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•	Impact of Patient-Centered Medical Home Assignment on Emergency Room Visits Among Uninsured Patients in a County Health System (Medical Care Research and Review) Dylan H. Roby, Nadereh Pourat, Matthew J. Pirritano, Shelley M. Vrungos, Himmet Dajee, Dan Castillo, Gerald F. Kominski In this journal article, the authors examine the Medical Services Initiative program — a safety net-based system of care — in Orange County, which assigned uninsured, low-income residents to a patient-centered medical home.	Journal Article	Aug 2010

•	Mental Health Status and Use of Mental Health Services by California Adults David Grant, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, William M. Sribney, May Jawad Aydin, E. Richard Brown This policy brief, based on data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2005), presents a comprehensive overview of mental health status and service use in California, and highlights differences by age, gender, race/ethnicity, income and insurance status.	Policy Brief	Jul 2010

•	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dental Care for Publicly Insured Children (Health Affairs) Nadereh Pourat, Len Finocchio In this Health Affairs journal article, the authors use data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine disparities in the rate of visits to dental health professionals by children enrolled in both public and private insurance programs. Among ...	Journal Article	Jul 2010

•	Health of American Indian and Alaska Native Elders in California Delight E. Satter, Steven P. Wallace, Andrea N. Garcia, Lauren M. Smith This report examines the health risks, health status and health services use of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) elders in California, home to one of the nation's largest populations of AIAN elderly.	Research Report	Jun 2010

•	Estimated Cost Impacts of Law to Expand Coverage for Self-Management Education to Children with Asthma in California (Journal of Asthma) Ying-Ying Meng, Nadereh Pourat, Robert G. Cosway, Gerald F. Kominski In this journal article, Center researchers Meng, Pourat and Kominksi and their co-author examine the impacts on coverage, utilization, and costs of a California bill that requires health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to expand coverage for pediatric asthma self-management educational services. The ...	Journal Article	Jun 2010

•	Nearly 2.5 Million Nonelderly California Women Uninsured at Some Time During 2007 Roberta Wyn, Erin Peckham This policy brief provides an overview of uninsured women ages 18–64 in California, examining subgroups of women at higher risk of being without coverage and looking at family incomes of uninsured women and at uninsured rates across counties.	Policy Brief	Jun 2010

•	The Effects of Unequal Access to Health Insurance for Same-Sex Couples in California (Health Affairs) Ninez A. Ponce, Susan D. Cochran, Jennifer C. Pizer, Vickie M. Mays In this Health Affairs journal article, data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) are used to find that gay and lesbian couples are far less likely than heterosexual couples to have job-based health insurance. Specifically, ...	Journal Article	Jun 2010

•	Growing Cell-Phone Population and Noncoverage Bias in Traditional Random Digit Dial Telephone Health Surveys (Health Services Research) Sunghee Lee, J. Michael Brick, E. Richard Brown, David Grant In this Health Services Research journal article, the authors examined the effect of including cell-phone numbers in a traditional landline random digit dial (RDD) telephone survey: the 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Specifically, ...	Journal Article	May 2010

•	Older Californians At Risk for Avoidable Falls Steven P. Wallace, Nadereh Pourat, Eva Durazo, Rosana Leos This policy brief examines the growing rate of repeated falls among senior citizens, comparing data from the 2003 and 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).	Policy Brief	May 2010

•	Nonelderly Women in California: A Health Snapshot Roberta Wyn, Erin Peckham This fact sheet provides an overview of selected health issues, including high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, overweight and obesity and cancer screening, among nonelderly women (ages 18–64) in California.	Fact Sheet	May 2010

•	New Poll Shows California Voters 40 and Older Largely Unprepared for Costs of Long-Term Care Services Lake Research Partners, American Viewpoint On behalf of The SCAN Foundation and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Lake Research Partners and American Viewpoint conducted a statewide survey among 1,218 registered voters in California ages 40 and older.	Outside Publication	Apr 2010

•	Nearly Four Million California Adults Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Elaine Zahnd, David Grant, May Jawad Aydin, Y. Jenny Chia, D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto Nearly 1 in 6 adults in California, about 3.7 million persons, report experiencing physical intimate partner violence (IPV) as adults, according to the authors of this policy brief.	Policy Brief	Apr 2010

•	How Would Health Care Reform Impact California Senior Citizens? Zachary L. Baron, Dylan H. Roby, Melissa A. Rodgers This issue brief finds that the Senate health care reform bill and the reconciliation bill would lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in California, ensure greater access to primary care and preventive services, protect the solvency of Medicare, increase the options for long-term care, and protect the benefits of seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal. The ...	Outside Publication	Mar 2010

•	Chronic Conditions of Californians Camilia Lui, Steven P. Wallace These findings from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) provide information to help counties and local health systems identify areas with high rates of chronic conditions and assist them in meeting the needs of chronically ill patients. The ...	Outside Publication	Mar 2010

•	Number of Uninsured Jumped to More Than Eight Million from 2007 to 2009 Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown, Livier Cabezas, Dylan H. Roby Nearly two million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 – years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs – bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to this policy brief that draws upon both 2009 and adjusted 2007 data. The ...	Policy Brief	Mar 2010

•	National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2009 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report published in March 2010 by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) makes extensive use of California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data, in part because CHIS provides robust samples of Asian and Latino ethnic groups that are unavailable in national surveys, and also provides cutting-edge measures related to ethnicity, immigration and culture.	Outside Publication	Mar 2010

•	Budget Proposals Turn Back Clock 30 Years in Long-Term Care Services for California Seniors Steven P. Wallace, D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Eva Durazo, A. E. Benjamin, Nadereh Pourat In this "Policy Note" analysis paper, the authors examine the likely impact of budget cuts to the state's community-based and home care services on low-income older and disabled Californians.	Policy Note	Feb 2010

•	Health and Health Care Access Among California Women Ages 50-64 Roberta Wyn, Erin Peckham This policy brief examines a range of health issues and trends among California's approximately three million women ages 50-64, an age group that often faces new and accelerated chronic health conditions.	Policy Brief	Feb 2010

•	American Indian Elder Health: Critical Information for Researchers and Policymakers Delight E. Satter, Steven P. Wallace As more American Indians and Alaska Natives (American Indian or AIAN) live to adulthood and old age, the elderly population aged 55 and older is projected to increase from 5.5% ...	Fact Sheet	Jan 2010

•	Creation of Safety-Net Based Provider Networks Under the California Health Care Coverage Initiative: Interim Findings Dylan H. Roby, Cori Reifman, Anna Davis, Allison L. Diamant, Ying-Ying Meng, Gerald F. Kominski, Zina Kelly, Nadereh Pourat Organized provider networks have been developed as a method of achieving efficiencies in the delivery of health care, and to reduce problems such as limited access to specialty and tertiary care, fragmentation and duplication of services, low-quality care and poor patient outcomes.	Policy Brief	Dec 2009

