Kate McLaughlin, PhD, & co-authors find that stressful events experienced earlier in life elevate cardiometabolic risk in LGB young adults.
Aging Well; Examining Health of Those on Their Way to Becoming Centenarians
Former Harvard Pop Center Bell Fellow Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, PhD, has co-authored a study that examines the long-term trajectories of disease, disability and cognitive functioning among potential centenarians, finding that those who lived to 100 had experienced overall better health along their journey to the century mark than the non-surviving members of their cohort, with about 25% with no chronic illness, 20% with no disability, and over 50% with no cognitive…
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Do Meeting Frequency and Group Composition Affect Social Capital Gains Among Microfinance Clients?
Pop Center affiliated faculty member Rohini Pande, PhD, has co-authored a study, based on evidence from a randomized experiment in urban India, that examines, in particular, whether meeting frequency and group composition affect social capital.
Balanced Research Approach Called For to Explain Declining Life Expectancy of Low-Educated Women
Former Harvard RWJF Scholar Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD, and a colleague have written an editorial, published in the American Journal of Public Health, that challenges researchers to apply a balanced approach, incorporating two criteria, to better understand a complex dilemma: why is life expectancy declining among low-income women?
The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times
Timing is everything. A study by David Cutler confirms that graduates who enter the labor market during bad economic times experience lower income, lower life satisfaction, greater obesity, more smoking and drinking later in life. The study also noted that education plays a protective role for these outcomes, as educated individuals, even when entering the market at times of high unemployment, have a much lower incidence of these outcomes than their…
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Attention Harvard University Researchers: PGDA Call for Pilot Proposals
The Program on the Global Demography of Aging at Harvard is calling for pilot proposals in the area of economics and demography of aging. This funding opportunity is open to Harvard University researchers and the deadline is September 3, 2014.
Health Impact Assessment Impacts Proposed Changes in MBTA Fares and Service
Pop Center Yerby Fellow Mariana Arcaya, ScD has co-authored a study that shares the results of a health impact assessment (HIA) that influenced the MBTA to make more modest fare increases and service cuts.
Why Family-Leave Policies Matter
Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD, has co-authored a Perspective in NEJM on the important role that family-leave policy can play in helping to lessen health care costs and improve children’s health outcomes.
The Impact of Immigrant Status on Sleep Duration
A study by Pop Center-affiliated faculty members David Williams, PhD, and Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, explore short sleep duration (less than 7 hours per night) in a new light by taking immigrant status, in addition to race and occupation, into account.
Pop Center-affiliated Researchers Weigh In on Potential Benefits of Calorie Labeling in Restaurants
Pop Center RWJF Scholar Christina Roberto, PhD, and affiliated faculty member Jason Block, MD, have co-authored a Viewpoint published in JAMA in which they discuss the reasons why many public health advocates support menu labeling.