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Intimate partner violence severity and depression in rural Bangladesh—a high prevalence setting

Precious Esie, Lisa Bates, and colleagues recently published their work examining the relationship between the severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the risk for a major depressive episode (MDE) in the journal Social Science and Medicine –Population Health. The … Continue reading

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Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015

New research by Seth Prins, Sarah McKetta, Jonathan Platt, Carles Muntaner, Kerry Keyes, and Lisa Bates shows the ways that the social division and structure of labor are associated with mental illness and drinking.  Their work was published online in … Continue reading

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Mortality and Work-Family Trajectories for U.S. Women, 1968–2013

Cluster member Sarah McKetta, working with Seth Prins, Jonathan Platt, Lisa Bates, and Katherine Keyes, recently published research examining social roles of US women and how the patterning of these roles impacts mortality. Changes in employment patterns in the 20th … Continue reading

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Agent Based Model of Alcohol Taxation and Rates of Violent Victimization

Kerry Keyes and colleagues recently published the results of an agent-based modeling simulation of the effects of alcohol taxation on alcohol consumption and non-fatal violent victimization and homicide in New York City.  The team simulated six examples of taxation interventions and … Continue reading

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Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science Annual Conference.

The program for the 4th annual conference of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) is now available online. “Pushing the Boundaries of Population Health Science: Social Inequalities, Biological Processes, and Policy Implications,” to be held October 3-5 in … Continue reading

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Analyzing Mixtures of Environmental Contaminants

It has long been understood that the burden of environmental pollution is disproportionately felt in certain neighborhoods, particularly low-income or minority neighborhoods.  In the 1980’s the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) described Environmental Justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all … Continue reading

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Retirement Sequences and Functional Ability in Later Life

Social Epidemiology Unit member Esteban Calvo and his coauthors recently published research in the Journal of Aging and Health on the dynamic association between retirement sequences and functional ability.  The work highlights potential new approaches to simultaneously promote productive engagement … Continue reading

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Health Disparities Seminar

As part of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit’s seminar series Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert will be speaking on social determinants of health disparities on June 22 in Hess Commons . Dr. Hughes-Halbert is the AT&T Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cancer Equity, … Continue reading

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Aging policy reforms in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico

Social Epidemiology faculty member, Estaban Calvo, just published a review and analysis of aging policy in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Mexico.  The article in the Journal of Aging and Social Policy describes how initial charity-based approaches to poverty and illness were gradually replaced by a rights-based approach considering … Continue reading

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Changing the Narrative on Youth Violence Prevention

The Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention are co-hosting a seminar on March 27th by Dr. Monica Wendel, “Changing the Narrative on Youth Violence Prevention”. Dr. Wendel is the Associate Dean … Continue reading

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