2012-05-10T18:07:54Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/w/weden_margaret_m.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR497.html 2007-07-04T14:07:00Z 2007-07-04T14:07:00Z

This paper develops a new theoretical and empirical approach to studying historical trends in social inequalities in mortality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR498.html 2007-07-04T08:07:00Z 2007-07-04T08:07:00Z

This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their inter-relationship with epidemiological transitions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080304.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demonstrates the independent associations between both objective and perceived neighborhood quality and adult self-rated health. Associations between perceived neighborhood quality and health are particularly strong.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110006.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Latent class analysis. A new approach to studying the role of place in population health, can be used in both research and practice.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR738.html 2010-01-19T10:31:00Z 2010-01-19T10:31:00Z

Characterizes the places in which people live by factors associated with physical and mental wellbeing.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR805.html 2010-11-09T03:59:00Z 2010-11-09T03:59:00Z

Demonstrates a new approach that employs neighborhood measures such as social environment, built environment, commuting and migration, and demographics and household composition to classify neighborhoods into archetypes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070815.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the authors consider the relationship between the timing of family formation and positive changes in health behavior.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR681.html 2009-09-08T16:20:00Z 2009-09-08T16:20:00Z

Presents a toolkit and a Web-based Geographic Information Systems tool meant to help state and local public health agencies improve their emergency preparedness activities for special needs populations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100285.html 2012-04-01T12:00:00Z 2012-04-01T12:00:00Z

The authors assessed intergenerational transmission of smoking in mother-child dyads.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060340.html 2006-05-01T12:00:00Z 2006-05-01T12:00:00Z

This study employs vital statistics data from Sweden, England, Wales, France, and Spain to examine male:female mortality differentials from 1750 through 2000 and their interrelationship with epidemiological transitions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100115.html 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

Living in a lower SES neighborhood is associated with greater biological wear and tear.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120041.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

In this paper, we examine the possibility that maternal smoking during pregnancy may set off a behavioral trajectory for the child that increases the likelihood of problem behaviors generally, of which smoking is one manifestation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100284.html 2011-05-01T12:00:00Z 2011-05-01T12:00:00Z

Findings include a consistent survival advantage for married over unmarried men and women, and an additional survival "premium" for married men, and little evidence of mortality differences between never-married, divorced/separated, and widowed statuses.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR887.html 2011-11-10T11:59:00Z 2011-11-10T11:59:00Z

Within-survey multiple imputation (MI) methods are adapted to pooled-survey regression estimation where one survey has a larger set of regressors but fewer observations than the other.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR887-1.html 2011-12-07T12:30:00Z 2011-12-07T12:30:00Z

Within-survey multiple imputation (MI) methods are adapted to pooled-survey regression estimation where one survey has a larger set of regressors but fewer observations than the other.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1146.html 2011-10-19T09:00:00Z 2011-10-19T09:00:00Z

Using geographic information system (GIS) technology to enhance provision of services by local health departments by enabling them to visually compare where health services are needed with where they are provided.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100147.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large local health departments could better inform planning and investments by using geographic information systems to align community needs and health outcomes with public health programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100286.html 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z

This study sheds light on the physiological and social nature of the relationship between early adult body weight and women's childbearing experiences by examining whether the consequences of early adult weight for lifetime childbearing are shaped by historical social context, women's social characteristics, and their ability to marry.