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Trends are shifting, but Covid-19 and its effects are still not equitable

The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles has collected and analyzed Covid-19 data from states that have made it available and found that case and death rates for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander were three times higher than those for Asians overall. "Our community has had the highest case and death rates than any other racial or ethnic group," program director 'Alisi Tulua said, and that gap has "widened by a lot" since this winter.

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UCLA-provided data reveals need to expand food assistance in California

Approximately 45% of noncitizens without legal permanent resident status experience food insecurity, according to the report.

The report also breaks down percentages of people experiencing food insecurity by age group, with 42% of noncitizens without legal permanent resident status age 50 and older, 46% of those 27 to 49 years old, 36% of those 18 to 26 years old and 64% of children under 17 being affected.

Susan Babey, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, said while it is important to address food insecurity, it is also important to remember that a lack

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ABC News

The difference in treating child victims of gun violence versus adults

Dr. Michael Rodriguez, a family physician and a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, said child patients may require different types of medication, or different doses depending on their weights and heights, as well as different levels of fluids.

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Gun violence is a national health issue

Dr. Rodriguez has been studying gun violence for more than 25 years. He and Ninez Ponce, Ph.D., director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, recently received a grant to explore the issue in California, where about 3,000 people died from gunfire in 2019 — 54% by suicide.

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Ninez A. Ponce
State of Reform

Nearly half of California’s immigrant population impacted by food insecurity, according to policy brief

Nearly half of California's immigrant population impacted by food insecurity, according to policy brief. Exclusionary policies in California are exacerbating poverty and food insecurity for the state’s immigrant communities, including the undocumented, according to a recent policy brief authored by Nourish California and published by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The brief presents findings from data from the 2017-2020 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

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UCLA’s Vickie Mays explains why accurate Covid death counts are important

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.

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Los Angeles Blade

Assemblymember Santiago: Up food access to undocumented Californians

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

Food Insecurity
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Securing Food, Securing Our Health” LCHC Releases Policy Brief Highlighting Bold and Feasible Policy Solutions to Fight Food Insecurity in the Latinx Community

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

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New York Times

Help With Medicare Costs: What You Need to Know

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.

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LA County Public Health and First 5 LA launch Help Me Grow LA

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.

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