ANN ARBOR—Many of Michigan’s business, political and academic movers and shakers are gathering this week for the annual Mackinac Policy Conference after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s event. While the number of people ferrying or flying to Mackinac Island is certain to be far lower than usual, with attendance caps and… Continue reading U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference
News Tag: Population Health
As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home
ANN ARBOR – A new study provides stark statistics about a reality that 6 million Americans with dementia and their families live every day: one where people with dementia receive hundreds of hours a month in unpaid care from spouses, adult children and other relatives, and where some rely on paid help including nursing home… Continue reading As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home
Daily marijuana use among US college students reaches new 40-year high
National study also shows increases in hallucinogen use, reaching highest level among college students since early 1980s ANN ARBOR—Daily marijuana use increased in 2020 to an all-time high among U.S. college students over the past four decades, according to the University of Michigan’s annual national Monitoring the Future panel study. In addition, the annual use… Continue reading Daily marijuana use among US college students reaches new 40-year high
Texas’ near-total abortion ban: U-M experts can discuss
Margo Schlanger, the Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law, is a leading authority on civil rights issues and civil and criminal detention. “The Court has usually been pretty protective of its own prerogatives; that is, it has liked to be the only entity that could alter its own rulings,” she told… Continue reading Texas’ near-total abortion ban: U-M experts can discuss
Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children
DETROIT—With a new school year three weeks away and cases of COVID-19 on the rise again, vaccination rates in the households of school-age children will play an important role in how school districts weigh their options for returning to the classroom. A new University of Michigan survey finds that only about one-third (34%) of Detroit… Continue reading Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children
Back-to-school concerns: U-M experts available
ANN ARBOR—Students head back to in-person education across the country, some this month, amid questions about health and safety, learning loss and educational disparities caused by a COVID-19 pandemic year. University of Michigan education and health experts can address these and other back-to-school issues. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CHILDREN Christina Weiland is an associate professor at the… Continue reading Back-to-school concerns: U-M experts available
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. This event will be hybrid. Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship Wednesday, September 29: https://youtu.be/vARDqSs8cUE H. Luke Shaefer Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship
More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic
ANN ARBOR – One in seven of the households that purchased a gun also had a teen with depression, study finds. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more parents of teenagers in the United States started buying firearms, according to a recent study. In a national survey of primary caretakers of teenagers conducted by… Continue reading More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic
Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds
ANN ARBOR—About half of adults living in Detroit are not yet fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data just released from a University of Michigan survey. Among Detroiters who have not received any doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly 8 out of 10 cited concerns about the safety of the vaccine among their reasons. A… Continue reading Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds
Black, Hispanic populations among hardest hit during COVID-19 pandemic, according to U-M research
ANN ARBOR—Deaths from all causes combined increased dramatically early in the COVID-19 pandemic for certain demographic groups in the U.S.—particularly for Black and Hispanic people, even when accounting for socioeconomic factors, according to new University of Michigan research. In fact, the study—which focused on groups of adults under age 65—found the wealthiest non-Hispanic Black residents… Continue reading Black, Hispanic populations among hardest hit during COVID-19 pandemic, according to U-M research