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CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Naomi Spence to be honored for her research
Ten postdoctoral scholars at UNC Chapel Hill will be honored Wednesday, November 12. Each will receive $1,000 to assist them in their research. The event's keynote speaker will be UNC Chemist Joe DeSimone. Naomi Spence, who received her PhD in sociology from Florida State University in 2006 and works with CPC Fellow Glen Elder, is among the honorees. Dr. Spence conducts research on social demography with a focus on fertility as it shapes mental and physical health across the life course; race/et...
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CPC Fellow Jacqueline Hagan quoted in Chicago Tribune
In a Chicago Tribune article about illegal migrants traveling between Mexico and the United States, CPC Fellow Jaqueline Hagan offers insight into the role St. Toribio Romo, a Mexican martyr, and faith play in their migration experience. ‘Jacqueline Hagan, whose upcoming book "Migration Miracle" features St. Toribio, said those considering migration are more likely to pray or consult with their ministers than seek advice from their families before making the journey. "It's such a risky decision ...
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CPC Fellow Krista Perreira named a Russell Sage Visiting Scholar for 2008-2009
Krista M. Perreira, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will synthesize six years of research into a comprehensive book on Latino immigration to the American South. Focusing on what we can learn about “new” immigrant destinations, Perreira will assess the migration and acculturation experiences of Latino youth and their parents in the South. Perreira will also evaluate how non-Latino youth and their families are responding to the ...
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CPC Fellow Jane Brown comments on study on consequences of TV sex for adolescents
Jane Brown, CPC Fellow and James L. Knight Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, comments on a study in the latest Pediatrics. The study examined the effects of watching TV with sexual content on adolescent pregnancy. ‘"I don't find it surprising," says Jane Brown, who studies media and adolescent health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Most teenagers watch about three hours of TV a day, so the likelihood that they'll encounter sexual content is high. "It'...
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CPC Fellow Deborah Bender named a Fulbright Scholar
Deborah Bender, CPC Fellow and professor of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach in China. Bender will lecture about putting public health policy into practice at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, through February 2009.To read the entire news brief, click here: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/public-health-professor-named-a-fulbright-scholar.html...
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National Children’s Study appears in New York Times
The New York Times features an article about the National Children’s Study, a study which will follow children from conception to age 21. In North Carolina, the Carolina Population Center will lead the research in the 6 study counties.To read the entire article, click here:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/health/research/Some media outlets may require free user registration or a subscription. Most articles are available at the URLs provided for a limited time, usually two weeks or less. ...
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CPC Fellow Gordon-Larsen receives NIH funding to study gene-environment interactions and weight gain
Penny Gordon-Larsen,
CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has been awarded funding for the
study "Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight Gain." Using data from
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey,
the study will examine how genetic variations are modified by the
environment, informing the development of programs for the prevention
and treatment of o...
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Fayetteville Observer highlights importance of National Children’s Study
The National Children's Study will include Cumberland County, North Carolina, where Fayetteville is located. Here is an excerpt from the Fayetteville Observer article about the value of the study.“The National Children’s Study is to most other studies what a video is to a snapshot. On a given day, a snapshot-type study can provide a sharp and accurate image of a healthy young person. There’s a lot to be said for snapshots. The video-type study, however, can capture not only that moment, but any ...
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CPC Fellow and Director Entwisle interviewed by Fayetteville Observer about the National Children's Study
Barbara Entwisle, Fellow and Director of the Carolina Population
Center, was recently interviewed about the National Children's Study
and the role of Cumberland County, NC within the study.
Here is an excerpt: "Cumberland County was recently chosen as one of 105 counties nationwide
to participate in the largest longitudinal children’s study ever. The
Carolina Population Center, which Barbara Entwisle directs, is
supervising the work in Cumberland and other participating North
Carolin...
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CPC Fellow Siega-Riz awarded funds to study children's risks of becoming overweight during preschool years
Anna
Maria Siega-Riz, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Epidemiology
at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received
funding for the study "Intra-uterine and Early Childhood Factors
Related to Weight Status at Age 3."
The study will examine the influences of prenatal and early childhood
factors on children's risk of becoming overweight by age three.
Funding
is provided by The Center for Excellence in Children's
Nutrition at the University of North Car...
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CPC Fellow Adair awarded funding from NIH's Fogarty International Center to study stress and cardiovascular disease risk
Linda S.
Adair, CPC Fellow and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded
funding
for the project "Relating Multiple Dimensions of Stress to CVD Risk in
Filipino Adults."
The project will examine the role of psychosocial, environmental and
behavioral factors that contribute to stress and how this relates to
the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The project will use
data from the Cebu
Longitudinal Health and N...
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UNC and N.C. roles expanded in landmark children's health and development study
UNC News Release Available at uncnews.unc.edu
Friday, October 03, 2008
The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has added three more areas of North
Carolina and is expanding the role played by the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in a long-term, wide-ranging study of the
nation’s children. The NIH has announced that it will add Burke,
Cumberland and Durham counties to the National Children’s Study, which
explores causes of health problems such as prem...
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Cumberland County, N.C. chosen to be part of National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
News
Release
Friday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL HILL - Cumberland
County,
N.C. has been selected to be part of
the National
Children’s Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which
focuses on
the health and well-being of children throughout the United States.
The
National Children’s Study researches the effects
of social, behavioral, biological, community, and environmental factors
on
human health and development. It is the largest longitudinal study of
its k...
