Center in the News List
May 30, 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.
May 29, 2024
Research by Ashvin Gandhi, a faculty affiliate of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is cited in this report on for-profit nursing homes.
May 24, 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.
MyNewsLA.com — LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program found that the program has largely been successful.
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.
May 22, 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.
May 20, 2024
In this Q&A, Imelda Padilla-Frausto shares her "non-traditional" journey from studying engineering and computer science at community college in central New Mexico to research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 17, 2024
Gerald Kominski helps a report factcheck Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin's claims that she "wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.” Syndicated on Politifact, Austin American Statesman, among others.
May 16, 2024
A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees [in California's Whole Person Care program] reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits for every 1,000 beneficiaries compared to similar-profile Medicaid beneficiaries who did not participate in the program.
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May 16, 2024
Ninez Ponce said in that in addition to being an excellent researcher, Ying-Ying Meng supported not just coworkers but mentees in becoming public health scholars. Yu Yu added that Meng was not only an advisor and mentor to her but also an inspiration.