Examining the Effects of Gentrification: A Panel Discussion January 10, 2018, 2:00-4:00 PM Institute for Social Research 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, Room 1430 The Institute for Social Research invites the community to a discussion on how gentrification maintains and deepens inequities (both racial and socioeconomic), particularly with regard to unequal access to… Continue reading ISR Presents: Examining the Effects of Gentrification, a U-M MLK Symposium Event
Project: Population Studies Center
U-M receives grant to study how low-cost family planning can improve women’s lives
ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan economist will lead a grant of up to $5.9 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to study how reducing financial barriers to reproductive health care affects women’s lives. As part of the Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES), U-M researchers hope to learn whether subsidizing family… Continue reading U-M receives grant to study how low-cost family planning can improve women’s lives
Research by Miller counters claim that Medicaid doesn’t yield improved access to health care
Despite suggestions from the GOP that adding people to Medicaid doesn’t translate to greater use of and benefits from health care coverage, research has found the opposite to be true. A case in point cited here is Sarah Miller and Laura Wherry’s recent study, published in the *NEJM*, which found that Medicaid expansion under the… Continue reading Research by Miller counters claim that Medicaid doesn’t yield improved access to health care
Smith and colleagues find aging satisfaction linked to preventive health screenings
This piece reports on findings by Jacqui Smith and colleagues Eric Kim, Kyle Moored, and Hannah Giasson that seniors who are comfortable with aging are more likely than their counterparts to get preventive screenings, including cholesterol tests, colonoscopies, pap tests and mammograms, and prostate exams. In their report, the authors hypothesize on the reason for… Continue reading Smith and colleagues find aging satisfaction linked to preventive health screenings
Jacqui Smith and colleagues explore association between life satisfaction and health care utilization
Along with Eric Kim, Jennifer Sun and Christopher Peterson, Jacqui Smith used HRS data to study links between happiness and doctor visits among American adults 50+ years of age. They found, after adjusting for sociodemographic factors, that higher satisfaction with life was associated with fewer doctor visits — a finding that could have important implications… Continue reading Jacqui Smith and colleagues explore association between life satisfaction and health care utilization