•	Assessing and Forecasting Population Health: Integrating Knowledge and Beliefs in a Comprehensive Framework Jeroen van Meijgaard, Jonathan E. Fielding, Gerald F. Kominski A comprehensive population health-forecasting model has the potential to interject new and valuable information about the future health status of the population based on current conditions, socioeconomic and demographic trends and potential changes in policies and programs.	Journal Article	Dec 2009

•	Effect of Race and Ethnicity Classification on Survey Estimates: Anomaly of the Weighted Totals of American Indians and Alaska Natives (American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center) Sunghee Lee, Delight E. Satter, Ninez A. Ponce This article examines how different racial classifications affect survey weights and consequently change health-related indicators for the American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population in California.	Journal Article	Dec 2009

•	Unaffordable Dental Care Is Linked to Frequent School Absences Nadereh Pourat, Gina Nicholson This policy brief examines the number of children in California who miss school due to lack of affordable dental care. Specifically, ...	Policy Brief	Nov 2009

•	Health Disparities Among California’s Nearly Four Million Low-Income Nonelderly Adult Women Erin Peckham, Roberta Wyn This policy brief examines the health disparities that low income nonelderly adult women in California encounter across a wide range of measures.	Policy Brief	Nov 2009

•	The Impact of Acculturation on Utilization of HIV Prevention Services and Access to Care Among an At-Risk Hispanic Population (Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved) Janni J. Kinsler, Sung-Jae Lee, Jennifer N. Sayles, Peter A. Newman, Allison L. Diamant, William E. Cunningham HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects Hispanics in the United States, a diverse and heterogeneous population.	Journal Article	Nov 2009

•	Associations of Eye Diseases and Symptoms with Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health (American Journal of Ophthalmology) Paul P. Lee, William E. Cunningham, Terry T. Nakazono, Ron D. Hays Researchers study the associations of eye diseases and visual symptoms with the most widely used health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) generic profile measure.	Journal Article	Nov 2009

•	The Association of Stigma with Self-Reported Access to Medical Care and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (Journal of General Internal Medicine) Jennifer N. Sayles, Mitchell D. Wong, Janni J. Kinsler, David Martins, William E. Cunningham The objective of this study was to estimate the association between HIV stigma and: self-reported access to care, regular source of HIV care, and antiretroviral therapy adherence; and to test whether mental health mediates these associations.	Journal Article	Oct 2009

•	California Budget Cuts Fray the Long-Term Safety Net Steven P. Wallace, A. E. Benjamin, Valentine M. Villa, Nadereh Pourat This policy brief examines the likely effects of the sweeping 2009 cuts to California's safety-net programs for low-income and disabled seniors.	Policy Brief	Oct 2009

•	Migration and Health: The Children of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Steven P. Wallace, Paula Leite, Xóchitl Castañeda, Marc Schenker This report highlights the challenges faced by the 6.3 million children whose parents migrated to the U.S.	Outside Publication	Oct 2009

•	National Health Care Reform Will Help Four Million Uninsured Adults and Children in California Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown This fact sheet looks at the likely implications of national health care reform efforts on health insurance coverage in California.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2009

•	Exploring Nonresponse Bias in a Health Survey Using Neighborhood Characteristics (American Journal of Public Health) Sunghee Lee, E. Richard Brown, David Grant, Thomas Belin, J. Michael Brick This study examines potential nonresponse bias in a large-scale, population-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey in California and its association with the response rate.	Journal Article	Oct 2009

•	School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children Virginia A. Stallings, Carol West Suitor, Christine L. Taylor, Gail G. Harrison This report, co-authored by Center Senior Research Scientist Gail Harrison, recommends a new set of nutrient targets and standards for menu planning for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The ...	Outside Publication	Oct 2009

•	Physical Activity: Cinderella or Rodney Dangerfield? (Preventive Medicine) Antronette Yancey, James F. Sallis Physical inactivity is one of the leading causes of death, disability and health care costs, but resources and other investments in promoting physical activity are neither proportional, nor ideally suited, to address the problem, especially in the United States.	Journal Article	Oct 2009

•	African Americans in Commercial HMOs are More Likely to Delay Prescription Drugs and Use the Emergency Room Dylan H. Roby, Gina Nicholson, Gerald F. Kominski This policy brief uses data from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine delays in fulfilling prescribed medication, delays in obtaining needed medical care, visits to emergency rooms and the presence of a usual source of care among insured African Americans in public and commercial HMOs.	Policy Brief	Oct 2009

•	Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California Susan H. Babey, Malia Jones, Hongjian Yu, Harold Goldstein This study reports geographic variations in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among children, adolescents, and adults and examines the correlation between soda consumption and obesity.	Policy Brief	Sep 2009

•	Coverage Matters: The Role of Insurance in Access to Dental Care in California Nadereh Pourat Dental insurance plays a key role in oral health. However, while dental insurance typically covers preventive services and significantly reduces the costs for services such as fillings, crowns, and dentures, dental benefits often are not comprehensive and come with significant cost-sharing requirements and annual caps, which may lead to unaffordable out-of-pocket expenditures.	Outside Publication	Sep 2009

•	Dental Insurance in California: Scope, Structure, and Availability Nadereh Pourat Although structured similarly to health insurance, dental insurance is often more limited in scope and availability.	Outside Publication	Sep 2009

•	The Meta-Volition Model: Organizational Leadership Is the Key Ingredient in Getting Society Moving, Literally! (Preventive Medicine) Antronette Yancey The author studies how substantive and sustainable population-wide improvements in physical activity can be achieved only through the large-scale adoption and implementation of policies and practices that make being active the default choice and remaining inactive difficult.	Journal Article	Sep 2009

•	School Lunch Source and Adolescent Dietary Behavior (Preventing Chronic Disease) Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, the authors examine the association between dietary behaviors and the number of days that adolescents bring lunch to school.	Journal Article	Sep 2009

•	Preventive HIV Vaccine Acceptability and Behavioral Risk Compensation among a Random Sample of High-Risk Adults in Los Angeles (LA VOICES) (Health Services Research) Peter A. Newman, Sung-Jae Lee, Naihua Duan, Ellen Rudy, Terry T. Nakazono, John Boscardin, Lisa Kakinami, Steven Shoptaw, Allison L. Diamant, William E. Cunningham Researchers assess HIV vaccine acceptability among high-risk adults in Los Angeles. Findings support development of social marketing interventions to increase acceptability of "partial efficacy" vaccines, behavioral interventions to mitigate risk compensation and targeted cost subsidies.	Journal Article	Sep 2009

•	Differences in Characteristics of California Dentists Who Employ Dental Hygienists and Those Who Do Not (The Journal of the American Dental Association) Nadereh Pourat Dental hygienists can increase dentists' productivity, yet nationwide, one-third of dentists do not employ a hygienist.	Journal Article	Aug 2009

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2007 California Health Interview Survey E. Richard Brown, Richard Kronick, Ninez A. Ponce, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham This comprehensive, biennial report provides an overview of insurance trends throughout the state and looks specifically at coverage of California's working adults, elderly as well as children's coverage.	Policy Research Report	Aug 2009

