A longitudinal study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health among low-income minority children

This project explores the potential impact of COVID-19 on child mental health short-term and long-term, leveraging a 23-year longitudinal cohort of children from predominantly urban, low-income, Black, and Hispanic families. […]

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health among US low-income underrepresented minority mothers

This project addresses the growing concern on the short-term and long-term adverse impact of COVID-19 on maternal mental health. Using 4-year longitudinal data with objective measures, this study aims to […]

The urban poor penalty in Kinshasa during COVID-19: an exploration of trends in sexual and reproductive health outcomes in formal and informal settlements during the pandemic

This project explores the question: has COVID-19 exacerbated the sexual and reproductive health penalty for the urban poor in Kinshasa? It will take advantage of the Performance Monitoring for Action […]

Fertility Intentions during an Ongoing Pandemic

This project concerns the pandemic “baby bust” and a critical demographic question of how the pandemic will influence long-term fertility patterns. Will birth rates remain at low levels, will they […]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child development in the US

This project examines the widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on developmental milestones and variation in child development by family risks in a US national cohort. It has four specific […]

A Comparison Of Firearm-related Intimate Partner Homicide In Texas And Maryland

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Intimate partner homicide (IPH) accounts for one-fifth of U.S. homicides, with the majority of IPH and nearly all (91.6%) of intimate-partner related homicide-suicides (IPH-S) committed by firearms. While much is […]

Creating Moves to Opportunity Using Mixed Methods to Understand Policy Mechanisms

This study builds on the CMTO project, an effort to expand low-income families’ access to opportunity neighborhoods through providing supportive services in partnership with housing authorities in Seattle and King […]

Rational Responses to Uncertainty Understanding Disadvantaged Youths Post-Secondary Educational Choices

This mixed methods study examines how beliefs about educational attainment and anticipated adverse shocks (e.g., evictions, incarcerations or deaths of family members, or violence) relate to educational plans and actual […]

Housing and Healthy Child Development

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This research will test whether assisted housing (i.e., public housing, housing vouchers, and privately-owned, publicly assisted housing) affects children’s healthy development by reducing family housing cost burden, and/or by improving […]

PMA2020 Reinvestment Ethiopia Prototype [Performance Monitoring Accountability]

PMA-Ethiopia builds off of the PMA platform and the PMA-MNH project to establish a five-year grant following two cohorts of pregnant women for one year postpartum. Designed to assess care-seeking […]