Research by Joshua Salomon, Pop Center faculty member, on the State of the US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors, recently published in JAMA, finds the US is making progress in improving health but not keeping pace with other wealthy nations.
The Socio-Economic Patterning of Tobacco Use
SV Subramanian, Pop Center faculty member, studies socio-economic patterns in tobacco use in Indian states and their policy implications.
Cultural Orientations, Parental Beliefs and Practices, and Latino Adolescents’ Autonomy and Independence
Study by Mark Schuster, Pop Center faculty member, seeks to learn more about Latino family parent-child interactions during middle adolescence.
Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the US Healthcare Sector
Study by Amitabh Chandra, Pop Center faculty member, suggests that the healthcare sector is responsive to standard market forces.
Rumination Mediates the Relationship between Peer Alienation and Eating Pathology in Young Adolescent Girls
A tendency to dwell on negative events increases the risk of eating problems in young adolescent girls confirms study by Christina A. Roberto, Pop Center Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society scholar.
Daytime Trajectories of Cortisol: Demographic and Socioeconomic Differences – Findings from the National Study of Daily Experiences
Cortisol rhythms reflect demographic and socioeconomic differences finds a study by Esther M. Friedman, Pop Center Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society scholar.
Mitigating health inequalities and promoting social resilience
Study by Ichiro Kawachi, Pop Center faculty member, urges more attention be given to factors that mitigate health inequalities and promote social resilience.
Decline in U.S. gastric cancer rates linked to modifiable risk factors
Study by Sue Goldie, Pop Center faculty member, finds declines in smoking and H. pylori infection contribute to reduced rates of gastric cancer in the U.S..
No Empowerment without Rights, No Rights without Politics
Gita Sen, Pop Center faculty member, provides a feminist analysis of the UN Millennium Development Goals. Read more in “No Empowerment without Rights, No Rights without Politics: Gender-Equality, MDGs and the post 2015 Development Agenda” published last month in the Harvard School of Public Health Working Paper Series.
UV index and racial differences in prostate cancer
David Cutler, Pop Center faculty member, studies the role of vitamin D and the ultraviolet index on racial disparities in prostate cancer incidence and mortality. Read more…