Data You Can Use: Identifying Health Disparities Using CHIS (Los Angeles)

The workshop was held at the following location:

  • June 07, 2005 - Los Angeles at L.A. Care Health Plan, 555 West 5th Street, 29th Floor, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (registration begins at 10:30 am)

Join CPEHN as we explore the use of the California Health Interview Survey’s (CHIS) race and ethnicity data to understand the health status of communities of color.

Participants will:

  • Learn the nuances of CHIS race and ethnicity data, and how to use it.
  • Hear about current research using CHIS race and ethnicity data, and their findings related to health disparities.
  • Discuss how CHIS race and ethnicity data can be used to support your work to improve the health of our diverse communities.

Presenters:
John Kurata, PhD, MPH, David Grant, PhD, and Sunghee Lee, PhD - UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Robert Nordyke, PhD, MS - University of California Los Angeles
"Policy Implications of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Managed Care vs. Fee-for-Service Utilization Disparities in California"

Tetine Sentell, PhD - University of California San Francisco
"Language, Cultural and Systemic Barriers to Mental Health Care Among Racial and Ethnic Groups in California: Scope of the Problem and Implications for State Policy"

Israel De Alba, MD, MPH - University of California Irvine
"Pap Smear Use in California:  Are We Closing the Racial/Ethnic Gap?" and "Impact of U.S. Citizen Status on Cancer Screening Among Immigrant Women"

This convening is sponsored by L.A. Care Health Plan and California Program on Access to Care.