Really important new paper, "Racialized Police Use of Force and Birth Outcomes," out in Social Science & Medicine by @valecheg @joteitler of @ColumbiaSSW and @FelixMuchomba of @RutgersSSW and Nancy Reichman @RutgersU
https://t.co/jN9S8hPrXi
Hot off the press! We find
-Higher housing costs are associated with severe maternal morbidity
-More housing subsidy attenuates this association, and translates to a smaller gap in maternal morbidity between those w/ a college degree and those w/ less than high school education.
Higher area-level housing rental costs were associated with greater odds of severe maternal morbidity in New Jersey. Availability of publicly-supported affordable housing attenuated the associations. https://t.co/4qClyUg6RR #OAResearch
New in AJE:
Study by @FelixMuchomba finds that primary schooling had a large protective effect against anemia among women in Ethiopia and was cost effective—based on WHO thresholds—as an anemia intervention.
@RutgersSSW@rutgersifh
https://t.co/SASd87YrRX
From @FelixMuchomba: higher municipal expenditures on fire & ambulance, transportation, health, housing, & libraries were associated with lower rates of severe maternal morbidity in NJ. Explore the findings: https://t.co/NbOlryFDy6
@RutgersSSW
This study found that higher municipal spending on fire and ambulance, transportation, public health, housing, and libraries was associated with lower odds of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) whereas spending on police was associated with higher odds of SMM https://t.co/DHTUgzefgb
I am listening to remarks by @hmcghee based on her research in #TheSumofUsBook. The metaphor of a drained public pool is powerful: injury to one of us is injury to all. Looking forward to reading the book.
The drained public pool has, for me, become the best metaphor to explain the mess we’re in — refusal to share across race leaves a country with nothing left for itself.
My grandmother died during childbirth in the 1950s. Today, the maternal mortality rate in the US has more than doubled since the 1980s.
I testified before @USCCRgov on the glaring racial disparities in maternal health care. Watch my full testimony here: https://t.co/26iK2XCtAe
Does #CashPlus improve #gender equitable attitudes among young people in #Tanzania 🇹🇿?
Yes!
Our study in @JAdolesHealth finds that #CashTransfers + training had a significant impact on gender attitudes, particularly among males.
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/thm0UcOSeb
Pleased to share my research just out in @WorldDevJournal on poverty and child marriage. Suggests that mothers' assets, but not fathers' assets, lowered the rate of child marriage in Ethiopia.
Available ungated (for now): https://t.co/oqAepywumF
#childmarriage#endchildmarriage
Interesting contrast between what men & women care about in NYT:
“Women think about government in terms of the well-being of the country,...Men are much more likely to think about it in terms of their wallet. Their bottom line is, how does this affect me?” https://t.co/TZxc3lHYCF
3. More restrictive state and local policies governing police use of force are associated with significantly lower rates of police shootings/killings by police. This is backed by 30+ years of research. We identified specific policies that work here: https://t.co/utWgk3Fcdi
Come work with me! We have a new and appropriately timed Center for Community and Global Health at Lewis & Clark, seeking an assoc. director https://t.co/ZdTJOeQ81P
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing mom’s (and women!) out there, particularly during the difficulty of #COVID19, acknowledging that this day is not easy for all. Thinking of, and recognizing, all. #HappyMothersDay