Center in the News
Nov 01, 2024
KFF Health News
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that 21% of California dentists saw Medi-Cal patients of all ages, according to data from 2019 to 2021. Often those dentists limit the number of Medi-Cal patients they will see; only 15% of adult enrollees might get dental care in a given year.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Nov 01, 2024
Crossings TV (Asian-focused broadcast outlet and syndicator)
The need for help and information about Covered California is even greater when English is a second language. According to data from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), approximately 2 million Californians have limited English proficiency, and they are more than twice as likely to be uninsured. (Syndicated in 5 additional outlets.)
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 25, 2024
Tri-County Sentry (Ventura)
According to the California Health Interview Survey, 60% of 18 to 34-year-olds say they have excellent or very good health. The percentage is only around half in Oxnard.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Oct 24, 2024
Generations Now (American Society on Aging)
This column in the American Society on Aging's online magazine touts the importance of working with key data sources like the California Health Interview Survey to bolster data collection efforts when building data dashboards.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Oct 11, 2024
The Week
The op-ed written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Director Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, led The Week's newsletter of top opinion pieces.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
The Hill
In an op-ed in The Hill, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, wrote about how having the right public health data helps policymakers pinpoint the needs of specific communities, allocate resources more appropriately and develop more effective solutions. Also published on MSN.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 10, 2024
KPBS
New data from the California Health Interview Survey show a connection between economic hardship, housing instability, and low civic engagement among vulnerable populations.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Oct 02, 2024
KXTV-TV (Sacramento)
California Health Interview Survey data about the percentage of Latino adults who don't have health insurance was cited in a TV news feature about a free medical clinic in California's Central Valley that primarily serves Latinos.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce
Sep 21, 2024
Antelope Valley Press
The Antelope Valley has the second highest rate in preventable hospitalizations, behind South Los Angeles, according to a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study released earlier this year.
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Ninez A. Ponce,
Susan H. Babey
Sep 10, 2024
MSN
Though a smaller percentage of LGBT adults in California had firearms in their households than non-LGBT adults, they reported higher rates of risk for firearm-related injury or mortality, including serious thoughts of suicide in the previous year and intimate partner violence, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also picked up by Medical XPress, Health Medicine Network, and Mirage News (Australia).
Gun Violence and Gun Safety, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), LGBTQ Health
Sean Tan