Center in the News
May 17, 2024
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gerald Kominski helps a report factcheck Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin's claims that she "wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.” Syndicated on Politifact, Austin American Statesman, among others.
Gerald F. Kominski
May 16, 2024
AOL (via Stacker)
A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees [in California's Whole Person Care program] reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits for every 1,000 beneficiaries compared to similar-profile Medicaid beneficiaries who did not participate in the program.
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Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation
May 16, 2024
Daily Bruin
Ninez Ponce said in that in addition to being an excellent researcher, Ying-Ying Meng supported not just coworkers but mentees in becoming public health scholars. Yu Yu added that Meng was not only an advisor and mentor to her but also an inspiration.
Chronic Disease Program
May 15, 2024
Medical Xpress
Nearly 40% of adults who had four or more adverse childhood experiences reported an unmet need for treatment.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Sean Tan
May 13, 2024
Q Voice News
A new study about that examined health disparities among lesbian and bisexual women compared to heterosexual women published in the Journal of the American Medical Association cites a UCLA CHPR study.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), LGBTQ Health
Joelle Wolstein
May 10, 2024
HealthDay
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital used data from the California Health Interview Survey to study the digital divide affects the virtual delivery of health care.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
May 08, 2024
KNX News 97.1 FM
Dr. David Eisenman, a professor of medicine and public health at UCLA, told KNX News’ Pete Demetirou that researchers are looking to interview people between 18 and 34 years old who lived within five miles of the site.
Aliso Canyon Health Study
May 07, 2024
KSBY TV (Ch. 6 serving California's Central Coast)
Data from the California Health Interview Survey showed that 22% of adults in San Luis Obispo County were diagnosed with asthma from 2019–2021.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AskCHIS, Asthma (Smoking and Air Quality)
May 03, 2024
Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT)
The work of Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is cited for his research into how female doctors may communicate better with their female patients.
Yusuke Tsugawa
May 01, 2024
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study about disparities in LGBTQ+ health care is cited as important reading in the promotion of an upcoming webinar about ways to improve health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
The California Endowment (TCE) Research Studies, LGBTQ Health
Susan H. Babey,
Joelle Wolstein