Healing California

The Center for Health Journalism has partnered with ethnic media organizations in California to report together on health equity, immigrant health, community well-being and gaps in health care in a unique collaborative learning effort. Learn more about the initiative here

By
Jia H. Jung

Cambodian and Khmer people remain largely excluded from studies, policy making processes, public messaging, and journalism because of the lack of disaggregated data highlighting their experiences. Erika Mey, born to parents who fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge genocide, is working to disaggregate data to understand the realities of Cambodian and Khmer people and to acknowledge their trauma.

By
Hyoungjae Kim
Junhan Park

The emphasis on success adopted by Korean American parents puts undue pressure on children to excel academically, leading to increased stress, depression and strained parent-child relationships. Strict parenting styles, and expectations of academic success, rooted in traditional Korean values, often clash with the more individualistic approaches prevalent in the U.S.

By
Yarel Ramos

La salud mental es una preocupación creciente entre los trabajadores agrícolas de California. Tras la trágica pérdida de su marido, un trabajador agrícola en el Valle de Coachella, Dionisia ha estado luchando por mantener unida a su familia y encontrar apoyo para su salud mental.

By
Yarel Ramos

Mental health is a growing concern among farmworkers in California. Following the tragic loss of her husband, a farmworker in the Coachella Valley, Dionisia has been struggling to keep her family together and find mental health support.