•	Outdoor Air Pollution and Uncontrolled Asthma in the San Joaquin Valley, California (Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health) Ying-Ying Meng, Rudolph P. Rull, Michelle Wilhelm, Christina Lombardi, John Balmes, Beate Ritz The San Joaquin Valley in California ranks among the worst in the USA in terms of air quality, and its residents report some of the highest rates of asthma symptoms and asthma-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in California.	Journal Article	Aug 2009

•	Interview Language: A Proxy Measure for Acculturation Among Asian Americans in a Population-Based Survey (Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health) Sunghee Lee, Hoang Anh Nguyen, Jennifer Tsui The authors examined health status and access to care among Asian Americans by the following acculturation indicators -- nativity, percent lifetime in the U.S., ...	Journal Article	Jul 2009

•	The Landscape of Opportunity: Cultivating Health Equity in California California Pan-Ethnic Health Network This report examines a range of indicators, from education to housing, to neighborhood safety, to food access, to criminal justice as well as health insurance, among other topics to explore how health inequities can be eliminated in communities of color.	Outside Publication	Jul 2009

•	Swimming Upstream: The Hard Politics of Health Reform in California Walter Zelman This report provides a comprehensive examination of political, policy, and economic factors that contributed to the failure of California's 2007 health care reform effort.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2009

•	Politics and Policy in State Health Reform Walter Zelman, Alex Melamed The purpose of this issue brief is to enhance understanding of the politics of health insurance coverage expansion efforts, thereby increasing the probabilities that such expansions may be achieved.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2009

•	Distribution and Characteristics of Dentists Licensed to Practice in California, 2008 Nadereh Pourat, Gina Nicholson California has about 14% of the total number of dentists nationwide–the largest percentage of any state.	Fact Sheet	Jun 2009

•	Are Adolescents Being Screened for Emotional Distress in Primary Care? (Journal of Adolescent Health) Elizabeth Ozer, Elaine Zahnd, Sally Adams, Sheila Husting, Charles J. Wibbelsman, Kim P. Norman, Susan M. Smiga This study evaluates how often primary care providers screen adolescent patients for emotional distress.	Journal Article	Jun 2009

•	Health Coverage in the Safety Net: How California’s Coverage Initiative Is Providing A Medical Home to Low-Income Uninsured Adults in Ten Counties, Interim Findings Nadereh Pourat, Cori Reifman, Dylan H. Roby, Ying-Ying Meng, Allison L. Diamant, Gerald F. Kominski Only 27 percent of non-elderly adults in the United States have a "medical home" –- a place where they regularly receive medical care and advice.	Policy Brief	Jun 2009

•	Future HIV Vaccine Acceptability Among Young Adults in South Africa (Health Education & Behavior) Jennifer N. Sayles, Catherine L. Macphail, Peter A. Newman, William E. Cunningham Little is known about HIV vaccine acceptability in the high-prevalence setting of South Africa — where young adults are likely to be targeted in early dissemination efforts.	Journal Article	Jun 2009

•	How Much Choice Is Too Much? The Case of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Health Services Research) Yaniv Hanoch, Thomas Rice, Janet Cummings, Stacey Wood Researchers study the impact of the number of choices and age on measures of performance in choosing a Medicare prescription drug plan.	Journal Article	May 2009

•	Heading South: Why Mexican Immigrants in California Seek Health Services in Mexico (Medical Care) Steven P. Wallace, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Xóchitl Castañeda Driven by rising healthcare costs at home, nearly one million Californians cross the border each year to seek medical care in Mexico, according to this article in the journal Medical Care. An ...	Journal Article	May 2009

•	Association Between Prior Experiences of Discrimination and Patients' Attitudes Towards Health Care Providers Collecting Information About Race and Ethnicity (Journal of General Internal Medicine) Namratha Kandula, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Jason A. Thompson, E. Richard Brown, David W. Baker The authors of this study wanted to determine if perceived experiences of discrimination (both in general and in medical care) were associated with comfort providing race/ethnicity information, and conversely, to worry about providing the information.	Journal Article	May 2009

•	Discontinuous Enrollment in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families and Its Effects on Access to Physician Services Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown The authors examined how children ages 0-18 who enrolled into or disenrolled from California's Medicaid program (called Medi-Cal,"MC") and State Children's Health Insurance Program (called Healthy Families, "HF") are affected in their access to physician services.	Outside Publication	Apr 2009

•	Dual Use of Veterans Health Administration and Indian Health Service: Healthcare Provider and Patient Perspectives (Journal of General Internal Medicine) B. Josea Kramer, Rebecca L. Vivrette, Delight E. Satter, Stella Jouldjian, Leander Russell McDonald Many American Indian and Alaska Native veterans are eligible for healthcare from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and from the Indian Health Service (IHS).	Journal Article	Apr 2009

•	Documentation Status and Parental Concerns About Development in Young U.S. Children of Mexican Origin (Academic Pediatrics) Alexander N. Ortega, Sarah M. Horwitz, Hai Fang, Alice A. Kuo, Steven P. Wallace, Moira Inkelas Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, the authors examine parental concerns about development, learning and behavior for young children of Mexican origin and identify whether these reports differ by families' citizenship/documentation status.	Journal Article	Apr 2009

•	The State of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health in California Report Ninez A. Ponce, Winston Tseng, Paul Ong, Yen Ling Shek, Selena Ortiz, Melissa S. Gatchell Despite their reputation as a healthy, successful minority group, Asians in the United States have serious health problems.	Outside Publication	Apr 2009

•	The Effects of Varying Periods of Uninsurance on Children's Access to Health Care (Pediatrics) Janet Cummings, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Thomas Rice, E. Richard Brown Many studies have documented the adverse consequences of uninsurance for children, but less is known about the differential effects of varying periods of uninsurance.	Journal Article	Mar 2009

•	Young Parents' Relationship Characteristics, Shared Sexual Behaviors, Perception of Partner Risks, and Dyadic Influences (Journal of Sex Research) Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Rong Huang, Janna Lesser, Evelyn Gonzlez-Figuero, Sumiko Takayanagi, William G. Cumberland Rising rates of heterosexually transmitted HIV among youth and young adults, particularly from ethnic minorities, create an urgent need to understand risk factors and perceptions of risk within the context of couple relationships.	Journal Article	Mar 2009

•	The Effect of Question Order on Self-rated General Health Status in a Multilingual Survey Context (American Journal of Epidemiology) Sunghee Lee, David Grant This study examines whether there is an order effect associated with self-rated health for interviews conducted in English and Spanish languages.	Journal Article	Mar 2009

•	Teen Dietary Habits Related to Those of Parents Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, Malia Jones, E. Richard Brown Every day, over two million California adolescents (62%) drink soda and 1.4 million (43%) eat fast food, but only 38% eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables. This ...	Policy Brief	Feb 2009

•	One in Four California Adolescent Girls Have Had Human Papillomavirus Vaccination David Grant, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Nancy Breen, Jasmin A. Tiro, Jennifer Tsui This policy brief looks at awareness and utilization of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine among girls age 13 years and older as well as among young women.	Policy Brief	Feb 2009

