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UCLA Newsroom — UCLA study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — July 5, 2023

UCLA study shows less parent-child interaction during COVID-19 — UCLA Newsroom — July 5, 2023

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 — July 5, 2023

How hospitals can help solve our medical crisis debt — Lown Institute — July 5, 2023

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 — July 12, 2023

How smoke blanketing Northeast from Canadian wildfires can impact our mental health — ABC News — July 12, 2023

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

JPHMP Direct — Designing Data Dashboards To Build Community Engagement Around Young People's Well-Being — July 5, 2023

Designing Data Dashboards To Build Community Engagement Around Young People's Well-Being — JPHMP Direct — July 5, 2023

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)

California Healthline — Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age, and researchers are exploring why — May 30, 2023

Young people are having less sex than their parents did at their age, and researchers are exploring why — California Healthline — May 30, 2023

The number of young adults going without sex was rising even before covid made dating harder and riskier. In 2011, about 22% of Californians ages 18 to 30 reported having no sexual partners in the prior 12 months. That crept up to 29% in 2019, and it jumped to 38% in 2021, according to the latest figures from UCLA's California Health Interview Survey.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Telemundo 52 — “Quiero ayudar a otros padres”: el trabajo voluntario le sirve de consuelo por la muerte de su hijo — May 30, 2023

“Quiero ayudar a otros padres”: el trabajo voluntario le sirve de consuelo por la muerte de su hijo — Telemundo 52 — May 30, 2023

Dr. Imelda Padilla with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says social media impacts young LGBTQ+ people, making them more vulnerable to risk factors of suicide ideation.

Features: D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto

Our Weekly — No Menthol Sunday: A day of reflection, purpose — May 30, 2023

No Menthol Sunday: A day of reflection, purpose — Our Weekly — May 30, 2023

The California Health Interview Survey found that a staggering 47.7% of African American/Black adults who smoke use menthol cigarettes, compared to only 16.5% of White adults.

Features: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Women — Fun Fact: Skipping Weekday Workouts May Not Be So Bad — May 30, 2023

Fun Fact: Skipping Weekday Workouts May Not Be So Bad — Women — May 30, 2023

A 2023 study published in medical journal JAMA Network Open suggests that keeping workouts to the weekend might not be all that bad.

Spectrum 1 LA — Housing instability leads to health tradeoffs, UCLA study finds — May 30, 2023

Housing instability leads to health tradeoffs, UCLA study finds — Spectrum 1 LA — May 30, 2023

Someone's housing situation has consequential effects on their overall health and well-being," UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Senior Public Administration Analyst Sean Tan said Thursday during a presentation of the research findings.

Features: Sean Tan, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)