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Featured Staff
Apr 16, 2024
Newsweek

California SNAP benefits unused by millions

Nourish California estimates there are 2.7 million people eligible for CalFresh who do not receive any benefits. If the state approved the benefits for the 2.7 million, it would receive an extra $3.5 billion in CalFresh money from the federal government yearly.

California has a significant food insecurity problem, with UCLA's Center for Health Policy and Research finding 3.4 million residents went hungry in 2021, and 39 percent of adults could not afford enough food for themselves.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Apr 03, 2024
Planetizen

Spring Fun at Los Angeles County Parks

The outcomes and benefits of Los Angeles County’s Parks After Dark Program have been well-documented. According to a recent evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 92 percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in L.A. County parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe. 

Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program
Nadereh Pourat
Mar 27, 2024
Insider Higher Education

All Eyes on Loneliness

Daniel Eisenberg, director of the mental health program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and colleagues write about loneliness among college students from a mental health angle in a column for Inside Higher Ed.
Mental Health Program
Daniel Eisenberg
Mar 25, 2024
Newsweek

California Food Program in Danger

California has a significant food insecurity problem, with UCLA’s Center for Health Policy and Research finding 3.4 million residents went hungry in 2021, and 39 percent of adults could not afford enough food for themselves.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 24, 2024
The Gazette (Iowa)

A cadre of lobbyists fight nursing home staffing rules at the federal level

Ashvin Gandhi, faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and his expertise on the problems with nursing home care is cited in this opinion column about staffing shortages at nursing homes.
Ashvin Gandhi
Mar 22, 2024
Nguoi Viet Daily News (Orange County)

Mental illness: 'The invisible enemy' for half a century of Vietnamese people

According to the 2021 California Health Interview Survey, 62% of Vietnamese people in California have fear of gun violence; 22% have been victims of hate crimes; 13% live in constant fear of being victims of a hate crime.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 21, 2024
Los Angeles Times

How do you help homebound, hungry seniors? These services deliver free meals

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's Kathryn Kietzman and Imelda Padilla-Frausto are cited in this article about hunger among older adults.
Elder Index, Food Insecurity
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Kathryn G. Kietzman
Mar 20, 2024
WGN.com (Chicago TV station)

Data Equity Advocate Ninez A. Ponce Receives 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award

Ponce is known for her expertise in health policy and health disparities. She has made a significant impact on the field of public health through her research, teaching and advocacy efforts. [Picked up in more than 200 outlets from PR Newswire news release issued by CDC Foundation.]
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Mar 20, 2024
CalMatters

California offers health insurance for as little as $10 a month. Some pay more in tax penalties

About 600,000 uninsured Californians are eligible for subsidized insurance through Covered California, according to estimates by the UCLA Health Policy Research Center cited by the agency.
California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM)
Mar 18, 2024
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Undocumented immigrants of all ages can now access Medi-Cal. Will they sign up and get care?

About one in four Californians are immigrants, and half are from Latin America. Nearly 10% of California’s workforce are undocumented. Nearly three times more Hispanics/Latinx (about 12%) compared to their white peers were uninsured in California, according to a 2020 report from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC), California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Shana Charles, Susan H. Babey, Joelle Wolstein