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Policy Brief
To better understand the mental health needs of the Black population in California, authors of this study used five years of pooled data (2017 to 2021) from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to evaluate differences between Black adults as a single population versus Black adults as multiple populations with diverse racial and ethnic identities. 
Policy Brief
To better understand the mental health needs of the Black population in California, authors of this study used five years of pooled data (2017 to 2021) from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to evaluate differences between Black adults as a single population versus Black adults as multiple populations with diverse racial and ethnic identities. 
Journal Article
Authors aimed to study the association of short-term daily total particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure with work loss due to sickness among adults living in California. They used 2015 to 2018 California Health Interview Survey data (CHIS) on adults in the workforce living in California.
Journal Article
Authors aimed to study the association of short-term daily total particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure with work loss due to sickness among adults living in California. They used 2015 to 2018 California Health Interview Survey data (CHIS) on adults in the workforce living in California.
Policy Brief
This policy brief uses California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data to describe the financial, employment, and child care–related stressors the pandemic placed on families with young children. In addition, we examine changes in parental involvement behaviors that may have long-term effects on children’s development and health, and look at the disproportionate impacts experienced by families of color.
Policy Brief
This policy brief uses California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data to describe the financial, employment, and child care–related stressors the pandemic placed on families with young children. In addition, we examine changes in parental involvement behaviors that may have long-term effects on children’s development and health, and look at the disproportionate impacts experienced by families of color.
Journal Article
The purpose of this report is to share baseline data on medical debt burden and its impacts in L.A. County, along with a set of community-informed recommendations for how we can begin to address this critical issue at the local level.
Journal Article
The purpose of this report is to share baseline data on medical debt burden and its impacts in L.A. County, along with a set of community-informed recommendations for how we can begin to address this critical issue at the local level.
Journal Article
The purpose of this report is to share baseline data on medical debt burden and its impacts in L.A. County, along with a set of community-informed recommendations for how we can begin to address this critical issue at the local level.
Journal Article
The purpose of this report is to share baseline data on medical debt burden and its impacts in L.A. County, along with a set of community-informed recommendations for how we can begin to address this critical issue at the local level.
Journal Article

Summary: Type 2 diabetes has raised great public health concerns due to its association with the increased risk of several adverse health outcomes. Authors aimed to investigate the association of criteria air pollutants and traffic density with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and antidiabetic medication use in California.

Journal Article

Summary: Type 2 diabetes has raised great public health concerns due to its association with the increased risk of several adverse health outcomes. Authors aimed to investigate the association of criteria air pollutants and traffic density with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and antidiabetic medication use in California.

Journal Article
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians.
Journal Article
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians.
Journal Article
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians.
Journal Article
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians.
Journal Article
Studies conducted before, during, and immediately after the 2007–2010 foreclosure crisis found that while homeownership is associated with better health-related outcomes for white households, that association is weaker or non-existent for African-American and Latinx households. Authors examine the relationship between homeownership and health and whether that relationship differs by race/ethnicity in the period since the foreclosure crisis.
Journal Article
Studies conducted before, during, and immediately after the 2007–2010 foreclosure crisis found that while homeownership is associated with better health-related outcomes for white households, that association is weaker or non-existent for African-American and Latinx households. Authors examine the relationship between homeownership and health and whether that relationship differs by race/ethnicity in the period since the foreclosure crisis.
Journal Article
Complex systems models of breast cancer have previously focused on prediction of prognosis and clinical events for individual women. There is a need for understanding breast cancer at the population level for public health decision-making, for identifying gaps in epidemiologic knowledge and for the education of the public as to the complexity of this most common of cancers.
Journal Article
Complex systems models of breast cancer have previously focused on prediction of prognosis and clinical events for individual women. There is a need for understanding breast cancer at the population level for public health decision-making, for identifying gaps in epidemiologic knowledge and for the education of the public as to the complexity of this most common of cancers.