PopResearchCtrs

PopResearchCtrs, 12 hours ago to geopolitics

Did you miss #PAA2024? Or miss a session you really wanted to attend?

We've pulled together many of the key takeaways here:
https://www.prb.org/articles/census-issues-impact-of-dobbs-decision-and-population-aging-among-highlights-of-2024-population-association-of-america-conference/

#Demography #sociology @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 3 days ago to ukteachers

Students who change schools between 8th and 9th grade (such as when adolescents from multiple middle schools move to a single high school) report significantly less delinquency after the shift than those who do not.

Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38107511/

#Education #MiddleSchool #HighSchool @edutooters

PopResearchCtrs, 1 month ago to college

College Degrees Yield Lifetime Benefits for Disadvantaged Students:

Those who grew up as the least likely to graduate see the greatest returns, including less poverty, more time married, and greater civic engagement.

Read this and other highlights from Jennie Brand's new book
https://www.prb.org/articles/college-degrees-yield-lifetime-benefits-for-the-unlikeliest-graduates/

#College #Education #Equity #Income #Poverty #Demography #Sociology @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 1 month ago to Marriage

New research shows that the number of years men spend married has dropped sharply—especially among those without a bachelor’s degree.
https://popresearchcenters.org/research-highlights/the-rise-of-the-no-bachelors-bachelor/

#Marriage #Family #Sociology #Demography @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to climate

New data shows that associations between environmental attitudes and childbearing preferences may have strengthened over time.

Environmental attitudes may be a factor in the recent decline in youth's fertility desires and could have consequences for future fertility.

Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37789865/

#Climate #Weather #Wx #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Fertility #Demography @demography @sociology @ClimateNewsNow

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to geopolitics

Demographers and sociologists:

Please help us build our network so we can share and boost all of the amazing research.

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#Demography #Sociology #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Climate #Economics @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to climate

📣 CSDE Panel on Climate Impacts on Population Health: Data Science, Demography, & Disparities

Fri, Mar 1, 2024
12:30-1:30PM Pacific

Panelists (UW experts Sameer Shah, Karen Chen, Joan Casey, and Kris Ebi) will prove short overviews of their research & how they've approached the challenges of studying climate impacts on population health through integrating data science techniques & demography to further our understanding.

https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NF7jt8h8T8yAZij9CwQinA#/registration

#Climate #ClimateChange @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to Health

In the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, postpartum visit attendance declined by 5.8 percentage points.

The biggest declines occurred among non-Hispanic Black individuals, those age 19 or younger, and those without postpartum insurance.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36701617/

#Health #Healthcare #Pregnancy #Postpartum #Pediatrics #MedMastodon #PublicHealth @medmastodon @publichealth @pediatrics @demography

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to geopolitics

📣 CSDE Seminar: Modelling Migration to Understand Demographic Change

When: Fri., Feb 23, 2024 (12:30-1:30 PM Pacific)

Register: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gZoVUgZQSUCkj6ewHdkX-g#/registration

@demography @sociology @economics #Demography

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to Marriage

Unlike prior evidence for the U.S. and the Netherlands, data from Chile suggest that "specialization" (having different roles in the household) is associated with a lower probability of divorce and separation for both married and cohabiting couples. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38037551/

#Marriage #Divorce #Family #Valentine @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 2 months ago to geopolitics

DYK that Penn State's Population Studies Center has a YouTube channel?

You can find recorded colloquia and lectures on demography and population health topics.

The latest is on genetic ancestry tests.

https://youtu.be/LhYFWjqElic?si=j0E7zaxNAHGi4v4V

#Demography #Sociology #Race @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to ukteachers

Increasing positive early childhood experiences corresponds with greater likelihood of being "healthy and ready to learn" in school, even in the face of adversities. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37532124/

@edutooters #Education #School #Adversity #Resilience #Children #ChildHealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to geopolitics

📣 CSDE Seminar – Riding the Leviathan: Gender, Fertility, and Selfhood in Autocratic China

When: Fri., Feb. 16, 2024 (12:30-1:30 PM)

Register: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DptuRv-MQFynLCcdsVzkhQ#/registration

#Demography #Sociology @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Health

Expanded SNAP benefits boosted food security during the COVID-19 emergency.