•	Half a Million Older Californians Living Alone Unable to Make Ends Meet Steven P. Wallace, Susan E. Smith Using the Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index (Elder Index), the authors of this policy brief find that nearly half a million elders (495,000) living alone in California in 2007 could not make ends meet—lacking sufficient income to pay for a minimum level of housing, food, health care, transportation and other basic expenses.	Policy Brief	Feb 2009

•	Consistency of State Statutes with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Testing Recommendations for Health Care Settings (Annals of Internal Medicine) Anish P. Mahajan, Lara Stemple, Martin Shapiro, Jan B. King, William E. Cunningham In September 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the "Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-care Settings" to improve screening and diagnosis.	Journal Article	Feb 2009

•	Sociodemographic, Family, and Environmental Factors Associated with Active Commuting to School among US Adolescents (Journal of Public Health Policy) Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, Winnie Huang, E. Richard Brown Active commuting (non-motorized transport) to school can be an important source of physical activity for children and adolescents.	Journal Article	Feb 2009

•	Many Californians with Asthma Have Problems Understanding Their Doctor Susan H. Babey, Ying-Ying Meng, Malia Jones In California, 90,000 adults with current asthma have experienced problems understanding their doctors.	Policy Brief	Jan 2009

•	Developing Family Healthware, a Family History Screening Tool to Prevent Common Chronic Diseases (Preventing Chronic Disease) Paula Yoon, Maren T. Scheuner, Cynthia Jorgensen, Muin J. Khoury Family health history reflects the effects of genetic, environmental and behavioral factors and is an important risk factor for a variety of disorders including coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Determinants and Policy Implications of Male Circumcision in the United States (American Journal of Public Health) Arleen A. Leibowitz, Katherine Desmond, Thomas Belin Researchers sought to determine whether lack of state Medicaid coverage for infant male circumcision correlates with lower circumcision rates.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Applying Permutation Tests with Adjustment for Covariates and Attrition Weights to Randomized Trials of Health-Services Interventions (Statistics in Medicine) Lingqi Tang, Naihua Duan, Ruth Klap, Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow, Thomas Belin Using a health-services study as an illustrative example of longitudinal randomized field research with the potential for participants to be lost to follow-up, the researchers applied a permutation test where the treatment indicator variable is randomly permuted in the context of regression models with covariates and attrition weighting.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Intimate Partner Violence and Community Service Needs Among Pregnant and Postpartum Latina Women (Violence and Victims) David P. Eiserman, Erin Richardson, Lekeisha Sumner, Sawssan R. Ahmed, Honghu Liu, Jeannette Valentine, Michael A. Rodriguez Health care providers are advised to refer abused women to needed community services. However, little is known about abused women's perceived need for services, particularly among Latina women.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Intimate Partner Violence in Latina and Non-Latina Women (American Journal of Preventive Medicine) Amy E. Bonomi, Melissa L. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Cannon, Natasha Slesnick, Michael A. Rodriguez No single study has delineated the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) over multiple time periods for Latina versus non-Latina women and compared the health of abused Latina women to the health of abused non-Latina women using multiple health indicators.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Cost-Effectiveness of Insuring the Uninsured: The Case of Korean American Children (Medical Decision Making) Judy Y. Chen, Sharon Swonger, Gerald F. Kominski, Honghu Liu, Ji Eun Lee, Allison L. Diamant The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different school-based health insurance strategies to provide coverage to uninsured Korean American children.	Journal Article	Jan 2009

•	Reforming Dental Education: Faculty Members' Perceptions on the Continuation of Pipeline Program Changes (Journal of Dental Education) Amardeep Thind, Kathryn A. Atchison, Ronald M. Andersen, Terry T. Nakazono, John J. Gutierrez In 2002–03 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) established the Pipeline, Profession, and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education program to change dental education in the United States.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Waste in the U.S. Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework (The Milbank Quarterly) Tanya G. K. Bentley, Rachel M. Effros, Kartika Palar, Emmett B. Keeler This article divides health care waste into administrative, operational, and clinical waste and provides an overview of each.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Nearly 6.4 Million Californians Lacked Health Insurance in 2007 — Recession Likely to Reverse Small Gains in Coverage E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham, Y. Jenny Chia This policy brief draws upon CHIS 2007 data to examine latest trends in health insurance for the state of California.	Policy Brief	Dec 2008

•	Adolescent Preventive Services: Rates and Disparities in Preventive Health Topics Covered During Routine Medical Care in a California Sample (Journal of Adolescent Health) Sally Adams, Sheila Husting, Elaine Zahnd, Elizabeth Ozer The authors studied rates and disparities in preventive health topics covered during routine medical care for adolescents, using a California sample.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Assessing the Barriers to Engaging Challenging Populations in Disease Management Programs: The Medicaid Experience (Disease Management and Health Outcomes) Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat This article explores the barriers to dealing with chronic illness and other factors faced by disease management programs for Medicaid populations.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Low-Income Adolescents Face More Barriers to Healthy Weight Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, E. Richard Brown In this policy brief, the authors examine why low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households.	Policy Brief	Dec 2008

•	Trends in the Health of Older Californians: Data from the 2001, 2003 and 2005 California Health Interview Surveys Steven P. Wallace, Jennifer Lee, May Jawad Aydin California's population is getting older. By 2026 the elderly population will double to nearly 8 million.	Research Report	Nov 2008

•	Drilling Down: Access, Affordability and Consumer Perceptions in Adult Dental Health Nadereh Pourat Although many Californians have dental insurance, even those with coverage may not be getting the dental care they need, and this is also the case among people who get dental benefits under Medi-Cal.	Outside Publication	Nov 2008

•	Binge Drinking Among California Adults: Results from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse) Jim E. Banta, Peter Przekop, Mark G. Haviland, M. Pereau Using 2005 California Health Interview Survey data, this study calculated binge drinking rates among California adults and describe the characteristics of female and male binge drinkers.	Journal Article	Nov 2008

•	Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Behavioral Interventions to Improve Vaccination Compliance in Homeless Adults (Vaccine) Barbara Greengold, Adeline M. Nyamathi, Gerald F. Kominski, Dorothy Wiley, Mary Ann Lewis, Felicia Hodge, Mendel Singer, Brennan Spiegel The authors examined the cost-effectiveness of three behavioral interventions provided to enhance hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) joint vaccination (HAV/HBV) compliance among homeless persons living in Los Angeles County.	Journal Article	Nov 2008

•	HIV Prevention for Latino Adolescent Mothers and Their Partners (Western Journal of Nursing Research) Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Janna Lesser, Tanya Henneman, Rong Huang, Rong Huang, Xin Huang, Jerry Tello, Barbara Kappos, Evelyn Gonzalez-Figueroa, William G. Cumberland This study evaluates the outcomes of a theory-based, couple-focused HIV prevention program for Latino adolescent mothers and their male partners.	Journal Article	Oct 2008

•	Racial Disparities in Access to Care for Men in a Public Assistance Program for Prostate Cancer (Journal of Community Health) David Miller, Lillian Gelberg, Lorna Kwan, Sevan Stepanian, Arlene Fink, Ronald M. Andersen, Mark S. Litwin What impact do racial and ethnic disparities have on disadvantaged men in a prostate cancer public-assistance program? In this examination of California's IMPACT program, the authors evaluated racial and ethnic differences in health services utilization and patient-reported health care outcomes.	Journal Article	Oct 2008

