Social and Behavioral Policy Publications

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Jan 6, 2021

Examining Interventions to Address Infant Mortality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

The authors use predictive models and a causal inference framework to understand the effectiveness of infant-mortality interventions in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where poor birth and infant outcomes and pronounced racial disparities persist.

Dana Schultz, Susan L. Lovejoy, Evan D. Peet

Tool

Dec 29, 2020

Cover: Quantifying the Bias Due to Observed Individual Confounders in Causal Treatment Effect Estimates

Quantifying the Bias Due to Observed Individual Confounders in Causal Treatment Effect Estimates: A Tutorial for the Selection Bias Decomposition (SBdecomp) Package

In this tool, the authors explain the methodology behind the primary function of the selection bias decomposition (SBdecomp) package; describe its features, syntax and how to implement the function; and illustrate its use with an example.

Layla Parast, Beth Ann Griffin

Journal Article

Dec 18, 2020

Factors That Influence Mental Health Stigma Among 8th Grade Adolescents

In-depth interviews with 8th grade students in a suburban, mid-Atlantic community portray adolescent mental health attitudes and how these views are shaped.

Anita Chandra, Cynthia S. Minkovitz

Journal Article

Dec 15, 2020

Cover: Do Income Supplemental Programs for Older Adults' Help Reduce Primary Caregiver Burden?

Do Income Supplemental Programs for Older Adults' Help Reduce Primary Caregiver Burden? Evidence from Mexico

This article analyzes the effects of a supplemental income program for older adults on primary caregiver burden, in Yucatan, Mexico.

Emma Aguila, Mariana López-Ortega, Sean Angst

Journal Article

Dec 1, 2020

The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults

Community-level foreclosures are associated with a faster decline in individual cognition at older ages, with implications for the cognitive health of older adults.

Esther M. Friedman, Jason N. Houle, Kathleen A. Cagney, Mary Ellen Slaughter, Regina A. Shih

Journal Article

Nov 25, 2020

Cover: Food Insecurity, Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Degree to Which Patients Anticipate Help from Clinics to Find Food in Los Angeles County

Food Insecurity, Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Degree to Which Patients Anticipate Help from Clinics to Find Food in Los Angeles County

Healthcare clinics are uniquely positioned to screen for food insecurity and refer patients to food resources. This is an exploratory analysis informing low-income clinics' efforts to intervene on food insecurity in their patient population.

Julia I. Caldwell, Dipa Shah-Patel, Deborah A. Cohen, Alina I. Palimaru, Tony Kuo

Journal Article

Nov 17, 2020

The Affordable Care Act, Breastfeeding, and Breast Pump Health Insurance Coverage

Viewpoint on the Affordable Care Act, breastfeeding, and breast pump health insurance coverage.

Kandice A. Kapinos, Lindsey Bullinger, Tami Gurley-Calvez

Draft

Nov 11, 2020

The Age Profile of Life-Satisfaction After Age 65 in the U.S.

Examines the age profile of life satisfaction of the U.S. population age 65 and older in the Health and Retirement Study to corroborate the view of increasing life satisfaction at older ages based on cross-sectional data.

Peter Hudomiet, Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder

Journal Article

Oct 28, 2020

Cover: Socioeconomic Status and Well-Being During COVID-19

Socioeconomic Status and Well-Being During COVID-19: A Resource-Based Examination

Longitudinal survey data show that depressive symptoms increased, and life satisfaction decreased, from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with higher education and higher incomes were most adversely impacted.

Connie R. Wanberg, Borbala Csillag, Richard P. Douglass, Le Zhou, Michael S. Pollard

Journal Article

Oct 28, 2020

Police Officers, Stigma, and the Opioid Epidemic

The goal of this exploratory project is to help fill gaps in the literature by empirically measuring levels of explicit provider-based stigma toward persons who use opioids.

Nathan E. Kruis, Jaeyong Choi, Richard H. Donohue

Journal Article

Oct 22, 2020

Integration of Well-Being with Resilience and Other Broad Scale Social Change

This book is a combination of scientific papers, case studies from the field, and excerpts from a lively, multidisciplinary discussion which intentionally connects issues of measurement to the imperative for action.

Anita Chandra

Journal Article

Oct 16, 2020

Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

A national longitudinal survey of 1,540 adults ages 30-80 in 2019 and 2020 shows that people drank more frequently, and for women in particular, more heavily and with more negative consequences, during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael S. Pollard, Joan S. Tucker, Harold D. Green

How to Support Victims of Elder Mistreatment

Climate Change Affects Health and Will Increase Drug Demand

Evacuating from Hurricane Milton: What the Whole Community Can Do

Hurricane Milton: The Latest Climate-Related Threat to American Health

The Math Equity Equation

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Social and Behavioral Policy Publications

Supporting America's Military and Veteran Caregivers

Effects of Abortion Care Policy in Virginia

Evaluation of the PEDALS for Preschool Program Implementation

Building a Robust System for Early Childhood Developmental Screenings

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Examining Interventions to Address Infant Mortality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Quantifying the Bias Due to Observed Individual Confounders in Causal Treatment Effect Estimates: A Tutorial for the Selection Bias Decomposition (SBdecomp) Package

Factors That Influence Mental Health Stigma Among 8th Grade Adolescents

Do Income Supplemental Programs for Older Adults' Help Reduce Primary Caregiver Burden? Evidence from Mexico

The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults

Food Insecurity, Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Degree to Which Patients Anticipate Help from Clinics to Find Food in Los Angeles County

The Affordable Care Act, Breastfeeding, and Breast Pump Health Insurance Coverage

The Age Profile of Life-Satisfaction After Age 65 in the U.S.

Socioeconomic Status and Well-Being During COVID-19: A Resource-Based Examination

Police Officers, Stigma, and the Opioid Epidemic

Integration of Well-Being with Resilience and Other Broad Scale Social Change

Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

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