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SUMMARY:Colloquium: Alexis Dennis\, UNC Sociology Odum Award Winner
DESCRIPTION:Racial Differences in the Influence of Socioeconomic Resources on Depressive Symptomatology across the Early Life Course.\nPrior scholarship documents that having more socioeconomic resources is associated with better mental health. Yet\, accumulating work shows that Black Americans do not consistently receive the same mental health returns to greater socioeconomic resources as White Americans. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques\, I analyze a sample of Black and White young adults from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). I investigate how access to various socioeconomic resources across stages of early life influence depression trajectories among US young adults from adolescence to early midlife. I also test when in the early life course\, and how\, these processes vary across racial groups. Findings demonstrate an association between adolescent socioeconomic disadvantage and increased depressive symptomatology across the transition to adulthood\, young adulthood\, and early midlife. Increased educational attainment in the transition to adulthood is also associated with fewer depressive symptoms in young adulthood and early midlife. Moreover\, low income in young adulthood is associated with increased depressive symptomatology in early midlife. Importantly\, racial differences in the types of socioeconomic resources\, and duration of influence of socioeconomic resources\, that are associated with depression across stages of early life are also present. These findings advance understanding of the underlying socioeconomic life course mechanisms that generate the racial inequalities in mental health observed among U.S. adults. \nDetails\nDate: \nSeptember 8 \nTime: \n12:00 pm – 1:00 pm \nWebsite: \nhttps://unc.zoom.us/j/97022362896 \n  \nFollow all talks for Fall 2021 at https://sociology.unc.edu/sociology-events/colloquium-series/
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/colloquium-alexis-dennis-unc-sociology-odum-award-winner/
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SUMMARY:Mark Hayward: Understanding Recent Trends in Dementia Prevalence for Older Black and White Americans
DESCRIPTION:On September 10\, 2021\, Mark Hayward\, Professor of Sociology and the director of the Population Health Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin\, will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. \nDr. Hayward also serves as the Training Director of the Population Research Center. He recently served as the the president of the Southern Demographic Association\, chair of the Aging and Life Course section of the American Sociological Association\, and is the chair of the Sociology of Population section of the ASA. He has served on the boards of the Population Association of America and the Society of Biodemography and Social Biology\, and he was a member and then chair of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research council. Currently\, he is a member of the Committee on Population\, National Academy of Sciences\, and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Center for Health Statistics. He recently served on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health and Society Scholars Program. Hayward received his Ph.D. in sociology from Indiana University in 1981. \nHis primary research addresses how life course exposures and events influence the morbidity and mortality experiences of the adult population. Recent studies have clarified how early life conditions influence socioeconomic\, race and gender disparities in adult morbidity and mortality; the demography of race/ethnic and gender disparities in healthy life expectancy; social inequality in the biomarkers of aging\, and the health consequences of marriage\, divorce\, and widowhood. Most recently\, he has been investigating the fundamental inequalities in adult mortality in the United States arising from educational experience\, differences in these associations by race and gender\, and trends in inequality in mortality. Currently\, he is part of a national scientific team examining the role of federal and state policies shaping the growing inequality in life chances in the US adult population. His research on these topics has been by the National Institute on Aging and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. His recently published work has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health\, Demography\, the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences\, the Journal of Health and Social Behavior\, and Social Science and Medicine. \nAbstract \nObjectives: Today’s talk is motivated by recent evidence that dementia prevalence has been declining in the United States. Less clear\, however\, is whether important sociodemographic groups diverged or perhaps contributed in different ways to the overall national trend. For example\, is the downward trend in dementia prevalence evident across the age range (young old compared to the oldest old)? Do Blacks and Whites both experience downward trends in dementia prevalence? Have changes in educational attainment\, as well as other changes in modifiable risk factors for dementia (such as changes in poor childhood circumstances\, health behaviors\, and health conditions)\, had widespread consequences across major race–age groups \nMethods: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is used to assess dementia prevalence changes for non-Hispanic Blacks and Whites between 2000-2014 for community dwelling and nursing home residents aged 65 years and older. Cognitive status has been validated using clinical diagnoses and survey scores of a subsample of HRS respondents. The analysis of the dementia prevalence trends is based on logistic regression models predicting the log odds of having dementia as a function of a time-trend variable and a set of relevant covariates. \nResults: Consistent with other studies\, we found significant declines in dementia for Blacks and Whites across the 2000-2014 period. Nonetheless\, these declines were not uniform across age and race groups. Blacks aged 65–74 years had the steepest decline in this period. We also found that improved educational attainment in the population was fundamentally important in understanding declining dementia prevalence in the United States. \nDiscussion: This study shows the importance of improvement in educational attainment in the early part of the twentieth century to understand the downward trend in dementia prevalence in the United States from 2000 to 2014. The downward trend was unrelated to dementia risk \nfactors such as controlled hypertension\, changes in health behaviors\, or changes in early life conditions. This finding has implications not only for understanding current trends in the United States\, but also the potential role of the growth in cognitive ability and functioning in other countries that underwent similar rapid expansions in schooling. \nWe record as many seminars as possible. You can see previous events here.