•	Switching Health Insurance and Its Effects on Access to Physician Services (Medical Care) Shana Alex Lavarreda, Melissa S. Gatchell, Ninez A. Ponce, E. Richard Brown, Y. Jenny Chia This study examines the factors associated with discontinuous health insurance coverage without periods of uninsurance during the past year (ie, switching coverage), and whether it has a detrimental effect on basic access to care.	Journal Article	Oct 2008

•	Migration and Health: Latinos in the United States Steven P. Wallace, Xóchitl Castañeda This landmark report describes patterns and trends associated with Latin American, in particular, Mexican migration to the United States.	Research Report	Oct 2008

•	Trends in the Health of Young Children in California David Grant, Samantha Kurosky This policy brief compares three CHIS survey cycles –- 2001, 2003 and 2005 –- to examine key indicators of children’s health in California.	Policy Brief	Oct 2008

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2005 and CHIS 2003 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Y. Jenny Chia, Nicole Lordi, David Grant, Mirabai Rao This report provides a summary of the statewide findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), with highlights of changes from 2003 to 2005.	Research Report	Sep 2008

•	Development and Psychometric Assessment of a Multidimensional Measure of Internalized HIV Stigma in a Sample of HIV-positive Adults (AIDS and Behavior) Jennifer N. Sayles, Ron D. Hays, Catherine A. Sarkisian, Anish P. Mahajan, Karen L. Spritzer, William E. Cunningham There is a need for a psychometrically sound measure of the stigma experienced by diverse persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA).	Journal Article	Sep 2008

•	Dietary Micronutrients Are Associated with Higher Cognitive Function Gains Among Primary School Children in Rural Kenya (British Journal of Nutrition) Constance A. Gewa, Robert E. Weiss, Nimrod O. Bwibo, Shannon Whaleya, Marian Sigman, Suzanne P. Murphy, Gail G. Harrison, Charlotte G. Neumann With the exception of iodine and Fe, there is still very limited information on the effect of micronutrients on cognitive function, especially among school-age children.	Journal Article	Sep 2008

•	Environmental Public Health Tracking of Childhood Asthma Using California Health Interview Survey, Traffic, and Outdoor Air Pollution Data (Environmental Health Perspectives) Michelle Wilhelm, Ying-Ying Meng, Rudolph P. Rull, Paul English, John Balmes, Beate Ritz Despite extensive evidence that air pollution affects childhood asthma, state-level and national-level tracking of asthma outcomes in relation to air pollution is limited.	Journal Article	Sep 2008

•	Engaging Homeless Persons in End of Life Preparations (Journal of General Internal Medicine) John Song, Melanie M. Wall, Edward R. Ratner, Dianne M. Bartels, Nancy Ulvestad, Lillian Gelberg This study demonstrates that people living in dire economic and social situations will complete an advance directive (AD) when offered the opportunity.	Journal Article	Sep 2008

•	How Does Acculturation Affect the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers Among Mexican- and Asian-Americans? (Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health) Jennifer Lee, Michael S. Goldstein, E. Richard Brown, Rachel Ballard-Barbash Researchers have found that immigrants in the United States gradually relinquish cultural practices and adopt health behaviors similar to native born individuals as they acculturate.	Journal Article	Aug 2008

•	Pathways to Health Risk Exposure in Adult Film Performers (Journal of Urban Health) Corita R. Grudzen, Gerry Ryan, William Margold, Jacqueline Torres, Lillian Gelberg Despite being part of a large and legal industry in Los Angeles, little is known about adult film performers' exposure to health risks and when and how these risks might occur.	Journal Article	Aug 2008

•	Linguistic Minorities in a Health Survey (Public Opinion Quarterly) Sunghee Lee, Hoang Anh Nguyen, May Jawad Aydin, John Kurata Survey interview languages not only determine who is eligible to participate in certain surveys but may also influence survey estimates.	Journal Article	Aug 2008

•	Women's Health in California: Health Status, Health Behaviors. Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Services Among California Women Ages 18-64 Roberta Wyn, Theresa A. Hastert, Erin Peckham This report examines important health concerns of nonelderly women (ages 18-64) in California, including their health status, selected health behaviors, health insurance coverage, usual source of care and access to health care.	Research Report	Aug 2008

•	Uncontrolled Asthma Means Missed Work and School, Emergency Department Visits for Many Californians Ying-Ying Meng, Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, Christina Lombardi, E. Richard Brown Despite advances in therapy, asthma remains a disease that is not optimally controlled in many Californians.	Policy Brief	Jul 2008

•	Preconceptional Folic Acid Supplement Use in Lebanon (Public Health Nutrition) Hala Tamim, Gail G. Harrison, Maria Atoui, Ghina Mumtaz, Faisal El-Kak, Muhieddine Seoud, Khaled Yunis The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence and determinants of preconceptional folic acid supplement use among pregnant women in Lebanon. Analysis ...	Journal Article	Jul 2008

•	National Health Surveys and the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use (Medical Care) Ronald M. Andersen National health surveys have played an important role in the development of health services research.	Journal Article	Jul 2008

•	Case Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in a National Sample of Persons with HIV/AIDS (Journal of National Medical Association) William E. Cunningham, Mitchell D. Wong, Ron D. Hays HIV/AIDS is a condition characterized by a variety of medical and social needs that vary between individuals and over time.	Journal Article	Jul 2008

•	Urinary Quality of Life After Prostatectomy or Radiation for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Study Between Japanese and U.S. Men (Urology) Shunichi Namiki, Lorna Kwan, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Akito Terai, Akito Terai, Mark S. Litwin This study compares the evolution of urinary dysfunction and associated distress (bother) during the first two years after radical prostatectomy (RP) or external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) between Japanese and U.S.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	National Recommendations for Enhancing the Conduct of Ethical Research with Human Participants in Post-Disaster Situations (Ethnicity & Disease) Bowen Chung, Loretta Jones, Larry X. Campbell, Henrietta Glover, Lillian Gelberg, Donna T. Chen The intricacies and time-sensitivity of conducting high-quality and clinically relevant health-related human subject research in post-disaster situations challenges traditional approaches to protecting study participants from exploitation and harm.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	Binge Drinking, Poor Mental Health, and Adherence to Treatment Among California Adults with Asthma (Journal of Asthma) Kelly B. Haskard, Jim E. Banta, Summer L. Williams, Mark G. Haviland, M. Robin DiMatteo, Peter Przekop, Leonard S. Werner, Donald L. Anderson Binge drinking and poor mental health may affect adherence to treatment for individuals with asthma. The purposes of this research were to: Examine the relationship of self-reported binge drinking and mental health to adherence to daily asthma control medications; and, Identify other demographic and health-related factors associated with asthma control medication adherence. Secondary ...	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	How Well Does a Shortened Time Interval Characterize Results of a Full Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Session? (Journal of Clinical Hypertension) Michael E. Ernst, Cynthia A. Weber, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Michelle A. O'Connor, Wenjiao Lin, Barry L. Carter, George R. Bergus Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is useful in evaluating cardiovascular risk but requires significant time.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	Something Different in the Air? The Collapse of the Schwarzegger Health Plan in California (WorkingUSA - The Journal of Labor and Society) Daniel J.B. Mitchell In January, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a state universal health care plan modeled after the Massachusetts individual mandate program.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations - A Handbook for Practitioners and Students Michael V. Kline, Robert M. Huff, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer This second edition grounds readers in the understanding that health promotion programs in multicultural settings require an in-depth knowledge of the cultural group being targeted.	Outside Publication	Jun 2008

