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Name: Social Demography Seminar – ONLINE – Dustin Duncan
Start: 2020-11-12T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-11-12T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Online seminar

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9 Bow Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Phone: 617-495-2021
popcenter@hsph.harvard.edu

How stressors are perceived may contribute to differences in mental health between Black and white older adults

October 30, 2020
Despite higher levels of exposure to common chronic stressors across five life domains (health, financial, residential, relationship, and caregiving), Black study participants were found to suffer less from symptoms of … Continue reading “How stressors are perceived may contribute to differences in mental health between Black and white older adults”
Dashboard makes available to the public key COVID-19 metrics by U.S. congressional district

October 23, 2020
Having access to COVID-19 data for U.S. congressional districts can substantially enhance the ability of elected officials and their constituents to develop and monitor testing and vaccine deployment strategies, as … Continue reading “Dashboard makes available to the public key COVID-19 metrics by U.S. congressional district”
Harvard Pop Center Working Paper cited in New York Times; contributes race and ethnicity data on years of potential life lost by younger American Black and Latinos due to COVID-19

October 23, 2020
A Harvard Pop Center Working Paper (now published in PLOS Medicine) is referenced in a piece in The New York Times that explores the potential years of life lost in … Continue reading “Harvard Pop Center Working Paper cited in New York Times; contributes race and ethnicity data on years of potential life lost by younger American Black and Latinos due to COVID-19”
Working paper shows COVID-19 is spiking in Red counties, flat in Blue this fall

October 16, 2020
A Harvard Pop Center Working Paper, “The changing political geographies of COVID-19 in the US,” shows that this fall there is a reverse in the trend from the spring, when … Continue reading “Working paper shows COVID-19 is spiking in Red counties, flat in Blue this fall”
Does cognitive function in older population living in South Africa differ based on HIV status?

October 15, 2020
A team of researchers affiliated with the HAALSI study have published their findings in Nature indicating that cognitive function scores varied depending on whether participants were being assessed using conventional … Continue reading “Does cognitive function in older population living in South Africa differ based on HIV status?”

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For general inquiries

How stressors are perceived may contribute to differences in mental health between Black and white older adults

Dashboard makes available to the public key COVID-19 metrics by U.S. congressional district

Harvard Pop Center Working Paper cited in New York Times; contributes race and ethnicity data on years of potential life lost by younger American Black and Latinos due to COVID-19

Working paper shows COVID-19 is spiking in Red counties, flat in Blue this fall

Does cognitive function in older population living in South Africa differ based on HIV status?

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