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Understanding Mental Health and Service Use among Pilipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American Emerging Adults in California, 2023 and 2024

Quantitative analysis of CHIS data will be used as part of a 3-paper dissertation that aims to understand the status and developmental correlates of mental health outcomes and help-seeking behaviors among Pilipino, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American emerging adults (ages 18 to 25).

Principal Investigator: Hillary Peregrina

Substance Use, Acculturation, and Psychological Distress Among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Adults in California

This project examines substance use patterns among Iranian and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) adults in California using CHIS data.

Principal Investigator: Erika Rosen

Residential Greenery and Health Outcomes in Californian Neighborhoods: A Multilevel Analysis Using Deep Learning Streetview Imagery

This project examines how theorized mechanisms between urban greenery and health may be affected by measurement styles and vegetation classifications, and whether these relationships are further impacted by entrenched inequities in our residential environments.

Principal Investigator: Julia Zabala

Validating a ZCTA-level mental health provider language-access index against mental health service use in the California Health Interview Survey, 2019–2024

This project tests whether the local availability of mental health providers who speak a patient's language is associated with greater mental health service use among limited-English-proficient adults in California, by linking CHIS 2019-2024 to a small-area index of language-specific provider supply.

Principal Investigator: Nari Yoo

Fear as a Barrier to Coverage: The Chilling Effect of the Public Charge Rule on Children's Medicaid Enrollment

This study examines the chilling effects of the Trump administration's 2019 public charge rule on Medi-Cal enrollment and healthcare access among immigrant populations in California.

Principal Investigator: Jonathan Palisoc

Comparing Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Dementia Risk Scores for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Across Asian Groups in California

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is rapidly becoming a public health crisis in the US, affecting around 7 million older Americans (65+).

Principal Investigator: Dinithi Perera

Understanding Latino Mental Health: Racialized Legal Status and Dual Exclusion Using the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

The purpose of this work is to create an intersectional discrimination framework to characterize how racialized legal status excludes people from civic life, economic mobility, and access to essential services.

Principal Investigator: Lianeris Estremera Rodriguez

Evaluating the association between ACEs and psychological distress, and the moderating role of neighborhood social cohesion

This study uses CHIS data from 2022-2024 to examine: 1) the relationship between ACEs and psychological distress; and 2) the moderating role of neighborhood social cohesion on this relationship among: 1) the general adult and teen populations; 2) by ethnicity (non-Hispanic White, Latino, African American, Asian, Other non-Hispanic), and when statistically possible, by specific Asian American ethnicity.

Principal Investigator: Biblia Cha

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence in California

This project examines the prevalence and distribution of intimate partner violence (IPV) in California using CHIS data collected across multiple survey cycles between 2001 and 2023.

Principal Investigator: Sepideh Banava

American Indian and Alaska Native CHIS Analyses

This project will analyze the health conditions, behaviors, and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Californians using data from the 2024 AIAN Follow-On Study and the 2013-2024 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Principal Investigator: Ninez Ponce