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/mark-hayward/
LOCATION:Carolina Square Room 2002\, 123 W. Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516
CATEGORIES:2021-22 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars,Aging
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Kreitzer: Unplanning Pregnancy: The Politics of Contraception Deserts
DESCRIPTION:On September 17\, 2021\, Rebecca Kreitzer\, Associate Professor of Public Policy and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, will present “Unplanning Pregnancy: The Politics of Contraception Deserts” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. This is a project with Candis Watts Smith (Duke)\, Kellen Kane (UNC Policy PhD student)\, Tracee Saunders (former UNC Policy undergrad\, now PhD student at Iowa). \nDr. Kreitzer’s research focuses on gender\, political representation\, political inequality\, and public policy in the US states. She teaches classes on the politics of policy\, public policy theory\, gender and sexuality policy\, and interest groups. \nAbstract: \nHistorically\, access to contraception has been supported in a bipartisan way\, best exemplified by consistent Congressional funding of Title X–the only federal program specifically focused on providing affordable reproductive healthcare to American residents. However\, in an era of partisan polarization\, Title X has become a political and symbolic pawn\, in part due to its connection to family planning organizations like Planned Parenthood. The conflicts around Title X highlight the effects of the intertwining of abortion politics with that of contraception policy\, particularly as they relate to reproductive justice and gendered policymaking. To what extent are contraception deserts—places characterized by inequitable access to Title X—developed or expanded in response to policy changes around contraception and reproductive health? What is the demographic make-up of these spaces of inequality? \nWe record as many seminars as possible. You can see previous events here.
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/rebecca-kreitzer/
LOCATION:Carolina Square Room 2002\, 123 W. Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516
CATEGORIES:2021-22 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Aunchalee Palmquist: Advancing Health Equity in the first 1\,000 days: Breastfeeding and Reproductive Justice
DESCRIPTION:On September 24\, 2021\, Aunchalee Palmquist\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and an affiliate of the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI)\, will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. \nDr. Palmquist’s research addresses the intersectionality of perinatal maternal\, newborn and young child health disparities globally and in the U.S.\, with an emphasis on breastfeeding. Dr. Palmquist’s interdisciplinary work bridges medical anthropology and global public health. She conducts community-based participatory research and uses both ethnographic methods and mixed-methods approaches. Her scholarship and practice are informed by human rights based approaches and a reproductive justice lens. \nDr. Palmquist is the lead for the CGBI Lactation and Infant Feeding in Emergencies (L.I.F.E.™) Initiative. She serves as a CGBI representative on the WHO/UNICEF Global Breastfeeding Collective\, the Emergency Nutrition Network IFE Core Group\, and the United States Breastfeeding Committee as Co-Steward of the COVID-19 Infant and Young Child Feeding Constellation. Dr. Palmquist has previously served as an International Lactation Consultants Association liaison to the United Nations. \nAbstract: The perinatal period is a critical time during which health interventions have potential to impact immediate\, life course\, and intergenerational outcomes for mothers\, children\, and families. Collaborative community-engaged approaches are critical to advancing health equity for this population. In this presentation\, Dr. Palmquist will describe her research on breastfeeding and reproductive justice globally and locally. \nWe record as many seminars as possible. You can see previous events here.
URL:https://www.cpc.unc.edu/event/aunchalee-palmquist/
LOCATION:Carolina Square Room 2002\, 123 W. Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27516
CATEGORIES:2021-22 Interdisciplinary Research Seminars
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