced revisions to federal guidelines for collecting race and ethnicity data.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab, Data Equity Center

Claycord Newstalk 925 — Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — June 11, 2024

Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — Contra Costa Health Launches Interactive Health Data Atlas — June 11, 2024

Contra Costa County has launched a free online tool that gives the public easy access to a wide array of county health data. The health atlas uses data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's California Health Interview Survey.
Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Crosscurrents (public radio show) — Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — May 31, 2024

Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — Connecting to AANHPI seniors on mental wellness — May 31, 2024

Crosscurrents host Hana Baba and Helen H. Hsu, bi-cultural, bi-lingual clinical psychologist founder of Hella Mental Health and outreach director at Stanford University, discussed a UCLA CHPR report about the importance of culturally competent mental health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

Daily Mail — Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — May 29, 2024

Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — Here's what happens to the human body when you don't have sex for months — May 29, 2024

Despite the positive attachment to sex, a 2021 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study found that 38 percent of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 reported they hadn't had any sexual partners in the previous year.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

UCLA Newsroom — IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — May 23, 2024

IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — IN FOCUS: AANHPI Heritage Month — May 23, 2024

Two articles about the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were included in a curated selection of stories spotlighting Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voices, histories and research.
Features: Ninez A. Ponce, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project

The Epoch Times — Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — May 24, 2024

Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — Doctor, Patient Sue California Over Telehealth Restrictions — May 24, 2024

Telehealth use surged in California during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in October 2023. In 2022, 46.7 percent of California adults had used telehealth in the preceding year, a dramatic increase from the 12.4 percent figure in 2018.
Features: Sean Tan, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Q Voice News — Bisexual women, lesbians die sooner than heterosexual women, report says — May 14, 2024

Bisexual women, lesbians die sooner than heterosexual women, report says — Bisexual women, lesbians die sooner than heterosexual women, report says — May 14, 2024

A new study about that examined health disparities among lesbian and bisexual women compared to heterosexual women published in the Journal of the American Medical Association cites a UCLA CHPR study.
Features: Joelle Wolstein, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), LGBTQ Health