Center in the News
Mar 21, 2024
Los Angeles Times
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Kathryn Kietzman and Imelda Padilla-Frausto are cited in this article about hunger among older adults.
Elder Index, Food Insecurity
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto,
Kathryn G. Kietzman
Mar 20, 2024
WGN.com (Chicago TV station)
Ponce is known for her expertise in health policy and health disparities. She has made a significant impact on the field of public health through her research, teaching and advocacy efforts. [Picked up in more than 200 outlets from PR Newswire news release issued by CDC Foundation.]
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 20, 2024
CalMatters
About 600,000 uninsured Californians are eligible for subsidized insurance through Covered California, according to estimates by the UCLA Health Policy Research Center cited by the agency.
California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)
Mar 18, 2024
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
About one in four Californians are immigrants, and half are from Latin America. Nearly 10% of California’s workforce are undocumented. Nearly three times more Hispanics/Latinx (about 12%) compared to their white peers were uninsured in California, according to a 2020 report from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Shana Charles,
Susan H. Babey,
Joelle Wolstein
Mar 18, 2024
The Final Call
To increase awareness of mental health issues in AANHPI communities, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and AAPI Data, based at UC Riverside, published a 67-page report detailing the psychological toll burdening these communities.
AAPI Data Project, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Mar 18, 2024
Capital & Main
A California Program to Get Produce to Low-Income Families Is a Hit. Now It Is Running Out of Money.
A 2021 California Health Interview Survey found that 3.4 million Californians went hungry that year and 39% of adults in the state could not afford enough food.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 14, 2024
China Daily
"Asian American communities have faced a long history of discrimination, racism and inequitable US policies that have significant implications for their mental health today."
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Mar 08, 2024
KRCR TV (Humboldt)
In California, 39% of adults experience food insecurity, according to the UCLA Center for Health and Policy Research. That includes Humboldt County.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Mar 05, 2024
Moneywise
More than 40% of seniors in the city do not have enough money to cover basic housing, food, health care and transportation, according to The Elder Index, developed by the University of California Los Angeles’ Center for Health Policy Research.
Elder Index
Mar 01, 2024
AsAm News
“Historically, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian people have been viewed as a monolithic group, which mistakenly led others to generalizing their experiences,” said Ninez Ponce, director at the CHPR and an author of the report. “By disaggregating the data for the different groups, we’re learning important information that could help lawmakers craft policy that does a better job reaching the people who need it.” The perception of a monolithic AAPI group directly affects access to mental health services in different Asian languages.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce