A study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine reveals that women who experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder were found to be less physically active over time. Harvard Pop Center faculty members Maria Glymour and Laura Kubzansky are authors on the study.
Krieger’s opinion in Boston Globe: Federal lawmakers should be forced to live with their public health policy decisions — literally
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nancy Krieger, PhD, makes a proposal to federal legislators that brings home the impact of their slashed environmental and public health regulations in this op-ed in the Boston Globe.
Study finds mental health benefits for those immigrants eligible for DACA
Harvard Pop Center faculty members—Atheendar S Venkataramani, MD, Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, and Alexander C Tsai, MD— along with recent Harvard RWJF Health & Society program alumnus Rourke O’Brien, PhD, and another colleague, are authors of this article in The Lancet Public Health that examines the health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program.
Does gender nonconformity impact quality of life for adolescents and young adults?
Three Harvard Pop Center faculty members—Nancy Krieger, Cassandra Okechukwu and S. Bryn Austin—are authors on a study published in the journal Quality of Life Research that finds that the health-related quality of life for youth who behave and appear in ways that are considered atypical for their gender is impacted in several different ways.
Alexandra Killewald on WGBH Innovation Hub about What Inequality Looks Like Now
Harvard Pop Center faculty member and sociologist Alexandra Killewald, PhD, speaks about the difference between income equality and wealth inequality in this podcast on WGBH Innovation Hub.
Harvard Pop Center is hiring a Research Associate (HAALSI)
Interested in working on research projects involving dementia, cognitive functioning and aging studies? Learn more!
Podcast with Ichiro Kawachi on reciprocal relationship between wealth inequality & poor health
Tune in to listen to Harvard Pop Center faculty member Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, in this Humanosphere podcast on the surprising relationship between wealth and health when it comes to life expectancy in the U.S.
Two WFHN studies reinforce cyclical effect of getting enough, high quality sleep
Two studies by WFHN researchers help to illustrate the reciprocal relationship between sleep and the following day’s perceived stress levels, and vice versa, how daytime stressors can impact that night’s sleep. The studies are published in the Journal of Sleep Research and the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Berkman on risk of social isolation in PBS NewsHour segment on cohousing
Watch Lisa Berkman in this feature on benefits of cohousing on PBS NewsHour Weekend. Learn more in this news item from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
How does perceived life expectancy influence colon cancer screening participation?
Harvard Bell Fellow Lindsay Kobayashi, PhD, is lead author on a study that has found those who expect to live another 10-15 years were significantly more likely to participate in colorectal cancer screening than those who expected to live five years or less. The results of the study also suggest that it may be important to communicate the risk of the screening to those with lower life expectancy, as the benefits of early diagnosis are minimal…