The proposed three-generation study seeks to determine whether self-regulation in childhood is a foundation for parenting in adulthood and whether a successful universal preventive intervention to improve self-regulation in childhood […]
Research Project Type: Family, Maternal and Child Health
Virtual Population Obesity Prevention
The obesity epidemic is a continuing and growing major global multi-scale problem. Designing appropriate policies and interventions has been challenging since obesity is a complex problem, crossing the following six […]
Structural and Social Transitions among Adolescents in Rakai (SSTAR)
Project Abstract: Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa make the transition to adulthood facing considerable risk of HIV infection; this risk is particularly high for young women. Understanding social processes that produce […]
Global Age Patterns of Under-Five Mortality
Project Summary The Under-5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) is a key and widely-used indicator of child health, but it conceals important information about how this mortality is distributed by age. For […]
Developing innovative analytics to estimate age and cause specific child mortality for low and middle income countries
Project Summary: Globally, an estimated 5.9 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2015. The majority died in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where quality information on age- […]
The Impact of Ebola Infection on Demographic and Social Outcomes in Sierra Leone
Project Summary: The limited body of research on Ebola suggests that, among survivors and their families, there are substantial impacts of infection on social and demographic outcomes, yet little is […]
Early Life Determinants of Obesity in U.S. Urban Low Income Minority Birth Cohort
Obesity in a young child can not only result in short-term social, psychological, and health effects but also increases the probability to obesity later n life with many possible accompanying […]
Prenatal Mulit-Level Stressors and Alternations in Fetal and Maternal Epigenomes
Growing evidence indicates that maternal psychosocial stressors during pregnancy, e.g. depression, anxiety, and stressful life events are related to poor birth outcomes. However, the epigenetic mechanisms underlying associations between maternal […]
Using Propensity Scores for Casual Inference with Covariate Measurement Error
Many studies in public health, including comparative effectiveness research, aim to answer questions such as “what works for whom?” or “under what conditions does it work?” Such questions can often […]