Harvard RWJF Scholar Colleen Reid, PhD, has co-authored a study published in International Journal of Biometeorology that explores the association between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and mortality in 95 large U.S. communities. While much research has focused on Asia, Reid’s study examines the U.S., and shows a statistically significant association between DTR and mortality, driven mainly by effects of DTR on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in the elderly.
Exploring PTSD Symptom Clusters and Asthma Attacks Among Hurricane Katrina Survivors
Harvard Pop Center Yerby Fellow Mariana Arcaya, ScD, and affiliated faculty members Mary C. Waters, PhD, and S.V. Subramanian, PhD, have published a study in the Journal of Traumatic Stress that examines the relationship between PTSD symptom clusters and asthma attacks among natural disaster survivors.
Could targeting reading comprehension help to mediate inverse relationship between education and coronary heart disease?
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty members Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, and Laura Kubzansky, PhD, and former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Arijit Nandi, PhD, have published a study in Health Education & Behavior that is aimed at improving the understanding of the inverse relationship between education and coronary heart disease by looking more closely at factors such as literacy, depressive symptoms, and perceived constraint.
Using multilevel factor analysis to better understand students and their school environments
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member SV Subramanian (Subu), PhD, has co-authored a study published in Prevention Science that introduces the use of Multilevel Factor Analysis (MLFA) as an alternative strategy to understanding the nested relationship of students and their school environments.
Survey developed to measure and improve primary care team dynamics in ambulatory setting
With increasing interest in a team-based approach to delivering patient care in ambulatory settings, Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Alyna Chien, MD has co-authored a study published in Health Services Research that explores the effectiveness of a survey designed to measure primary care team dynamics.
Low-cost, valid tool for researchers to assess nutrition and exercise in after-school programs
Harvard Pop Center faculty members Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, and Steven Gortmaker, PhD, are co-authors on a study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity that evaluates a low-cost, practitioner-administered observational tool to assist researchers in validly assessing nutrition, physical activity and screen time in an after-school program setting.
Does work-family context impact female life expectancy in US?
Harvard RWJF alumna Jennifer Karas Montez, PhD, and former Bell Fellow Mauricio Avendano Pabon, PhD, are co-authors on a paper published in Social Forces that explores the fact that female life expectancy is shorter in the US than in most other high-income countries in light of the work-family context. Do institutional supports of work-family balance make a difference?
Children consumed less salt, sugar and calories when they ate snacks provided by after-school programs than when they ate snacks from home or other sources
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Steven Gortmaker, PhD, is co-author on a study published in Preventing Chronic Disease that identifies the source of children’s consumption of junk food in Boston’s after-school programs in April-May, 2011.
Decline in HIV mortality due to antiretroviral treatment not same for all groups in rural South African community
Harvard Pop Center affiliated researchers Kathleen Kahn, PhD, and Stephen Tollman, PhD, and colleagues have published a study in Global Health Action that evaluates the HIV mortality rates on a rural South African community from 2007-2010, when antiretroviral treatment (ART) was rolled out. Factors such as gender, age, location (distance from health center), length of residence, country of origin, transportation ownership, and level of education had an impact on the…
Better breastfeeding outcomes for vaginal vs. Cesarean section births in modernizing Maya rural population
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member Karen L. Kramer, PhD, has co-authored a study that looks at birth and breastfeeding dynamics in an indigenous Maya community.