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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

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

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

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

Differential Impacts of California’s Paid Family Leave Program among Immigrants and U.S. Natives

In 2004, California became the first state to offer paid family leave to eligible parents (henceforth, CA-PFL).

Principal Investigator: Eva Dziadula

Breaking the Cycle: Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences, Legal Status, and Health Disparities Among Californians

This project examines how legal status moderates the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult health outcomes across racial and ethnic groups in California.

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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

Public Charge and Basic Needs 2019 to 2023

Using data from the 2019 to 2023 California Health Interview Survey, this study explores changes in avoidance of public programs out of fear it would impact immigration status between the Trump administration's proposed rule change and the Biden administration's rule change.

Principal Investigator: Joelle Wolstein