•	Who is Using Emergency Contraception? Awareness and Use of Emergency Contraception Among California Women and Teens (Women's Health Issues) Susan Baldwin, M. Rosa Solorio, Donna L. Washington, Hongjian Yu, Yii-Chieh Huang, E. Richard Brown Emergency contraception reduces women's risk for pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, and women’s awareness of the method is increasingly important for expanding access.	Journal Article	Jun 2008

•	The Association Between an Electric Pump Loan Program and the Timing of Requests for Formula by Working Mothers in WIC (Journal of Human Lactation) Karen Meehan, Gail G. Harrison, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Nathan Nickel, Eloise Jenks, Anthony Ramirez An electric pump loan program designed to facilitate breastfeeding for low-income mothers returning to full-time work was evaluated.	Journal Article	May 2008

•	Confronting the Public Health Workforce Crisis: ASPH Statement on the Public Health Workforce (Public Health Reports) Linda Rosenstock, Gillian B. Silver, Karen Helsing, Connie Evashwick, Ruth Katz, Michael Klag, Gerald F. Kominski, Donna Richter, Ciro Sumaya Today's public health workforce, faced with daunting public health challenges, has been forced to do more with fewer people.	Journal Article	May 2008

•	Are Frequent Asthma Symptoms Among Low-Income Individuals Related to Heavy Traffic Near Homes, Vulnerabilities, or Both? (Annals of Epidemiology) Ying-Ying Meng, Michelle Wilhelm, Rudolph P. Rull, Paul English, Sheila Nathan, Beate Ritz This study investigates whether frequent asthma symptoms (daily/weekly symptoms) can be attributed to traffic-related exposures, poverty, and/or vulnerabilities.	Journal Article	May 2008

•	Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in a Post-War Context: Which Informal Support Makes a Difference? (Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology) May Jawad Aydin, Abla M. Sibai, Monique Chaaya Gerontological literature utilizes the life stress paradigm to understand the impact of stress on psychological well-being, as well as the protective role that social resources play in buffering those effects; however these relationships are not well understood within various historical and social contexts.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Process Evaluation of the Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network (Preventing Chronic Disease) Richard E. Kratz, Ninez A. Ponce, Antronette Yancey This study evaluated the Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network, a large multicomponent nutrition and physical activity program in an ethnically diverse school district, launched in 2000. Thirty-six ...	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Health Coverage of Low-Income Citizen and Noncitizen Wage Earners: Sources and Disparities (Journal of Immigrant Minority Health) Ninez A. Ponce, Susan D. Cochran, Vickie M. Mays, Y. Jenny Chia, E. Richard Brown The health coverage of low-income workers represents an area of continuing disparities in the United States system of health insurance.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Correlates of Self-Diagnosis of Chronic Medical and Mental Health Condition in Under Served African American and Latino Populations (Ethnicity & Disease) Chizobam Ani, Mohsen Bazargan, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Ronald M. Andersen, David W. Hindman, Richard S. Baker This study examines the correlates of self-diagnosis of chronic medical and mental health conditions in under-served minority populations.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Distress and Social Dysfunction Following Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Comparison of Japanese and American Men (Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases) Shunichi Namiki, Lorna Kwan, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Akito Terai, Takefumi Satoh, Shiro Baba, Yoichi Arai, Mark S. Litwin The authors assessed the impact of bother with urinary and bowel dysfunction on social activities among men in Japan and the United States following primary therapy for localized prostate cancer.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Association of Insurance Coverage with Chlamydia Screening (The American Journal of Managed Care) Nadereh Pourat, Guoyu A. Tao, Cathleen M. Walsh This article examines the rates of self-reported Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening among young women and to examine the independent association of type of insurance and specific health plans with these rates.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Physical Activity Among Adolescents: When Do Parks Matter? (American Journal of Preventive Medicine) Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, Hongjian Yu, E. Richard Brown The availability of places to engage in physical activity may influence physical activity levels. This study examined whether the relationship between physical activity and access to parks differs depending on adolescents’ sociodemographic, housing and neighborhood characteristics.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	One in Three Young Children Do Not Get Regular Dental Care Nadereh Pourat These two fact sheets show that nearly one-third of young children 11 years of age or younger have never visited a dental provider or have not visited a dental provider in more than one year.	Fact Sheet	Apr 2008

•	Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, Theresa A. Hastert, Stefan Harvey, Harold Goldstein, Rebecca Flournoy, Rajni Banthia, Victor Rubin, Sarah Treuhaft People living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes. The ...	Policy Brief	Apr 2008

•	Return to Work and Degree of Recovery Among Injured Workers in California's Workers' Compensation System (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine) Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron Using interviews with 965 California workers injured on the job, the authors examined the factors associated with their return to work as well as their self-reported degree of recovery.	Journal Article	Mar 2008

•	The Effect of Disease Management on Utilization of Services by Race/Ethnicity: Evidence From the Florida Medicaid Program (American Journal of Managed Care) Gerald F. Kominski, Donald E. Morisky, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Jenny B. Kotlerman This study measured possible racial/ethnic differences in a Florida disease management (DM) program on utilization of selected healthcare services for four chronic illnesses.	Journal Article	Mar 2008

•	Delivery of Genomic Medicine for Common Chronic Adult Diseases (The Journal of the American Medical Association) Maren T. Scheuner, Pauline Sieverding, Paul G. Shekelle The objective of this article was to synthesize current information on genetic health services for common adult-onset conditions by examining studies that have addressed the outcomes, consumer information needs, delivery, and challenges in integrating these services.	Journal Article	Mar 2008

•	Datapoints: Mapping Estimated County-Level Income and Binge Drinking Among California Men (Psychiatric Services) Jim E. Banta, Mark G. Haviland, Peter Przekop An estimated 3.2 million Californian men engage in binge drinking, according to the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).	Journal Article	Feb 2008

•	The Effects of a Disease Management Program on Self-Reported Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes: Evidence From the "Florida: A Healthy State (FAHS)" Medicaid Program (Health Education & Behavior) Donald E. Morisky, Gerald F. Kominski, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Jenny B. Kotlerman Premature morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases account for a major proportion of expenditures for health care cost in the United States.	Journal Article	Feb 2008

•	Haves and Have-Nots: A Look at Children's Use of Dental Care in California Nadereh Pourat This report examines dental care utilization of California children and finds that disparities in dental visits exist, including lower rates of visits for Latino and African American children and those without dental insurance.	Outside Publication	Feb 2008

