PopResearchCtrs

PopResearchCtrs, 8 months ago to ukteachers

New cases of dementia declined by 1.9% per year between 2000 and 2016. Rising education levels within the older population accounted for this decline. #NICHDimpact #Education #Health #Dementia #Cognition #Aging
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34233528

PopResearchCtrs, 4 months ago to Engineering

Engineering students & professionals with disabilities are less likely than their peers to experience social inclusion and professional respect at school and work.

Students with disabilities are more likely to intend to leave their engineering programs and professionals with disabilities are more likely to have thought about leaving their engineering jobs compared to peers.

Findings vary by gender and race/ethnicity.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37786867/

#Engineering #Disability #DisabledInSTEM

PopResearchCtrs, 9 months ago to random

Gun and car accident deaths explain the higher level of mortality among children and youth (under age 24) in the US south over past 50 years than peers living elsewhere.
@uncpopcenter #NICHDImpact #Mortality #CarAccidents #GunViolence #Fatalities

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317859

PopResearchCtrs, 4 months ago to Health

New analysis finds that After Planned Parenthood's termination from the Texas Medicaid program, participants faced difficulties accessing care elsewhere, including same-day appointments and on-site medications.

Consequences included delayed or forgone reproductive health care, including contraception, and emotional distress.

Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37597715/

#MedMastodon #Health #Healthcare @medmastodon @publichealth @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 7 months ago to Health

Those who expressed greater fear of the COVID-19 virus and perceived greater personal health risk tended to comply more with social distancing guidance. #NICHDimpact #Covid19 #Pandemic #Health #SocialDistancing
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35463187

PopResearchCtrs, 10 months ago to random

Children from households with income poverty, material deprivation, and subjective financial stress tended to have the highest level of behavioral problems, reflecting the multidimensional nature of economic stressors on families.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31808103

#NICHDImpact #HealthDisparities #Stress #ChildDevelopment #Poverty #Behavior

PopResearchCtrs, 1 year ago to Parenting

Study of motherhood penalties and fatherhood premiums suggests employers are likely to trust and provide higher pay to people who become parents while working for them rather than recruits who are parents.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33834238

#NLSY #NICHDImpact #Parenting #Employment #WorkingParents

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, 9 months ago to LGBTQ

Among LGBT youth, those raised Christian and Catholic were much more likely to have contemplated suicide than those raised agnostic/atheist or Unitarian/Universalist. Religious affiliation may protect heterosexual youth from suicidal ideation but not sexual minorities.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32744388

#NICHDImpact #LGBTQ #Religion #Suicide

PopResearchCtrs, 4 months ago to DadBin

Widespread COVID-19 vaccination likely halted spike in preterm birth, NIH-funded analysis suggests
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/121923-COVID-19-vaccination-preterm-birth

#COVID #Covid19 #Vaccination #MedMastodon #Pregnancy #Children #Health #PublicHealth @medmastodon @publichealth @epidemiology @demography @sociology

PopResearchCtrs, 9 months ago to mentalhealth

Emphasizing therapist efficacy, clientele need, and benefits for marketing mental and behavioral health services could motivate mental and behavioral health organizations' and therapists' adoption and implementation of LGBTQ+ cultural competency training. #Mentalhealth #Therapy #BehavioralHealth #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NICHDImpact

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35939617/

PopResearchCtrs, 8 months ago to random

Women continued doing the majority of housework, even when they end a relationship and marry (or move in with) a new male partner. #NICHDImpact #GenderEquity #Housework
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35756753

PopResearchCtrs, 8 months ago to random

Irregular menstrual cycles – more common among young women, Hispanic women, and those with diabetes—make it difficult to detect pregnancy before the 6-week state abortion prohibitions. #NICHDimpact #Abortion #ReproductiveHealth #Race
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34969843

PopResearchCtrs, 10 months ago to random

Death risks due to extreme hot weather growing in urban/suburban Canada: Most vulnerable = elderly, infants, low-income, low-education.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31031454

#NICHDImpact #ClimateChange #Urban #HealthDisparities

PopResearchCtrs, 7 months ago to Cognition

Older people with high income and education levels can expect to live a larger portion of their later years without dementia than lower ed/income people. Time with dementia is compressed for high income/ed older people. #Alzheimers #Dementia #SES #Aging #Cognition #NICHImpact
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584932

PopResearchCtrs, 7 months ago to Florida

The standardized mortality rate among Florida’s prisoners increased by 45% between 2019 and 2020, causing an overall 4-year decline in life expectancy, attributed entirely to COVID-19. Florida state population's standardized mortality increased by 19% during that time, resulting in an overall 2.7-year decline in life expectancy. #NICHDImpact #Florida #Prisons #Covid19 #Mortality
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35227543

PopResearchCtrs, 1 year ago to random

Nearly 40,00 U.S. children under age 18 had lost at least 1 parent due to COVID-19 Feb. 2021, three-quarters of these children were adolescents. A natural herd immunity strategy that results in 1.5 million U.S. deaths could leave an estimated 116,900 U.S. children without a parent.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33818598

#NICHDImpact #COVID19 #Mortality #ACEs #Family

PopResearchCtrs, 9 months ago to Health

Thunderstorms with lightning strikes during periods of high pollen are linked to doubling of asthma-related emergency department visits on the day of event – known as thunderstorm asthma. #NICHDImpact #Asthma #Health #EmergencyMedicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35580240

PopResearchCtrs, 11 months ago to privacy

How would differential privacy affect the accuracy of county-to-county migration estimates from the 2020 Census? Find out:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11113-021-09664-5

#NICHDImpact #DifferentialPrivacy #Privacy #Data #Census #Migration

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, 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, 18 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, 15 days 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, 14 days ago to Health

Survey finds that people want more information from their primary care provider about fertility; they report having fertility concerns dismissed by healthcare providers; and feel that healthcare providers lack sensitivity in discussing fertility related issues.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38682555/

#Fertility #IVF #Contraception #FamilyPlanning #Health #PublicHealth #MedMastodon @medmastodon

PopResearchCtrs, 14 days ago to Health

A review of data from 51 countries finds that adolescent girls and young women using hormonal contraception had lower odds of being anemic. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37978956/

#FPRH #ReproductiveHealth #Health #Healthcare #PublicHealth #MedMastodon @medmastodon @pediatrics