UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

At 4 p.m. at @AAPOR , @UCLAchpr staff examine differences in adverse childhood experiences disclosure across survey modes, as well as question-level variability in sensitivity, using California Health Interview Survey data on adults and teens: https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

Ninez A. Ponce, @UCLAchpr director, and Todd Hughes, director of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) discuss how the CHIS employs a multifaceted set of strategies to address diverse communities in California at 8:30 a.m. at @AAPOR : https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

Joelle Wolstein, @uclachpr research scientist, & her students, Daniela Alonso & Katia Ayon Lara, used California Health Interview Survey data in their poster on food insecurity among L.A. County Latinos at the Food Access Summit at @calstatela . Read more: https://ucla.in/4wvyvls.

At 9:30 a.m., @UCLAchpr and @ssrs_research staff discuss using QR codes to improve survey response rates AND evaluate the effect of sampling two adolescents within the same household using the California Health Interview Survey at @AAPOR https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

The @UCLAchpr California Health Interview Survey is featured in three presentations during the "Innovations in Measuring Demographic Characteristics" session at @AAPOR at 9:30 a.m. Also, visit us at booth #115. Learn more: https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

Today at 3:15 p.m., @UCLAchpr staff discuss questionnaire design and interviewing at @AAPOR , comparing the optimized grid and paging designs for the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) using the 2025 California Health Interview Survey: https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

@UCLAchpr 's Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab discusses how they collect data and research in concert with community involvement practices at @aaporonline 's AAPI Research and Affinity Group panel, today at 9 a.m.: https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV. #AAPOR2026

Check out @UCLAchpr Director Ninez A. Ponce on @pbssocal ’s Earth Focus on Wednesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. PT! That’s tomorrow! We’re featured in a new episode about Food Insecurity. If you can’t tune in, it’s available to stream on the PBS app!

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) and California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) staff will be presenting at the 81st American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), which will be held May 13–15, 2026, in Los Angeles. From navigating changes in race and ethnicity data collection, to using QR codes to improve survey response rates, to examining strategies and techniques to ensure representation of diverse communities throughout the survey life cycle, UCLA CHPR and California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) staff will present nine sessions at the 2026 AAPOR Conference. Also, come visit CHPR and CHIS at booth #115 in the exhibit hall to meet staff, see demonstrations of CHIS’ online health query tools — including AskCHIS™ and AskCHIS™ Neighborhood Edition — and pick up swag. #AAPOR2026 Learn more: https://ucla.in/4sG3cRV.

The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has worked alongside NHPI communities to address gaps within data and research and to ensure that communities are visible in the data, and that they have the access and training to use it. Join us Thursday, May 28, when the @UCLAchpr Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab unveils a new and improved NHPI Social Determinants of Health dashboard, which features county-level data on health and factors that influence health. Using data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), American Community Survey, and U.S. Census, the dashboard covers seven key topic areas: demographics, disability, economic indicators, education, health, housing, and veteran status. Select topics are available by NHPI subgroup, including CHamorro, Fijian, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan populations. This webinar will also feature 'Alisi Tulua, executive director of the Southern California Pacific Islander Community Response Team (@socalpicrt ), and Luci Latu, assistant director of Taulama for Tongans, who will both share how accessible, culturally grounded data strengthens their advocacy, planning, and storytelling — and how they’ve used the Lab’s tools to support the communities they serve. Register: https://ucla.in/4nkzNvf. #AANHPIHeritageMonth #NativeHawaiian #PacificIslander #NHPI

In AskCHIS™, you can search mental health data by various Asian ethnicity groups. According to the 2022–2024 California Health Interview Surveys, 15.9% of South Asian adults experienced serious psychological distress in the past year. Explore AskCHIS™: https://ucla.in/4jdXyTz. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities aren’t monolithic — and neither is our data. From our California Health Interview Survey to our NHPI Data Policy Lab, we understand the power of data disaggregation. Visibility drives equity. #AANHPIHeritageMonth According to the 2020–2024 CHIS, 86.6% of Asian Americans in California had excellent, very good, or good health. When broken down by subgroup, CHIS data showed a wide range: from 77.5% (Vietnamese) to 92.9% (South Asian). Explore our data in AskCHIS: https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/askchis. Our NHPI Data Policy Lab employs culturally guided, community-centric practices to provide community partners with data and data skills to achieve their goals. The Lab's dashboards include data on NHPIs and by subgroup, with new updates coming this month: https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/our-work/nhpi-data-policy-lab.