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While there are state and national standards for reporting disease mortality, not every data center receives information at the same time and not all of it is complete, according to Vickie Mays, professor of psychology in the UCLA College and of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

A study from the Food4All Coalition, in partnership with UCLA research, 45% of undocumented Californians face food insecurity.

Their report “Securing Food, Securing Our Health: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Latinx Children & Families” uses CHIS data.

The cost of meeting basic living expenses in San Mateo County this year for a single elder who rents an apartment is $48,936, or $4,087 a month — 64 percent higher than the California average, according to the U.C.L.A. Center for Health Policy Research.

The LA County Department of Public Health and First 5 LA on May 17, launched Help Me Grow LA or HMG LA. A survey by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed that children of color have lower rates of access to both screening and early intervention services compared to white children.

The lack of adjustment to reflect inflation or the growth of household incomes is inequitable, because it lowers the real value of the reward — which in current dollars, could be as much as $1.5 million – six times the 1975 value, says Prof. Jack Needleman, chair of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management. "The second issue is that the cap, by lowering the risk of suit for malpractice, has also weakened the deterrent effect of risk of being sued on physician’s efforts to avoid malpractice."

Daniel Eisenberg, a professor at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, said college is the place for people to challenge themselves and gain confidence as a result of success. “Up to a point, it seems like … having more of a growth mindset with respect to stress can actually lead to greater resilience and developmental growth,” Eisenberg said.

Fully 45 percent of the state’s undocumented residents are food insecure, with the preponderance of food insecurity occurring among children.

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report released in 2020 reported 22.6% of California children aged 12-17 self-reported needing help for emotional or mental health problems such as feeling sad, anxious or nervous.

That data shows that central-region residents are least likely of any other HHSA region in the county to have a usual place to go when sick or needing health advice, according to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Southeastern San Diego specifically has the second-highest proportion of residents with no health insurance — 12.2 percent — in the central region.