Resiliency in rural South Africa; certain types of earlier adversity linked to better health outcomes for some

A study authored by Harvard Pop Center Research Scientist Elyse Jennings, PhD, and other researchers affiliated with the Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies in Africa (HAALSA), including Darina Bassil, Kathleen Kahn, and Sumaya Mall, examines the impacts of childhood (and adulthood) adversity on later-life cognitive, mental, and physical health in a rural Black South African population.