RAND Expert Biography
Narayan Sastry
Adjunct Senior Social Scientist
Office
Santa Monica
Expertise
Child health and development, developing countries, families and communities
Recent Work
Children's academic achievement; child health and mortality
Education
Ph.D. in public affairs and demography, Princeton University
Publications of Interest
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 RAND Publications are listed here.
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
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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