Survey of Health Trends
Project Description
Can community health workers mitigate environmental health risks to improve maternal and child health outcomes?
Low rates of exclusive breastfeeding and exposure to water-borne contaminants due to inadequate sanitation, water treatment, and hygiene contribute to high levels of infant morbidity and mortality in low-income countries.
Linking the Chinese Immigrants in the Raleigh- Durham area (ChIRDU) study to InfoUSA data
Immigrants in the U.S. have become increasingly dispersed across suburban areas and new destination areas, away from concentrated ethnic neighborhoods.
Deaths of despair by association? Social networks, experiences, and circumstances that lead to early death
While there is substantial suggestive evidence that youth criminal involvement and/or violent death correlates with poor outcomes for families, there is a significant gap in knowledge regarding its spillover effects over siblings and school peers, particularly in the context of North Carolina and Durham. A multi-pronged evaluation of the causes and consequences of these dimensions on dimensions associated with health, education and child development more generally is essential for informing public policy targeting disadvantaged populations within the state and local communities.
Investigating child- and family-level effects of a postpartum home visiting intervention on the risk of child maltreatment
It is estimated that about 38% of children experience abuse and/or neglect, with the highest rates of maltreatment reported during early childhood. Experiences of child abuse and neglect are linked to poor developmental, behavioral, and health outcomes throughout the life course.