Socioeconomic Status and Body Mass Index
Reanne Frank, Harvard RWJF Health & Society alum, evaluates data from the New Immigrant Survey to understand the role of socioeconomic status in changes to body mass index upon arrival to the US.
Archive: Jul 2013
Socio-Economic Factors and Smoking
Pop Center Bell fellow, Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, examines the socio-demographic and health factors associated with initiating and quitting smoking in Mexico in his paper “Links Between Socio-Economic Circumstances and Changes in Smoking Behavior in…
Tobacco Tax and Health
Pop Center faculty member David Canning, studies the relationship between tobacco tax policy, population health and earnings in his paper, “The Effect of Health Improvements Due to Tobacco Control on Earnings in the United States.”
Mortality Expectation and Fertility Choice
Pop Center faculty members, David Bloom and David Canning, and PGDA fellows, Isabel Gunther and Sebastian Linnemayr, analyze the role of mortality expectations on population growth in their paper, “Fertility Choice, Mortality Expectations, and…
Cognitive Function and Time Away From Work
Pop Center faculty member, Maria Glymour, investigates how different activities during time away from work predict later cognitive function. Read more…
Aging In Health
Data from the past two decades confirms that more people are getting healthier as they age, finds David Cutler, Pop Center faculty member. Read more …
Measuring Fish Consumption
The association of fish consumption with positive health outcomes is dependent on accurate measurements of consumption. Study by Matthew Gilman, Pop Center faculty member, compares three methods of estimating fish intake.
Do Youth Compensate for Increased School-Day Activity?
In their recent study, “School-Day and Overall Physical Activity Among Youth“, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Pop Center faculty members Steven L. Gortmaker and SV Subramanian, find that increasing physical activity…
NCD Prevalence Differs Markedly when Assessed by Standardized Criteria
The socio-economic patterning of NCD prevalence differs markedly when assessed by standardized criteria versus self-reported diagnoses, concludes Harvard Pop Center faculty member SV Subramanian and his co-authors.
Reimbursement Effects on Cardiovascular Procedures
Tracy Lieu, Pop Center faculty member, investigates the effects of various healthcare reimbursement structures on variations in cardiovascular procedures.