External Publication
California's comprehensive tobacco control program begins its next chapter with a paradigm shift from trying to control the tobacco industry and the damage it inflicts to a new era of seeing an end to the tobacco epidemic. The program’s new name, the California Tobacco Prevention Program (CTPP), reflects this change.
External Publication
California's comprehensive tobacco control program begins its next chapter with a paradigm shift from trying to control the tobacco industry and the damage it inflicts to a new era of seeing an end to the tobacco epidemic. The program’s new name, the California Tobacco Prevention Program (CTPP), reflects this change.
Journal Article
This article highlights the underrepresentation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) individuals in health research due to insufficient data disaggregation and limited inclusion in electronic health record (EHR) systems.
Journal Article
This article highlights the underrepresentation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) individuals in health research due to insufficient data disaggregation and limited inclusion in electronic health record (EHR) systems.
External Publication
This data brief investigates justice involvement, specifically arrests and bookings, among California adults. Justice involvement also includes stops by police, sentencing and imprisonment, fatal encounters with law enforcement, probation, and parole. Incarcerated persons have higher rates of infectious and chronic diseases, disabilities, and mental health conditions than the general public.
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This data brief investigates justice involvement, specifically arrests and bookings, among California adults. Justice involvement also includes stops by police, sentencing and imprisonment, fatal encounters with law enforcement, probation, and parole. Incarcerated persons have higher rates of infectious and chronic diseases, disabilities, and mental health conditions than the general public.
Policy Brief
Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents ages 15–17 and young adults ages 18–24, collectively referred to as youth. In this policy brief, authors use pooled 2021 and 2022 California Health Interview Survey to report population-level estimates for associations between firearm proximity and psychological distress as well as lifetime history of suicide ideation and suicide attempts of California youth.
Policy Brief
Suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents ages 15–17 and young adults ages 18–24, collectively referred to as youth. In this policy brief, authors use pooled 2021 and 2022 California Health Interview Survey to report population-level estimates for associations between firearm proximity and psychological distress as well as lifetime history of suicide ideation and suicide attempts of California youth.
Journal Article
This study examines the relationship between both cumulative and individual measures of employment exclusion and self-rated health and psychological distress among Asian and Latino immigrants in California, and whether this relationship is modified by legal status. The authors used data from the RIGHTS study.
Journal Article
This study examines the relationship between both cumulative and individual measures of employment exclusion and self-rated health and psychological distress among Asian and Latino immigrants in California, and whether this relationship is modified by legal status. The authors used data from the RIGHTS study.
External Publication
The 2022 Community Medical Center's Community Health Needs Assessment identifies stroke, heart attack, asthma, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure as the most prevalent chronic diseases in Fresno County. The study aims to underscore the principal chronic diseases trends within Fresno County.
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The 2022 Community Medical Center's Community Health Needs Assessment identifies stroke, heart attack, asthma, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure as the most prevalent chronic diseases in Fresno County. The study aims to underscore the principal chronic diseases trends within Fresno County.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines geographic disparities in rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits among adults ages 18 and older by Service Planning Areas (SPA) in Los Angeles County from 2016 to 2021. Authors look at three combinations of conditions that are typically preventable, given appropriate disease management: all conditions, chronic conditions, and diabetes-related conditions.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines geographic disparities in rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency department visits among adults ages 18 and older by Service Planning Areas (SPA) in Los Angeles County from 2016 to 2021. Authors look at three combinations of conditions that are typically preventable, given appropriate disease management: all conditions, chronic conditions, and diabetes-related conditions.
Journal Article
Little is known as to whether the effects of a physician’s sex on patients' clinical outcomes vary by patient sex. Authors examine whether the association between a physician's sex and hospital outcomes varied between female and male patients hospitalized with medical conditions.
Journal Article
Little is known as to whether the effects of a physician’s sex on patients' clinical outcomes vary by patient sex. Authors examine whether the association between a physician's sex and hospital outcomes varied between female and male patients hospitalized with medical conditions.
Journal Article
This study examine how legal status and past undocumented status are associated with health care access and health outcomes. Researchers assess associations between past and current legal status and usual source of care, delayed medical care and psychological distress.
Journal Article
This study examine how legal status and past undocumented status are associated with health care access and health outcomes. Researchers assess associations between past and current legal status and usual source of care, delayed medical care and psychological distress.
Journal Article
The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) is often recognized as one of the most polluted regions in the US. Periods of pollution exposure are associated with increased health burden related to respiratory inflammation and undermined lung function, which aggravates respiratory diseases such as asthma and leads to symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, or difficulty breathing.
Journal Article
The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) is often recognized as one of the most polluted regions in the US. Periods of pollution exposure are associated with increased health burden related to respiratory inflammation and undermined lung function, which aggravates respiratory diseases such as asthma and leads to symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, or difficulty breathing.