And households in the food assistance program made healthier food purchases in 2020.

Read more:
https://www.prb.org/articles/expanded-snap-benefits-boosted-food-security-during-the-covid-19-emergency-study-finds/

#Health #PublicHealth #Nutrition @demography @sociology @publichealth @publicpolicy

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to privacy

New paper traces the history of privacy and disclosure control in the U.S. decennial census since 1790. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37928237/
#2020Census #Privacy #Data #DataPrivacy @demography

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to geopolitics

📣 Learning opportunity! DSDR.ICPSR.UMICH.EDU

Learn how to:

• Discover, access, & share research data on maternal & child health, the human lifecycle, & health disparities
• Meet NIH data sharing requirements for NICHD-funded grants by depositing data with DSDR
• Access resources to advance research and data sharing

Webinar is free and open to the public.

Register:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f37I_5dYS4aha9uoi6xM7A#/registration

#Data #Demography #Epidemiology #PublicHealth @demography @publichealth @sociology @epidemiology

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Health

New research found that Black and Latina cisgender women have low awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV. The women interviewed proposed different ideas for interventions, including support groups, education, community-level programs, and structural interventions. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37796358/
#Health #PublicHealth #Healthcare #MedMastodon @publichealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Health

New analysis finds that adolescents with moderate nutrition knowledge were less likely to have high body mass index (BMI) compared to those with low knowledge. However, there was no association between parental dietary knowledge and adolescents' BMI. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37872636/

#Health #Nutrition #Children #Youth #ChildHealth #MedMastodon @medmastodon

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to DadBin

Youth with longer durations and more frequent episodes of homelessness have substantially poorer health outcomes.

Details: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37578404/

#Housing #AffordableHousing #Homelessness #Homeless #Children #Youth #Health #PublicHealth @publichealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Health

Adults who had a household family member with extensive health needs had higher odds of delaying or forgoing their own needed health care.

Being female, uninsured, and having a household income ≤ 400% of the Federal Poverty Level was associated with higher risk of having unmet healthcare needs.

Details:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37036678/

#Healthcare #Health #PublicHealth #MedMastodon @medmastodon @publichealth @publicpolicy

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Nurses

How do mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios affect patient outcomes, costs, and hospital decisions?

Data from California provides some answers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37939411/

#Healthcare #Nurses #Nursing #Health #PublicHealth #MedMastodon #Hospital #Hospitals @medmastodon @publichealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to DadBin

Increasing positive early childhood experiences corresponds with greater likelihood of being "healthy and ready to learn" in school, even in the face of adversities. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37532124/

#Children #Childhood #Education #Preschool #Positive #Adversity #PCEs #PECEs #ACEs @edutooters

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to demography

💡 "...partnering with individuals who have personally experienced homelessness can enhance many phases of the research process, particularly ones that are challenging for scholars" say a team of experts in their new paper.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204566/

#Homelessness #Housing #Housing @demography @sociology @economics @publichealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to Health

Texan young adults reported financial barriers to using their preferred contraceptive method more often than Californians (36.7% vs. 19.2%) as did the uninsured compared to the insured (50.9% vs. 18.7%).

Details: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37651402/

#Health #PublicHealth #FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealth @demography @sociology @publichealth

PopResearchCtrs, 3 months ago to food

Research finds pictorial warnings led to reductions in purchases of fruit drinks, soda, and flavoured milk. Warnings also lowered the perceived healthfulness of flavored water, flavored milk, and sports drinks. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36965067/

#Nutrition #Food #Research #Advertising #PublicHealth @publichealth