Access to Care
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)
Action for Health Justice Health Insurance Enrollment Glossary
A resource from the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, includes a glossary of health insurance enrollment terms in English and 11 Asian and Pacific Islander languages.
READ MORE »
A Roadmap to Better Care and a Healthier You
A resource from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, explains what health coverage is and how to use it to get needed care. Available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
READ MORE »
Health Insurance Coverage for People with HIV Under the Affordable Care Act: Experiences in Five States
A brief from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, examines the experiences of people with HIV based on focus groups conducted in five states, including California.
READ MORE »
COVERED CALIFORNIA
Californians: Health Insurance Help is Here!
A resource from Consumers Union, features California-specific tools and fact sheets to help consumers shopping for and using insurance from Covered California.
READ MORE »
Calculadora del Mercado de Seguros Médicos
A resource from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, features a Spanish version of the Foundation’s Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator, and now includes zip code-specific data on 2015 marketplace plans.
READ MORE »
MEDI-CAL
Serving Newly Eligible Beneficiaries with Special Needs: Individuals Reentering Communities from the Criminal Justice System
A report from Insure the Uninsured Project, highlights ways to serve the health needs of those returning from prison.
READ MORE »
Improving the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness: Issues and Recommendations
A brief from Insure the Uninsured Project, examines how to address the health needs of the homeless.
READ MORE »
SAFETY NET
Thoughts On Financing Care And Coverage For Those Who Are Uninsured and Ineligible for Covered California and Full Scope Medi-Cal Due To Their Immigration Status
A brief from Insure the Uninsured Project, examines alternatives to covering and caring for the undocumented in California.
READ MORE »
OTHER
The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2011/2012 California Health Interview Survey
A report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, paints a comprehensive picture of health insurance trends, access, and coverage status for California’s 37.7 million residents.
READ MORE »
California Health Care Quality Report Cards – 2014-15 Edition
A report from the State of California Office of the Patient Advocate, displays clinical performance and member experience data on the care provided to Californians with commercial health insurance.
READ MORE »
Healthcare Access in Rural Communities
A resource from the Rural Assistance Center, provides an overview of challenges to healthcare access in rural America and ways communities and policymakers can address community needs.
READ MORE »
The Role of Medicare and the Indian Health Service for American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health, Access and Coverage
A report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, examines the role of both Medicare and the Indian Health Service in providing access to health care for about 650,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives who are age 65 and older or who have permanent disabilities.
READ MORE »
The Rising Cost of Living Longer: Analysis of Medicare Spending by Age for Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare
A report from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, takes an in-depth look at patterns of Medicare spending by age, overall, and by type of service.
READ MORE »
Medicare Advantage 2015 Data Spotlight: Overview of Plan Changes
A brief from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, examines Medicare Advantage plans in 2015, and recent trends, including the number and variety of plan choices available to Medicare beneficiaries, as well as changes in premiums, limits on out-of-pocket expenses, plan quality ratings, and other features.
READ MORE »
Prevention
HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING
Check Out Healthy Retail
A resource from ChangeLab Solutions, uses key elements of the retail environment, including advertising, displays, and inventory, to portray a store that promotes health at every turn.
READ MORE »
Model Legislation Requiring Safety Warning for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
A resource from ChangeLab Solutions, examines the potential impact of safety warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages and provides examples of what those labels could look like.
READ MORE »
Sugary Drink FACTS 2014
A report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, reveals how the sugary drink nutrition and marketing landscape has changed since 2011.
READ MORE »
Healthy Eating Index
A resource from the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research, examines the nutritional quality of choices at various points in the food stream and how closely they match nutritional standards.
READ MORE »
Neighborhood Characteristics and Children’s Physical Activity
A report from Child Trends, examines the relationship between physical exercise and neighborhood characteristics among children and youth.
READ MORE »
LAND USE
Guided by Principles: Shaping the State of California’s Role in K-12 Public School Facility Funding
A report from the Center for Cities and Schools at UC Berkeley, provides an analysis of facilities spending by California school districts and proposes principles to guide policy decisions about the state’s facility funding role.
READ MORE »
Parks and Trails Health Impact Assessment Toolkit
A resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, helps community planners address health when designing parks and trails.
READ MORE »
HOUSING
2014 California Affordable Housing Cost Study
A report from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, the California Housing Finance Agency, and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, measures the factors that influence the cost of building affordable rental housing in California.
READ MORE »
TRANSPORTATION
Safe Routes to School State Network Project: Building a Culture of Health through Active Transportation
A report from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, examines stakeholder efforts to improve transportation options for children.
READ MORE »
Integrating Safe Walking and Bicycling to School into Comprehensive Planning
A report from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, describes how integrating SRTS considerations into comprehensive planning can help define the local government’s role in supporting safe walking and bicycling to school.
READ MORE »
Spotlight on Highway Safety: Bicyclist Safety
A report from the Governors Highway Safety Association, looks at the issue of bicyclist safety, analyzing how fatality trends and crash patterns have changed since the mid 1970s.
