Center in the News

Related Project
Featured Staff
Year
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Profiteering by nursing agencies predicted as providers weigh staffing mandate

Nearly two years after skilled nursing providers first took their concerns about massive nursing agency price hikes to federal regulators, they’re again warning of overreliance on temporary workers due to a federal staffing mandate that could lower quality and raise costs substantially. Ashvin Gandhi, an assistant professor of economics at UCLA, studies nursing home staffing and turnover.

Ashvin Gandhi
KRON

Caregivers report emphasizes need for information, respite in Santa Clara county

In addition to prioritizing a centralized information hub, the county plans to work with health and hospital systems to increase caregiver training, educate county residents about family leave benefits, and increase awareness of caregiving surveys, such as the California Health Interview Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
ABC News

California sues school district over transgender 'outing' policy

Transgender people make up 0.5% of the adult population in California, and 1.93% of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, according to research from the University of California, Los Angeles. In California, 17% of all gender non-conforming students aged 12-17 reported that they experienced psychological distress, the UCLA Center for Health Policy reported.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
ABC 7 Los Angeles

California sues school district over transgender 'outing' policy

Transgender people make up 0.5% of the adult population in California, and 1.93% of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, according to research from the University of California, Los Angeles. In California, 17% of all gender non-conforming students aged 12-17 reported that they experienced psychological distress, the UCLA Center for Health Policy reported.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Los Angeles Times

Which California workers take paid leave? Many noncitizens forgo the benefit, study shows

Researchers analyzed a representative sample of California adults, using 12,485 responses to the California Health Interview Survey. The study from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health showed that nearly 17% of employed Californians said they didn't take paid leave that they needed.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
The Daily Californian

Public health study shows Asian, Latin non-citizens are less likely to take paid leave

Haro-Ramos said in an email that she used the California Health Interview Survey, or CHIS, in the study, which itself took around three months. The sample used was collected from the CHIS between March and October 2021, and the paper indicated that 12,485 responses were used in its analysis.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Lookout News

As dental woes drive school absences, Santa Cruz county leaders put focus on teen oral health

The report found that 28.5% of Santa Cruz County teens reported being absent from school because of dental issues, compared to 16.6% in Monterey County and 10.8% statewide. The data is from 2020 and based on the California Health Interview Survey, which reaches out to individuals who self-report.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Berkeley Public Health

Paid leave is essential for health, but citizenship status, race, and ethnicity affect who can take it

The cross-sectional study, led by Alein Y. Haro-Ramos, a doctoral student at Berkeley Public Health, analyzed 12,485 records from the 2021 California Health Interview Survey.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Visalia Times

Amid the new normal of COVID, there's an old normal too

The truth, which has repeatedly been demonstrated over the course of the pandemic, is one of the key takeaways from the 2023 California Health Interview Survey of more than 5,000 adults, teenagers and children across the state conducted in March and April. The survey found that Latino adults were twice as likely as white adults to have experienced COVID-19 symptoms for two months or longer. Their long COVID rate, 40%, was well above the statewide average of 28% and nearly three times the rate of Asian adults in California.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
The Californian

Amid the new normal of COVID, there's an old normal too

The truth, which has repeatedly been demonstrated over the course of the pandemic, is one of the key takeaways from the 2023 California Health Interview Survey of more than 5,000 adults, teenagers and children across the state conducted in March and April. The survey found that Latino adults were twice as likely as white adults to have experienced COVID-19 symptoms for two months or longer. Their long COVID rate, 40%, was well above the statewide average of 28% and nearly three times the rate of Asian adults in California.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)