Harvard Pop Center faculty member Till Bärnighausen, MD, has co-authored an article published in Epidemiology in response to a commentary on their previous study that explores applying regression discontinuity designs in epidemiology published in the September issue of the journal.
New approach for estimating HIV prevalence
Harvard Pop Center PGDA Fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, and faculty member Till Bärnighausen, MD, have co-authored a study published in Epidemiology that explores the usefulness of applying copula functions to the more standard selection model in order to more accurately evaluate HIV prevalence estimates.
Height & health; new study looks at adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa
PGDA Fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, has published a paper in The Journal of the Economics of Ageing that shows a positive association between height and various measures of health in adults in six emerging economies, each expected to experience significant increases in the mean age of their populations over the coming decades.