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San Diego Business Journal (paywall)

Care Solace Aiding Expanded Access to Mental Health Care

The article cites California Health Interview Survey data that showed more low-income adults in California reported serious psychological distress compared to high-income adults.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Washington Blade

On this Transgender Day of Visibility, we can’t allow this administration to erase us

This commentary lauds the longtime work of the California Health Interview Survey, among others, in data collection and preservation about trans people and their health.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Oakland Post

Oakland’s Most Vulnerable Neighborhoods Are Struggling to Eat and Stay Healthy

Data from the California Health Interview Survey was used in this story showing what neighborhoods in Oakland are most food insecure.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
TechTarget (registration required)

Demographic disparities persist in video visit utilization

This article cites California Health Interview Survey data in a study that compared how much different groups of patients used telehealth and rate the quality of video visits compared to in-person visits.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
MB News (Manhattan Beach)

How Are We Doing, Manhattan Beach?

Data from the California Health Interview Survey was used in compiling the 2025-2028 Beach Cities Health District Community Health Report, which examined health and well-being in the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
TechTarget (registration required)

Non-English speakers face multiple barriers to video visits

This story cited 2021 California Health Interview Survey data showing that that patients with limited English proficiency were less likely to report telehealth use and more likely to rate video visit experience as worse than in-person appointments.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Capital & Main

The Radio Show Taking on California’s Youth Mental Health Crisis

This story cites 2019 California Health Interview Survey data about differences between girls' and boys' experiences with serious psychological distress.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Mental Health Program
D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto
KUSI (Fox 5, San Diego)

Alarming health disparities found within San Diego’s AANHPI community: report

30% of Asian Americans in California reported having difficulty accessing health services, according to California Health Interview Survey data used in a 2024 report by AAPI Data and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), AAPI Data Project
Ninez A. Ponce
Orange County Register (paywall)

My middle-schooler started Ozempic. I am not a failure at parenting!

California Health Interview Survey data about adolescent obesity was cited in this column the value of prescription weight loss drugs in combatting a serious health problem facing youth.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
LAist

CalFresh has been temporarily expanded for fire victims who are undocumented

Research and data from the California Health Interview Survey were cited in a news story showing how vulnerable undocumented children in California are to food insecurity, and how they could especially benefit for expanded access to CalFresh assistance in the wake of the Los Angeles fires.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), Food Insecurity
Ninez A. Ponce