READ MORE »
CLIMATE CHANGE
Doctors for Climate Health
A resource from the American Lung Association, highlights the medical and health community’s strong support for California’s leadership on clean air and climate policies.
READ MORE »
Climate and Health Infographic
A resource from the American Public Health Association, helps build understanding and awareness of the public health implications of climate change.
READ MORE »
SAFETY AND VIOLENCE
Multi-Sector Partnerships for Preventing Violence
A report from Prevention Institute, shows that many sectors must be engaged to effectively prevent violence.
READ MORE »
Connecting the Dots: An Overview of the Links among Multiple Forms of Violence
A report from Prevention Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, summarizes the research evidence to date on the risk and protective factors involved in violence.
READ MORE »
OTHER
Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors – Workshop Summary
A report from the Institute of Medicine, considers the opportunities for and barriers to improving the conditions for health in the course of achieving other sectors’ objectives, such as economic development and efficient public transit.
READ MORE »
National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council: Annual Status Report
A report from the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, highlights progress in implementing the National Prevention Strategy and reaching its goal of increasing the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of their life.
READ MORE »
Oil Drilling in Los Angeles: A Story of Unequal Protections
A report from Community Health Councils, Inc., examines the risks of local oil drilling and the disparities in how certain communities in Los Angeles are protected.
READ MORE »
Other
MENTAL HEALTH
The California Mental Health Parity Act Toolkit
A report from Disability Rights California, provides practical information and tips to help people get the mental health services they need.
READ MORE »
A New State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness
A video from Each Mind Matters, focuses on the impact of mental illness on families throughout California.
READ MORE »
Making Connections for Mental Health and Well-Being among Men and Boys in the U.S.
A report from Prevention Institute and The Movember Foundation, describes the mental health landscape in the U.S. and, in particular, the mental health and wellbeing of boys and men.
READ MORE »
Each Mind Matters Program and Resources Catalogue
A resource from Each Mind Matters, features programs and resources developed through Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives of CalMHSA, funded through Prop 63.
READ MORE »
Your Voice Counts Resource Center
A resource from the California Mental Health Services Authority, features a variety of resources on mental health and suicide prevention.
READ MORE »
Suicide Prevention Materials for Asian and Pacific Islander Populations
A resource from Know the Signs, features outreach materials in Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Khmer, Lao, and Hmong.
READ MORE »
BUDGET
Budget Proposal Prioritizes Austerity, Lacks Plan for Helping Ensure Broadly Shared Economic Recovery
A report from the California Budget Project, analyzes Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.
READ MORE »
Dollars and Democracy: A Guide to the State Budget Process
A resource from the California Budget Project, examines the process by which policymakers craft California’s state spending plan each year.
READ MORE »
A State EITC: Making California’s Tax System Work Better for Working Families
A report from the California Budget Project, looks at how California could create its own state Earned Income Tax Credit and how it could provide an economic boost for more than 3 million households.
READ MORE »
CHILDREN
A Hidden Crisis: Findings on Adverse Childhood Experiences in California
A report from the Center for Youth Wellness, details the correlation between childhood exposure to adversity and trauma with poor health, behavioral and social outcomes later in life.
READ MORE »
An Unhealthy Dose of Stress: The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress on Childhood Health and Development
A report from the Center for Youth Wellness, highlights the significant health and development challenges faced by children exposed to chronic early adversity, and outlines recommended steps that California can take to address this public health problem.
READ MORE »
2014-15 California County Scorecard
A resource from Children Now, tracks 29 key education, health, and child welfare and economic wellbeing indicators in California.
READ MORE »
¿Cómo Están los Niños?: The Health of Latino Children and Families in California
A report from the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, paints a picture of the health and wellbeing of Latino children in California, a population that comprises more than half of all the children in the state.
READ MORE »
Hispanic Children’s Coverage: Steady Progress, But Disparities Remain
A report from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families and the National Council of La Raza, provides a snapshot of Hispanic children in the U.S. without health insurance coverage in 2013, the year before most of the key coverage expansions of the ACA took effect.
READ MORE »
WORKFORCE
Physician Assistants in California
A report from the Healthcare Workforce Clearinghouse and the Califonria Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, examines the current state of physician assistants in California.
READ MORE »
OTHER
A Portrait of California 2014–2015
A report from Measure of America, measures wellbeing across California on the basis of health, education, and income.
READ MORE »
The Path to a People-Centered Health System: Next Generation Consumer Health Advocacy
A report from Community Catalyst, provides resources for consumer advocates to take on the challenges and opportunities of transforming our health system.
READ MORE »
Healthy Cleaning & Asthma-Safer Schools: A How-To Guide
A report from the California Work-Related Asthma Prevention program and the California Department of Public Health, provides guidelines that help school districts go green and save money by transitioning to asthma-safer cleaning products and practices.
READ MORE »
The Equity Solution: Racial Inclusion Is Key to Growing a Strong New Economy
A report from PolicyLink and the USC Program for Environmental & Regional Equity, estimates the economic boost of racial inclusion for the largest 150 regions, all 50 states, and the nation.
READ MORE »