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Universal home visiting programs struggle with participation among Black families. A new study published in PLOS One by DUPRI's Lisa Gennetian—along with Sanford PhD alums Jane Leer, Imari Smith, and Zoelene Hill—reveals how parenting and parental surveillance negatively affect Black parents’ interest and participation in early childhood home visiting programs, even though in focus groups Black parents describe high interest and value the benefits. Deciding not to participate in home visiting can be viewed as an adaptive response to an adversarial climate toward Black families. Labels cannot solve these systemic issues or historical injustices, but those that cue surveillance versus well-being can affect how people decide to participate in public health interventions.

DUPRI Scholars Christopher Wildeman and Hedy Lee have received funding for an R21 grant funded by NICHD to study "The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life" (grant number 1R21HD118539) The two-year, almost $400,000 grant stems from a 2022 pilot project funded by the Duke Population Research Center titled "Child Maltreatment and CPS Contact."

The latest Research Collaboration Pilot Project grants between Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School features a collaboration between DUPRI's Hanzhang Xu and Rahul Malhotra or Duke-NUS Medical School. Their project is titled "Perception and lived experience of health effects of climate change among vulnerable older adults residing in Durham and Singapore – informing health communication interventions."

A new paper by a team of Duke authors, including DUPRI Scholar and Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Charles Nunn, and with support provided by the Duke Center for Population Health and Aging explores "How market integration impacts human disease ecology."

Aging research has often focused on negative things like disability and frailty, says Dr. Heather Whitson, director of the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. Now experts are focused on helping people bounce back after stressors.

A new paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology by DUPRI Scholar and Sanford School of Public Policy Assistant Professor Jonathan Zhang and colleagues examines risk of mortality among patients with high-risk emergency department visits. The paper is titled "High-Risk Emergency Department Visits and Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Suicide, and Fatal Overdose Among US Military Veterans."

Roy Cooper, Thavolia Glymph, Eni Owoeye, Marissa Young and Jasmin Riley continue Cook’s legacy.

Studies show that No. 1 males in baboon society are also some of the most stressed out, as measured by their high levels of hormones involved in the “fight-or-flight” response. What causes this stress? It's the effort they put into guarding their mates.

Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and DUPRI scholar, is among nearly 400 early-career scientists President Biden awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award represents the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.