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Reducing oral health disparities: Learn from experts in CDA’s live virtual event series beginning

Health disparities in California, including in oral health care, disproportionately affect historically underserved communities due to systemic, social and economic inequities. According to the California Health Interview Survey in 2017-18 from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 27% of California adults reported their oral health as poor while 21% reported their overall health as poor. Looking deeper, 21% of white adult Californians reported their oral health as poor compared to 30% of Black Californians and 34% of Latinx Californians.

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New UCLA Survey Finds Increase in Suicidal Thoughts Among Young Adults

“Our findings show that more people are experiencing serious psychological distress, more people are in need of professional help and more people are reporting moderate or severe impairment in their work, social lives, relationships and daily activities,” Ponce said.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Mental Health Program
Ninez A. Ponce
Yahoo News

UCLA granted $3 million for study on sexual and reproductive health of Asian immigrant women

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health researchers have been awarded $3 million to study the sexual and reproductive health of Asian immigrant women in the United States, the university announced on Monday.

Gilbert Gee
UCLA Newsroom

Immigrants living in California are less likely to have a gun at home, more likely to fear gun violence

“California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country,” said Sean Tan, a senior public administration analyst at the research center. “Yet our findings still suggest there is a need for improvements to our laws given continuing concerns over gun violence in the state.”

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Gun Violence and Gun Safety
Sean Tan, Ninez A. Ponce
UCLA Newsroom

Pandemic-related disparities persist, California Health Interview Survey finds

“Our findings show that more people are experiencing serious psychological distress, more people are in need of professional help and more people are reporting moderate or severe impairment in their work, social lives, relationships and daily activities,” Ponce said.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Mental Health Program
Ninez A. Ponce, Todd Hughes
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Asian Immigrant Women Subject Of UCLA Public Health Study

Researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have been awarded a federal grant for a multi-year study focused on the sexual and reproductive health of Asian immigrant women in the United States, it was announced Monday.

Gilbert Gee
San Diego Union-Tribune

Editorial: Endorsement: Vote no on Proposition 31. Enforce existing tobacco laws that make sales to minors illegal

Proposition 31 on the Nov. 8 ballot would uphold legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 that would ban the retail sale of nearly all flavored tobacco products in California. 2019 California Health Interview Survey data show that 57 percent of adult tobacco users used flavored tobacco products, and 79 percent of adults who vape used flavored varieties.

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
California Health Report

Most Older Adults Want to Live at Home. Here’s How California Can Make it Easier

“The level of unmet need is pretty staggering,” Kathryn G. Kietzman, the lead study author, said in an interview. “There’s a big void in what is available to folks.”

Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS), Health Equity Program
Kathryn G. Kietzman
LA Business Journal

Reviewing Single Payer Health Care for California

“UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research shows 94% of Californians have health insurance and 6% are uninsured. Of the uninsured, 54% are eligible for subsidized health insurance but have waived coverage.”

California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

In the San Gabriel Valley, language barriers to healthcare still steep for many Asian Americans

Data disaggregation is important to truly understand the needs of the many communities under the umbrella term: AAPI, said Riti Shimkhada, a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. “You can take that information and start to drive community action or interventions to address those very specific needs,” she said.

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Riti Shimkhada