This project develops an optimal web-based approach to conducting national survey data collections on population health. This new methodology will significantly reduce the costs of collecting health-related data from the general population in representative samples of the entire nation or other large groups. The result will be more evidence on population health to guide both… Continue reading A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data
Research Theme: ISR
Sinkewicz,Marilyn
Marilyn Sinkewicz is a health disparities researcher who examines the social, economic and historical causes and consequences of mental health conditions. Previously she was Director of Research at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the University of Chicago Health Lab. She consults with local governments and communities about public health… Continue reading Sinkewicz,Marilyn
Aging, Major Life Transitions, and Suicide Risk
Briana Mezuk, Sarah Burgard Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US, with over 42,000 cases annually. There is an urgent need to identify modifiable risk factors that can inform public health prevention strategies. This research seeks to leverage and integrate several existing datasets to support novel secondary analyses aimed at identifying… Continue reading Aging, Major Life Transitions, and Suicide Risk
Long-Term Mobility and Wellbeing of New Orleans Residents after Hurricane Katrina
Narayan Sastry Two key tasks will be undertaken at the University of Michigan as part of this project. First, we will collaborate with the Elizabeth Fussell and other staff at Brown University as well as with staff at the U.S. Census Bureau to design and implement the analysis of linked data from the Decennial Census,… Continue reading Long-Term Mobility and Wellbeing of New Orleans Residents after Hurricane Katrina
Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students’ Gains in Achievement in Nepal
Dirgha Ghimire This project aims to develop and validate measures of accountability to be shared with the Nepal Ministry of Education (MOE), local stakeholders and scientific communities, and to use those measures in an analysis of the determinants of accountability and its association with students’ gains in achievement. The proposed study will build on the… Continue reading Improving Learning: Developing Measures of Accountability and Evaluating their Association with Students’ Gains in Achievement in Nepal
Economic distress and growing educational disparities in life expectancy: Weathering, high effort coping, and despair
Arline T. Geronimus Researchers have used a variety of data sources and methodologies to independently document two disturbing trends: a halt to universal gains in life expectancy (LE) across US subpopulations, and a subsequent rise in educational inequality in LE since 1990—both of which take us further from achieving the high-priority national public health objective… Continue reading Economic distress and growing educational disparities in life expectancy: Weathering, high effort coping, and despair
Understanding the Connections among Genes, Environment, Family Processes, and Mental Health
William G. Axinn Psychiatric disorders are the leading source of disability worldwide and affect 53% of the U.S. population. In addition to the individual suffering they entail, disabilities associated with these disorders may have substantial consequences for family and health outcomes. This includes long-term consequences for family formation and dissolution behaviors. Dissecting the relationship among… Continue reading Understanding the Connections among Genes, Environment, Family Processes, and Mental Health
Family Migration Context And Early Life Outcomes
Jennifer Glick, Dirgha Ghimire Migration is an increasing global phenomenon impacting individuals and families from most regions of the world. Although migration figures prominently in the family life course of many throughout the world, there is limited understanding of how these dynamics influence the lives of children and adolescents beyond the impact on household economies… Continue reading Family Migration Context And Early Life Outcomes
Impact of relationship factors on physical and psychological health and wellbeing
Dirgha Ghimire This project studies the associations between courtship processes, marital quality, and marital dissolution in a society just beginning a dramatic transition in marital relationship and behavior. This study will focus on two aspects of marital quality: (1) love and affection (2) disagreement and criticism within marriage, and marital dissolution (separation and divorce). The… Continue reading Impact of relationship factors on physical and psychological health and wellbeing
Scientific and Technical Core
Brady T. West A sub-project of Michigan Research Infrastructure for Population Sciences– The objective of the Scientific and Technical Core (STC) is to advance the overarching objective of this P2C proposal – to design, create, and use new data to advance population science – by enhancing methods used for all three activities, and by providing… Continue reading Scientific and Technical Core