Research Index
Shows all research entries in reverse order of their creation date
Title | Description | Tags | State |
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The impact of education on fertility in the U.S. over five decades | Philip Cohen examines the educational gradient in completed fertility | Fertility, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Research, Faculty impact, Education | external |
Untapped human capital in sub-Saharan Africa | Kennth Leonard investigates knowledge-practice gaps; emphasizes importance of indigenous solutions | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
Grandmothers' support and its effect on mental health among young mothers in Nairobi | Madhavan and colleagues examine grandmothers' employment and living status impact on support to daughters and grandchildren | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
Examination of pregnancy related deaths in Georgia | Mokhtari and colleages examine Georgia's high maternal mortality rate, disparities, and data needs | Faculty impact, Research, Maternal mortality, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
The impact of mental health treatment on women's alcohol use | Faculty Associate Kerry Green and colleagues find mental health treatment is linked to reduced alcohol use disorders in women | Research, Alcohol Use, Faculty impact, Health in Social Context, Women's Health | external |
Examining the effects of maternal smoking on offspring depression | Maternal smoking quantity seen as vital factor | Research, Depression, Shenassa, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Smoking, Faculty impact, Depressive symptoms, Health in Social Context | external |
The impact of private high schools on adult earnings in Chile | Private high school attendance in Chile boosts adult earnings significantly | Faculty impact, Research, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
Temporal trends in mental health disparities among sexual minorities | Research shows persistent mental health disparities among sexual minority populations | Research, Fish, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Mental Health, Faculty impact, Social and Economic Inequality, Health in Social Context, Sexual Minorities | external |
Examining open-ended survey responses between web and face-to-face | Web-based and face-to-face surveys yield similar open-ended response quality | Faculty impact, Research, Data and Methods, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
Improving mental health for older adults | Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) could reduce health disparities | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
Educational and economic gains from expanding computer science courses in Maryland | Maryland study shows that computer science courses boost degrees and early career earnings | Faculty impact, Research, Liu, Jing, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
The built environment and traffic collisions in the United States | Quynh Nguyen and Thu Nguyen examine how built environment features affect U.S. traffic collisions | Environment, Research, Social and Economic Inequality, Faculty impact, Nguyen, Thu, Nguyen, Quynh, Health in Social Context | external |
Medication and procedural abortions before 13 weeks gestation and risk of psychiatric disorders | Faculty Associate Julia Steinberg and colleaguse set out to test risks associated with having a medication or procedural abortion prior to 13 weeks of pregnancy... | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
Dyadic patterns in childbirth intention | Monica Caudillo, with MPRC affiliate colleagues, uses National Survey of Family Growth Data for Population Research and Policy Review article | Faculty impact, Research, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
Wildfires and Child Health | Faculty Associate Michel Boudreaux leads an R01 to measure impact of increasing particulant pollution on child health | Research, Climate change, Gender, Family, and Social Change, Faculty impact, Health in Social Context | external |
Elementary School Desegregation and Mid-Life Cognitive Function | Walsemann research identifies integrated early childhood education as factor for improved cognitive function for Black individuals | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
State level structural racism and alcohol and tobacco use behaviors | New paper by Faculty Associate Kerry Green examines structural racism impacts among a national probability sample of Black Americans | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Social and Economic Inequality | external |
Victimization and minority stress in first-gen Latinx immigrant adolescents | Getrich, Fish, Fryer, and Boekeloo team up to examine risk and protective factors for suicidality | Faculty impact, Migration and Immigrant Processes, Research, Digest | external |
"Rosie" learns Spanish: The AI-powered chatbox bridging disparities in maternal and infant health | Nguyen and Aparicio receive $200k from NIH to expand access to healthcare information | Faculty impact, Research, Gender, Family, and Social Change | external |
Inequities in childrens' exposure to neurotoxicants | Payne-Sturges' scoping review of the literature and recommendations to narrow health disparities | Faculty impact, Research, Health in Social Context, Digest | external |