More on the “India Factsheet” project by S V Subramanian, Rockli Kim and colleagues in this piece in The Harvard Gazette…
Harvard Gazette: “Amid India elections, Harvard study aligns data with constituencies”
Fact checking nutrition, health and development indicators in the Parliamentary Constituencies of India
There are 543 Parliamentary Constituencies (PCs) in India, and these political units are key to improving human capital and development. Expanding on their own recent research, Harvard Pop Center faculty member S (Subu) V Subramanian, Research Associate Rockli Kim and their colleagues have made data tables and maps available via a website to help people visualize over one hundred critical indicators of nutrition, health and development to identify PCs that…
Alabama Senator cites findings by Harvard Pop Center researchers as he introduces opioid education bill
Alabama Senator Andrew Jones (R-Centre) put forward an opioid education bill — the Patient Opiate Risk Education Act — that would require medical practitioners to educate patients about the addiction and health risks involved with prescription opioids. Senator Jones cited the findings of a recent study by recent Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral researcher Lyndsey Rolheiser, PhD, faculty member Subu Subramanian, PhD, and a colleague that identified his congressional district as…
Viewing child malnutrition in India by parliamentary constituency hones in on burden
A study by Harvard Pop Center research associate Rockli Kim, ScD, and faculty member S (Subu) V Subramanian, PhD, and colleagues, that applies two newly developed geographic information systems methodologies to analyze the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India has been published in Economic & Political Weekly. The results highlight several constituencies experiencing an increased malnutrition burden and in need of priority attention. Learn more about the findings in the news: Downtoearth.com…
New HCPDS Working Paper: Estimates of child malnutrition indicators for 543 Parliamentary Constituencies in India
Rockli Kim, SD, Yun Xu, MA, William Joe, PhD, and S (Subu) V Subramanian, PhD, have authored a novel working paper that presents robust estimates on five indicators of child malnutrition for each Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in India in 2016.
Study identifies congressional districts in the U.S. with higher opioid prescription rates
Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral research fellow Lyndsey Rolheiser, PhD, along with faculty member S V Subramanian, PhD, and a colleague have published a study in the American Journal of Public Health that has found higher opioid prescription rate districts in the southeast, Appalachia and the rural west. This insight into how the congressional districts rank could provide useful data to help shape public policies and targeted programs. Learn more… Harvard Public…
By honing in on top 5 risk factors for child undernutrition in India, findings could lead to more effective interventions
Harvard Pop Center affiliated researchers including recent Bell Fellow Daniel Corsi, PhD, research associate Iván Mejía-Guevara, PhD, and faculty and executive committee member SV Subramanian (Subu), PhD, have published a study in Social Science & Medicine that has evaluated the contribution of 15 common risk factors for chronic child undernutrition in India. The findings point to five risk factors responsible for more than 65% of the problem. Learn more in…
Multi-level analysis finds “micro-geographies” of child undernutrition in India
Four Harvard Pop Center researchers, including research associate Iván Mejía-Guevara, PhD, recent doctoral program graduate Aditi Krishna, PhD, former Bell Fellow Daniel Corsi, PhD, and faculty member SV Subramanian, PhD, are authors on a paper published in the Journal of South Asian Development that evaluates child undernutrition in India by level – individual, community and state – so that policies can more effectively target these determinants.