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Narayan Sastry

Santa Monica Office

Adjunct Senior Social Scientist

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Education

Ph.D. in public affairs and demography, Princeton University

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Research Focus

Child health, development and well-being; survey research; developing countries; families and communities; neighborhood and family effects on children; demographic effects of Hurricane Katrina

RAND Research Areas

Child Policy; Health and Health Care; Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study

Selected Publications

Kevin McCarthy et al., The Repopulation of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, RAND Corporation, 2006

D. A. Cohen et al., "Collective Efficacy and Obesity: The Potential Influence of Social Factors on Health", Social Science and Medicine, 2005

J. Prentice et al., "Immigration Status and Health Insurance Coverage: Who Gains? Who Loses?", American Journal of Public Health, 95(1), 2005

N. Sastry et al., "The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study", Social Science Research, 2005

N. Sastry and S. Burgard, "The Prevalence of Diarrheal Disease Among Brazilian Children: Trends and Differen-tials from 1986 to 1996", Social Science and Medicine, 60(5), 2005

N. Sastry, "Urbanization, Development, and Under-Five Mortality Differentials by Place of Residence in SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, 1970-1991", Demographic Research, Special Collection 2, 2004

Related RAND Resources

Research Focus

Child health and development, developing countries, families and communities

Recent Projects

Children's academic achievement
Child health and mortality

Selected Publications

The Repopulation of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, Kevin McCarthy et al., RAND Corporation, 2006

"The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study," N. Sastry et al., Social Science Research [Epub Nov 5, 2005]

"Collective Efficacy and Obesity: The Potential Influence of Social Factors on Health," D. A. Cohen et al., Social Science and Medicine [Epub July 20, 2005]

"Immigration Status and Health Insurance Coverage: Who Gains? Who Loses?" J. Prentice et al., American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2005

"The Prevalence of Diarrheal Disease Among Brazilian Children: Trends and Differen-tials from 1986 to 1996," N. Sastry and S. Burgard, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 60, No. 5, Mar 2005

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Associated Press; Biloxi Sun Herald; BusinessWeek Online; City News Service, Los Angeles; Houston Chronicle; The Lookout News, Santa Monica; The Shreveport Times; The Times-Picayune, New Orleans; United Press International