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In Memoriam of Jason Davis, Assistant Professor of Geography and CPC Faculty Fellow
April 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018 We mourn the passing on April 1st of Jason Davis, Assistant Professor of Geography and Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center. Jason was a young and prolific scholar who studied the relationships between migration, development and … Read more
CPC Fellows Popkin, Ng & Taillie funded to evaluate the implications of policies on food purchasing patterns, diets, & health
April 9, 2018Barry M. Popkin’s team has been awarded funding to study food purchasing patterns, diets, and health and how government policies about these can impact human health. The funding is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Work is underway in Mexico and Chile … Read more
CPC Fellows Popkin, Ng & Taillie funded to evaluate the implications of policies on food purchasing patterns, diets, & health
April 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018 Barry M. Popkin’s team has been awarded funding to study food purchasing patterns, diets, and health and how government policies about these can impact human health. The funding is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Work is underway in … Read more
DHIS 2 organizes a world of health data
March 27, 2018Mar 27, 2018 This short video tells how a software system helps low-resource countries compile and analyze health data to improve services. Video by MEASURE Evaluation. DHIS 2 – A Workhorse for Health Information https://vimeo.com/257187268
CPC at PAA 2018
March 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018 The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be held April 26-28 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff … Read more
CPC Researcher Tippett presents at My Future NC: Leakage from the College Pipeline
February 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018 Cross posted from http://www.higheredworksfoundation.org/2018/02/college-pipeline/ WINSTON-SALEM – Under current trends, out of 100 North Carolina 9th-graders, 72 will graduate from high school in the next four years and say they intend to go to college. But only 53 … Read more
MEASURE Evaluation Project Scores UNC’s Largest-Ever Award: $232 Million for Social Science Research
January 24, 2018Jan 24, 2018 CHAPEL HILL, NC-One of the largest research awards made to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) just got bigger, making MEASURE Evaluation not only UNC’s largest project in global health, but the largest single … Read more
Simple Steps with Lasting Impact for Newborn Survival
January 16, 2018Jan 16, 2018 Every child born should have the optimum chance of survival. This story is cross-posted from here. Although that goal might seem obvious, the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 (SDGs) have placed new emphasis on newborn survival as … Read more
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health releases data from Wave V Sample 1
December 19, 2017Dec 19, 2017 The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) recently released the data file for Wave V Sample 1. The file contains data from 3,872 of the Wave V Sample 1 respondents. The respondents … Read more
UNC Study: Minorities Do Not Receive Same Physical Health Benefits of College Completion as White Peers
December 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017 (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Dec. 18, 2017) – A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that black and Hispanic young adults from disadvantaged childhoods do not enjoy the same health-promoting benefits … Read more