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Deportation threat and public program participation

To study if California counties that experience increases in deportation threat over time will have a con-commitant decrease in respondents' who report not enrolling their citizen child/ren in a given public program.

Principal Investigator: Marci Ybarra

Deportation threat and infant birthweight: Evidence from California

This study seeks to use variation 'deportation threat; as measured by the rollout of the Secure Communities and 287 (g) to examine the relationship between deportation threat and infant birthweight among women in California, including women who are undocumented.

Principal Investigator: Marci

Demographic and Health Characteristics of Transgender Adults in California, 2017-2021 Update

Examine disparities in chronic health conditions and mental health indicators, including suicide ideation and behavior.

Principal Investigator: Jody Herman

Create Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Plug-in For Open Planning Tools

As part of the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program, EPA has a project to study and develop tools that will help communities make decisions that support more sustainable development patterns.

Principal Investigator: Lawrence Frank

COVID-19 pandemic effects on California’s families with young children using CHIS 2020-2021

This project aims to provide insights into the effects of prolonged and heightened pressures placed on parents and guardians taking care of young children during the pandemic.

Principal Investigator: Ninez Ponce

Contextualizing social risk: overlays with early life adversity and local resource environment details

Examine how childhood adversity is related to social risk later in life and how the local resource context influences this relationship.

Principal Investigator: Nicole Pereira

Community Drinking Water Sources and Gestational Diabetes

Analyze community water sources as risk factors that may influence gestational diabetes rates.

Principal Investigator: Michael Kaminski

Climate change health effects

The physical and mental health impacts of climate change-related exposures, such as extreme heat and wildfire smoke, are not yet well understood.

Principal Investigator: Kelsi Perttula

Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Evaluation

(1) how CYBHI is implemented; (2) how, for whom, and in what context CYBHI made progress toward achieving a transformed and equitable behavioral health ecosystem for children and youth; and (3) whether the initiative made progress toward improving population behavioral health outcomes.

Principal Investigator: Joseph Zickafoose

Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health Care in California: Examining Provider Distribution, Diversity, and Delivery Methods

This dissertation aims to study mental and behavioral health provider characteristics to reduce disparities in mental health access and utilization among children and adolescents in California.

Principal Investigator: Michelle Truong