•	Federal Poverty Guideline Underestimates Costs of Living for Older Persons in California Steven P. Wallace, L. Cricel Molina The federal poverty guideline, used to determine income eligibility for many public programs, covers less than half of the basic costs experienced by adults age 65 and older in the state.	Policy Brief	Feb 2008

•	Effect of a Targeted Incentive on Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Women in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (American Journal of Public Health) Dena R. Herman, Gail G. Harrison, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Eloise Jenks This study tested the effectiveness of a subsidy for fruits and vegetables to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).	Journal Article	Jan 2008

•	Homeless Women: Who Is Really at Risk for Unintended Pregnancy? (Maternal and Child Health Journal) Lillian Gelberg, Michael C. Lu, Barbara D. Leake, Ronald M. Andersen, Hal Morgenstern, Adeline M. Nyamathi This study of 974 homeless women surveyed in Los Angeles County in 1997 included 457 who were at risk for unintended pregnancy.	Journal Article	Jan 2008

•	Determinants of Breast Cancer Knowledge Among Newly Diagnosed, Low-income, Medically Underserved Women With Breast Cancer (Cancer) Judy Y. Chen, Allison L. Diamant, Amardeep Thind, Rose C. Maly Among women with breast cancer (BC), greater BC knowledge has been associated with greater participation in treatment decision-making, patient satisfaction, and survival.	Journal Article	Jan 2008

•	Does Stigma Keep Poor Young Immigrant and U.S.-Born Black and Latina Women From Seeking Mental Health Care? (Psycniatric Services) Erum Nadeem, Jane M. Lange, Dawn Edge, Marie Fongwa, Thomas Belin, Jeanne Miranda This study examines the extent to which stigma-related concerns about mental health care account for the underuse of mental health services among low-income immigrant and U.S.-born ...	Journal Article	Dec 2007

•	Estimating Health Conditions for Small Areas: Asthma Symptom Prevalence for State Legislative Districts (Health Services Research) Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This article estimates the prevalence of asthma symptoms for California legislative districts. Using small area estimation (SAE) techniques, the article reports on findings not previously available at the sub-county level.	Journal Article	Dec 2007

•	Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates of Subgroups of Asian American Women in California (Medical Care Research and Review) Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Nadereh Pourat, Nancy Breen, Steven Coughlin, Teresa Abend McLean, Timothy S. McNeel Wide variations in these screening rates were found among the seven different subgroups of Asian American women studied, holding demographic and socioeconomic characteristics constant.	Journal Article	Dec 2007

•	Satisfaction With Care and Perceptions of Quality Among Injured Workers in California's Workers' Compensation Systemm (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine) Nadereh Pourat, Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron A 2006 survey of injured workers in California found that injured workers reported high levels of satisfaction and quality of care.	Journal Article	Nov 2007

•	Health Care Access, Use of Services, and Experiences Among Undocumented Mexicans and Other Latinos (Archives of Internal Medicine) Alexander N. Ortega, Hai Fang, Victor H. Perez, John A. Rizzo, Olivia Carter-Pokras, Steven P. Wallace, Lillian Gelberg This article uses data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey to show that undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos used fewer health care services, and reported poorer experiences with care, compared to their U.S.-born ...	Journal Article	Nov 2007

•	Characteristics of Dentists Who Provide Dental Care to Publicly Insured Patients (Journal of Public Health Dentistry) Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Roberta Wyn, Marvin Marcus Dentists who care for publicly insured patients appear to have practices that are different from those who do not, in terms of delivery of patient care and practice structure.	Journal Article	Oct 2007

•	Access to Preventive Services for Adults of Mexican Origin (Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health) Steven P. Wallace, Veronica F. Gutierrez, Xóchitl Castañeda This article explores the link between immigration and preventive health care services, particularly among adults of Mexican origin.	Journal Article	Oct 2007

•	Prevalence of Active Epilepsy and Active Quality of Life among Adults with Self-Reported Epilepsy in California: California Health Interview Survey, 2003 (Epilepsia) Rosemarie Kobau, Hatice Zahran, David Grant, David J. Thurman, Patricia H. Price, Matthew M. Zack Using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), this article assesses the prevalence of self-reported and active epilepsy, as well as associated health-related quality of life issues, among adults in California.	Journal Article	Oct 2007

•	Perceptions of Diet and Physical Activity Among California Hmong Adults and Youths (Preventing Chronic Disease) Loan Pham Kim, Gail G. Harrison, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer This journal article reports the findings of a qualitative study designed to inform the development of a proposed community-wide campaign to promote increased physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income Hmong families.	Journal Article	Oct 2007

•	Immigration, Health & Work: The Facts Behind the Myths Steven P. Wallace, Xóchitl Castañeda, Sylvia Guendelman , D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Emily Felt A collaboration of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Health Initiative of the Americas, this report explores the health care challenges faced by Latin American immigrants, and Mexican immigrants in particular.	Research Report	Oct 2007

•	7.6 Million Californians Rely on the Safety Net of Health Care Providers for Regular Care Melissa S. Gatchell, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce This fact sheet looks at the health insurance types and the status of people who use community health centers, public hospitals, and clinics, also called the "safety net," as their usual source of health care.	Fact Sheet	Sep 2007

•	Health Coverage Expansion in California: What Can Consumers Afford to Spend? Ken Jacobs, Korey Capozza, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, E. Richard Brown This research brief, jointly authored by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, finds that many California families spend a substantial amount of their annual income on health care premiums and out-of-pockets costs, and could face financially devastating medical expenses if they are not adequately protected.	Policy Brief	Sep 2007

•	Diabetes: The Growing Epidemic Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, E. Richard Brown The prevalence of diabetes in California continues to rise. Over 1.8 million adults age 18 and over (7%) have been diagnosed with diabetes, up from 1.5 ...	Policy Brief	Aug 2007

•	Improving Access Through Health Insurance Coverage and Safety Net Expansion: A Review of the Literature Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron This policy brief reviews the literature on access to health care as it relates to current proposals for health care reform in California.	Policy Brief	Aug 2007

•	What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care? David Carroll, Dylan H. Roby, Jean Ross, Michael Snavely, E. Richard Brown, Gerald F. Kominski This report, jointly authored by the California Budget Project and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, finds that many California families spend a substantial amount on health care premiums and out-of-pockets costs, and could face financially devastating medical expenses if they are not adequately protected.	Research Report	Aug 2007

•	Medicare's Use of Risk Adjustment (National Health Policy Forum) Gerald F. Kominski This paper describes the origins and importance of risk adjustment, summarizes current risk adjustment by Medicare and discusses issues and problems with risk adjustment methods.	Journal Article	Aug 2007

•	What Enhances Underrepresented Minority Recruitment to Dental Schools? (Journal of Dental Education) Ronald M. Andersen, Daisy C. Carreon, Judith-Ann Friedman, Sebastian E. Baumeister, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Terry T. Nakazono, Pamela L. Davidson This study examined the factors influencing the proportion of underrepresented minority students (URM) in dental schools.	Journal Article	Aug 2007

