Data from the past two decades confirms that more people are getting healthier as they age, finds David Cutler, Pop Center faculty member. Read more …
Measuring Fish Consumption
The association of fish consumption with positive health outcomes is dependent on accurate measurements of consumption. Study by Matthew Gilman, Pop Center faculty member, compares three methods of estimating fish intake.
Do Youth Compensate for Increased School-Day Activity?
In their recent study, “School-Day and Overall Physical Activity Among Youth“, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Pop Center faculty members Steven L. Gortmaker and SV Subramanian, find that increasing physical activity during the school day leads to greater physical activity outside the classroom.
NCD Prevalence Differs Markedly when Assessed by Standardized Criteria
The socio-economic patterning of NCD prevalence differs markedly when assessed by standardized criteria versus self-reported diagnoses, concludes Harvard Pop Center faculty member SV Subramanian and his co-authors.
Reimbursement Effects on Cardiovascular Procedures
Tracy Lieu, Pop Center faculty member, investigates the effects of various healthcare reimbursement structures on variations in cardiovascular procedures.
Home and Workplace Environments
Former Harvard RWJF Health & Society scholar, Mahasin Mujahid, investigates relationships between home and workplace neighborhood environments in his recent study, “Home and work neighborhood environments in relation to body mass index: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)“.
Occupational Exposure and Retiree Health
Study by Pop Center director Lisa Berkman, faculty member Maria Glymour and research fellow Erika Sabbath investigates whether health effects of combined occupational exposures during working life are observed after individuals retire and are no longer exposed.
Urbanization and Child Mortality
Pop Center faculty members, Gunther Fink and Kenneth Hill, examine the effects of increased urbanization on child mortality in developing countries in the Harvard School of Public Health study: “Urbanization and Child Mortality – Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys.”
The Health Cost of Debt
Arijit Nandi and Elizabeth Sweet, former RWJF Health & Society Scholars, find debt to be an important socioeconomic determinant of health in their recent study, “The high price of debt: Household financial debt and its impact on mental and physical health” published in the journal Social Science and Medicine.
Foreclosures contribute to the obesity epidemic
Neighborhood foreclosures are associated with local population weight gain finds Pop Center faculty members, Maria Glymour, Ichiro Kawachi and SV Subramanian, and Pop Center research scientist, Mariana Arcaya, in their recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health.