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Variation in Psychological Distress, Life Impairment, and Unmet Need for Care Among Groups of American Indian/Alaska Native Adults in California

This brief uses five years of pooled data from the 2019 to 2023 CHIS to analyze data for all AIAN adults as a single population and as then as multiple populations with diverse Latino ethnic and racial identities.
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Addressing Gaps in Digital Supported Decision-Making (SDM) Resources for the Disability Community in California

This policy brief presents findings from a gap analysis of digital supported decision-making (SDM) resources in California.
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Child Care Among California Households With Young Children Ages 0-5

This brief uses data from the 2019–2023 California Health Interview Survey to describe the child care experiences of households with young children aged 0–5 years old, including unmet need for child care, and household spending on child care.
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Policy Brief

Addressing Gaps in Digital Supported Decision-Making (SDM) Resources for the Disability Community in California

This policy brief presents findings from a gap analysis of digital supported decision-making (SDM) resources in California.

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Journal Article

Equity in Health Care Access, Utilization, and Experiences for Latino Children in California by Parental Citizenship and Household Language, 2021–2022

This study examines health care access, utilization, and experiences among Latino children in California by parental citizenship and household language analyzing merged data from the 2021–2022 California Health Interview Survey and the follow-up Latino Youth Health Study of the same years.

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How Does Age Matter? Investigating Financial Strain, Health, and Well-Being among Adults Who Need Long-Term Services and Supports

This study explores how age may differentiate the associations between disability status, financial strain, and the subjective health and well-being of adults with long-term services and supports needs in California.

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Policy Brief

The Health of Diverse Californians With Needs for Long-Term Services and Supports

This policy brief presents data on the health and well-being of adults with a disability or with long-time chronic conditions who have needs for Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and compares their health status with that of the general California population. It further examines how health outcomes vary by race and ethnicity, employment status, unmet needs for LTSS, and access to health care. The data are from the 2019–2020 California Long-Term Services and Supports (CA-LTSS) study, a follow-on survey of the 2019–2020 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

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Fact Sheet

Financial Worries of Diverse Californians With Needs for Long-Term Services and Supports

This fact sheet uses statewide population–level data to describe the financial worries experienced by California adults who have needs for Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) and to assess the extent of these worries by race or ethnicity and by employment status. Data were obtained from the 2019–2020 California Long-Term Services and Supports (CA-LTSS) study, a follow-on survey of the 2019–2020 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

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Fact Sheet

How a Sense of Neighborhood Cohesion Affects the Health of Diverse Californians With Needs for Long-Term Services and Supports

This fact sheet reports on social characteristics of neighborhoods as perceived by Californians with needs for long-term services and supports (LTSS). Authors detail how perceptions of neighborhood safety and trust vary by race or ethnicity and income and show how a sense of neighborhood cohesion. The data presented were taken from the 2019–2020 California Long-Term Services and Supports (CA-LTSS) study, a follow-on survey of the 2019–2020 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

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The "Disproportionate Costs" of Immigrant Policy on the Health of Latinx and Asian Immigrants

Researchers conducted the RIGHTS Study, developing a population-based survey of Asian and Latinx immigrants in California that measured 23 exclusionary experiences under health care and social services, education, labor/employment, and immigration enforcement policies.

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Immigrants' Enforcement Experiences and Concern about Accessing Public Benefits or Services (Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health)

Although exclusionary immigration policies are associated with fear of deportation and avoidance of public benefits, relationships between immigration enforcement policy and public charge policies are largely unknown. Authors tested the relationship between immigrants' experiences with law enforcement and their concern about public charge.

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Policy Brief

Demand for Aging and Disability Services Is Increasing in California: Can We Meet the Need?

As Californians age and more people live longer with multiple chronic and disabling conditions, health and social care program administrators must anticipate and plan delivery of supportive services that respond to the needs of a rapidly growing and diversifying population.

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Unmet Needs for Help at Home: How Older Adults and Adults With Disabilities Are Faring in California

About 14 million adults in the United States need home and community-based services (HCBS) to maintain their independence and support their quality of life. The ability to access long-term services and supports (LTSS) at home — both paid and unpaid — is essential to maintaining the physical and mental health and well-being of older adults and adults with disabilities.