•	The Effect of County Outreach Environments on Family Participation in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown Using data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey, this study examines participation (and lack of participation) by eligible children in California’s Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs.	Research Report	Jul 2007

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce, Jean Yoon, Janet Cummings, Thomas Rice This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance – continues to decline.	Research Report	Jul 2007

•	Expansion of Health Insurance in California Unlikely to Act as Magnet for Undocumented Immigration Joshua S. Yang, Steven P. Wallace New expansions of health insurance in California are unlikely to attract additional undocumented immigrants to the state, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	Jul 2007

•	Job-Based Insurance Declines for Moderate- and Low-Income Workers E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Shana Alex Lavarreda As California's system of job-based health insurance continues to erode, low- and moderate-income workers are increasingly being left out, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	Jul 2007

•	Food Security Among California's Low-Income Adults Improves, But Most Severely Affected Do Not Share in Improvement Gail G. Harrison, Matthew Sharp, George Manolo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, November McGarvey This policy brief reports that, according to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, more than 2.5 ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2007

•	Impact of Disease Management on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from the Florida: A Healthy State (FAHS) Medicaid Program (Preventive Medicine) Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Donald E. Morisky, Gerald F. Kominski, Jenny B. Kotlerman The authors examine the impact of disease management on utilization of selected health care services.	Journal Article	Jun 2007

•	Physician Perceptions of Access to Quality Care in California's Workers' Compensation System (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine) Nadereh Pourat, Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron The authors measured the association of physician perceptions of access to quality care with intentions to change workers' compensation (WC) participation levels, barriers to delivery of quality care, levels of payment and type of provider after the implementation of California WC reforms in 2004.	Journal Article	Jun 2007

•	Falls, Disability and Food Insecurity Present Challenges to Healthy Aging Steven P. Wallace, L. Cricel Molina, Mona Jhawar Falls, disability and hunger are surprisingly common aspects of life for California seniors, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	May 2007

•	Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheets for California Counties and Regions UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were able to produce these fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage, and demographic characteristics for counties and regions in California.	Fact Sheet	Apr 2007

•	Teens Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Lack Access to Parks and Get Less Physical Activity Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, E. Richard Brown Teens living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income households are unlikely to have a safe park near their home and are more likely to get less physical activity, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	Mar 2007

•	Undocumented Residents Make Up Small Share of California's Uninsured Population E. Richard Brown, Nadereh Pourat, Steven P. Wallace This fact sheet uses information from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey to determine how many of the 4.8 ...	Fact Sheet	Mar 2007

•	Fighting Cancer with Fitness: Dietary outcomes of a randomized, Controlled Lifestyle Change Intervention in Healthy African-American Women (Preventive Medicine) William J. McCarthy, Antronette Yancey, Gail G. Harrison, Joanne Leslie, Judith M. Siegel This study tested the efficacy of an eight-week, culturally targeted, community-based nutrition and physical activity promotion intervention: Fight Cancer with Fitness! (FCF).	Journal Article	Mar 2007

•	California County Uninsurance Rates Vary Greatly UCLA Center for Health Policy Research This fact sheet uses data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey to view the state's uninsurance problem by county.	Fact Sheet	Feb 2007

•	Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2006 Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron This report was produced by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research under contract to the California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), Department of Industrial Relations, which is required to perform an annual study of access to medical treatment for injured workers.	Policy Research Report	Feb 2007

•	Pets and Smoking in the Home Associated with Asthma Symptoms and Asthma-Like Breathing Problems Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown, Ying-Ying Meng Many Californians are exposed to environmental conditions in the home -- such as the presence of tobacco smoke and furry pets -- which can trigger asthma symptoms.	Policy Brief	Feb 2007

•	California's Racial and Ethnic Minorities More Adversely Affected by Asthma Ying-Ying Meng, Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, E. Richard Brown Using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), this policy brief examines the racial/ethnic disparities in the burden of asthma among those with active asthma.	Policy Brief	Feb 2007

•	Low-Income Californians Bear Unequal Burden of Asthma Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, Ying-Ying Meng, E. Richard Brown In California, 2.8 million children and adults suffer from active asthma. One out of six of these Californians lives below the poverty level.	Policy Brief	Feb 2007

•	Small-Area Estimation of Health Insurance Coverage for California Legislative Districts (American Journal of Public Health) Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace	Journal Article	Feb 2007

•	Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Adolescent Compliance with Treatment or Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Results from a Randomized Trial (Journal of Adolescent Health) Gerald F. Kominski, Sepideh Farivar Varon, Donald E. Morisky, Kevin Malotte, Vicki J. Ebin, Astou Coly, Chi Chiao For children and adolescents, incentives can serve as a positive reinforcement when trying to get them to complete care that is critical for their health.	Journal Article	Jan 2007

•	Women's Health Insurance Coverage in California Roberta Wyn This policy brief provides an overview of the health insurance coverage of nonelderly women in California, based on data from the 2003 and 2001 California Health Interview Surveys (CHIS 2003, CHIS 2001).	Policy Brief	Nov 2006

•	Adult Smoking Rate Declines, While Asthma, Diabetes and Obesity Rates Rise Susan H. Babey, David Grant, E. Richard Brown Using newly available data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2005), as well as data from CHIS 2001 and CHIS 2003, this fact sheet provides an early look at changes over time in the prevalence of smoking, asthma, diabetes, and overweight and obesity in California.	Fact Sheet	Nov 2006

•	Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access Elena Zúñiga, Xóchitl Castañeda, Al Averbach, Steven P. Wallace This report focuses on the population of Mexican ancestry in the United States and in California, with an emphasis on immigrants.	Research Report	Oct 2006

•	Nearly Six Million Californians Suffer from Asthma Symptoms or Asthma-like Breathing Problems Susan H. Babey, Ying-Ying Meng, E. Richard Brown, Theresa A. Hastert Nearly 6 million Californians report that they have difficulty breathing. Moreover, according to this policy brief, asthma among California adults increased from 2001 to 2003 across all age groups and 3.4 ...	Policy Brief	Oct 2006

•	Autism Rates Rising in California UCLA Center for Health Policy Research This fact sheet created by the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) team compares parental reports of autism from the 2001 and 2005 California Health Interview Surveys to identify a significant increase in the number of cases between survey periods.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2006

•	More than Half of California's Uninsured Children Eligible for Public Programs But Not Enrolled Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown, Jean Yoon, Sungching Glenn Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers found that more than half of the uninsured children in California are eligible for public programs but are not enrolled, a further sign of the limitations in current health insurance arrangements.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2006

•	One in Five Californians Were Uninsured in 2005 Despite Modest Gains in Coverage Jean Yoon, E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Sungching Glenn Despite marginal improvements in job-based health insurance for adults and public program enrollment for children, one in five (6.5 ...	Policy Brief	Oct 2006

•	Sexually Transmitted Disease Services in California's Medi-Cal Managed Care: Findings from a Baseline Survey of STD Care Delivery in 2002 Nadereh Pourat, Jas Nihalani, Romn

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