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Burke County, N.C. added to landmark National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
News
ReleaseFriday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL
HILL – Burke
County, N.C. will be added to the National
Children’s Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which
focuses on
the health and well-being of children throughout the United States.
Burke County
is one of 105 counties in the United States selected to
participate in the study.
The
National Children’s Study researches the effects
of social, behavioral, biological, community, and environmental factors
on
human health an...
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Perreira, CPC Fellow, receives funding to study dietary patterns and obesity risk among Latino infants and toddlers in NC
Krista
M. Perreira, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Public Policy at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has received
funding for the study "Dietary Patterns and Obesity Risk among Latino
Infants and Toddlers in North Carolina."
The study will examine the dietary patterns and practices of new
immigrant Latino families exploring the relationships between
acculturation structure of their daily lives, infant and toddler diet,
and risk of obesity. It is based in O...
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin featured in Voice of America news item on obesity
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses obesity trends and solutions in this Voice of America piece. “‘In the last 50 to 60 years, in the post world war era, in both the U.S. and the other high-income countries, we've had a slow shift in the way we live so we've become more sedentary, our diets have become much richer and sweeter and we have, in the process, become much more heavy,’ Popkin said.” (Bordbar, Babak. September 23, 2008. Biking to beat obesity. In Voice of America News.)To read it the enti...
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CPC Fellow Mouw awarded NSF funding to study immigration and the dynamics of labor market adjustment
Ted Mouw,
CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received funding from the National Science Foundation to begin
work on the study "Immigration and the Dynamics of Labor Market Adjustment."
Mouw's study will examine how the United States labor market adjusts to an
influx of immigrants. Data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household
Dynamics program will be used to model the process of labor market
adjustment by tracking ind...
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CPC Fellow Adair receives funding from NIH to study origins of adult disease risk factors
Linda S.
Adair,
CPC Fellow and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), was awarded
funding
for the project "Modeling the Developmental Origins of Adult Disease
Risk Factors." Using data from the Cebu (Philippines) Longitudinal
Health and Nutrition Survey, this study will use structural equation
models to identify the complex pathways through which cardiovascular
disease risk factors develop from the prenatal period to young
adu...
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Time Magazine quotes CPC Fellow Jane Brown in report on adolescent girls' sexuality
“Unless you're an adolescent male, you have already asked yourself this question, perhaps in the past few days: Is there something wrong with teen girls? ...According to Jane Brown, a journalism professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ‘Twelve-to-14-year-old girls who start puberty earlier are more interested in sexual content in the media.’” (Luscombe, Belinda. 2008. The truth about teen girls. In Time. September 11, 2008.)To read the entire article, click here:http://www.t...
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News & Observer reports on CPC’s record MEASURE Evaluation award
The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported on Tuesday that the Carolina Population Center has received the largest grant in UNC’s history for its MEASURE Evaluation Project.The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill up to $181 million to continue its MEASURE Evaluation project.The award funds the monitoring and evaluation of family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition and HIV/A...
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UNC receives record $181 million grant to evaluate health, poverty and gender programs worldwide
UNC News Release Available at: http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/unc-receives-record-181-million-grant-to-evaluate-health-poverty-and-gender-programs-worldwide.htmlMonday, September 08, 2008
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has
awarded the Carolina Population Center at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill up to $181 million to continue its MEASURE
Evaluation project.
The award is the largest ever received by UNC.T...
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Chronicle of Higher Education covers ASA presidential address given by CPC Fellow Arne Kalleberg
CPC Fellow Arne Kalleberg presented the presidential address at the American Sociological Association's
103rd Annual Meeting in Boston on August 2nd, 2008. Kalleberg,
Professor of Sociology, spoke about the conference's theme, Worlds of
Work. The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on several different
sessions at the conference, including Kalleberg's presidential address.
An excerpt from the article:
In his presidential address on Saturday, Mr. Kalleberg said that it
is vital fo...
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CPC Fellow Jane Brown quoted in Newsweek story about Hollywood's coverage of teen pregnancy
Jane Brown,
CPC Fellow and Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, was
interviewed by Newsweek in a story that explains that, though pregnant
teenagers are appearing more often in TV shows, movies, and in
magazines, the coverage could be better.
An excerpt from the article: In none of these shows are the girls asked whether they used contraception, nor is there mention of STD testing, which would seem a logical step after unprotected sex. "It's the missing three C's: there's litt...
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CPC Fellow Ronald Rindfuss comments on the impact of the “baby boomlet” in USA Today
“A record number of babies were born in the USA in 2007,
according to early federal data released Wednesday that some demographers say
could signal an impending baby 'boomlet'….
“But family
demographer Ronald Rindfuss of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
says there is a bigger question looming than who's having kids.
“’From the
perspective of schools that have to educate these children, this is a real
increase in the number of births and something they're going to have to ...
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Reuters covers new study by CPC Fellow Guang Guo on genetics and delinquency
“Three genes may play a strong role in determining why some young men raised in rough neighborhoods or deprived families become violent criminals, while others do not, U.S. researchers reported on Monday."One gene called MAOA that played an especially strong role has been shown in other studies to affect antisocial behavior -- and it was disturbingly common, the team at the University of North Carolina reported."People with a particular variation of the MAOA gene called 2R were very prone to cri...
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