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Title Description Tags State
A cross-national investigation of women's empowerment Desai and Yu tap into dimensions of empowerment in household, work, and education across 28 countries Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research, Faculty impact external
The opioid epidemic's effects on families Caudillo and Cohen investigate how family structures have changed with rising opioid epidemic death rates Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research, Faculty impact external
Built environment features mediate the relationship between neighborhoods' racial and ethnic composition and health outcomes Quynh Nguyen and colleagues investigate this using Google Maps data Research, Social and Economic Inequality, Faculty impact external
Local violence accelerates cohabiting union transitions among disadvantaged women Mónica Caudillo investigates this using national survey data from Mexico Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research, Faculty impact external
Expectations for male provision and women's sexual health risks in sub-Saharan Africa Stoebenau took a mixed-methods approach to develop the Gender Role and Male Provision Expectation scale Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research, Faculty impact external
Emotional well-being in South African migrants Effects of migration on Black South Africans' mental health Research, Faculty impact, Migration and Immigrant Processes external
Broader approaches are necessary for formulating evidence-based climate policies New research published by Alok Bhargava Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Work in the time of COVID-19: social norms and pluralistic ignorance Kreuter explores shifting attitudes surrounding work behaviors in employees and supervisors Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Environmental Systems and Occupational Health Policy Analyses to Interrupt the Impact of Structural Racism Payne-Sturges leads multi-disciplinary research team Research, Health in Social Context, Faculty impact external
13 million Facebook users weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, vaccination, and mask wearing Quynh Nguyen and colleagues use big data from the Facebook-based U.S. COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey to identify predictors of attitudes and behaviors during... Research, Coronavirus, Health in Social Context, Faculty impact external
The importance of parental engagement in learning activities for socioemotional development in low-income Black and Latinx youth New publication by Natasha Cabrera and Jay Fagan uses latent growth curve modeling to investigate trajectories of mothers' and fathers' engagement Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Hard times in economic data collection call for innovative data sourcing Katharine Abraham argues for the inclusion of private sector big data to bolster survey and administrative data and tap into new questions Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality, Abraham, Data and Methods external
Profiles of caregiver racial-ethnic socialization found to promote academic engagement in Black and Latinx youth Mia Smith-Bynum and others investigate how caregivers' responses to racial / ethnic discrimination relate to demographic characteristics and youth academic enga... Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Stigma as a deterrent to PrEP usage among Black sexual minority men Journal article by Typhanye Dyer, Hongjie Liu, and others finds that stigma is associated with lower utilization of PrEP Research, Health in Social Context, Faculty impact external
Can incentivized peer-to-peer health communication promote preventative health behaviors? A new NBER Working Paper by Jessica Goldberg tests this theory in India and Zambia Research, Coronavirus, Health in Social Context, Faculty impact external
Beyond the (family) binary: Family environment heterogeneity among transgender adults Dr. Jessica N. Fish and colleagues examine family response and outcomes for transgender individuals Gender, Family, and Social Change, Faculty impact, Research external
Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality Associates Marian MacDorman and Marie Thoma, with colleagues Eugene DeClerq and Elizabeth Howell examine birth records Research, Maternal mortality, Health Disparities, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Maryland Environmental Justice Map and Screening Tool Sacoby Wilson leads project to enhance environmental equity monitoring School of Public Health, Environmental Demography, Health in Social Context, Research, Faculty impact external
Another brick on the wall: On the effects of non-contributory pensions on material and subjective well being Working paper by Faculty Associate Sebastian Galiani Research, Galiani, Economics, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
Pandemic sees new business formation surge Prof. John Haltiwanger uses Census data to analyze trends Research, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality external
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