"It's time to imagine the Twin Cities if they weren't bisected by a freeway, and take our own new, proud steps toward it," writes @UMNSociology & @minnpop Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (@ewrigleyfield) in a new op-ed for the @StarTribune. @umncla
https://t.co/OBIAzUM0AZ
In our new historical demography paper, @jdavidhacker612 and I examine the impact of racial residential segregation on child mortality using the 1900&1910 census. We show that even prior to the creation of Jim Crows, and HOLC maps, structural racism has impacted health.
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@edshareproject research by Isabella Stade and Emily Lybbert ... how much people know about basic science is associated with their Covid 19 risk, vaccination choices (even net of politics and religion) #PAA2023@minnpop
@edshareproject research by Jessie Himmelstern in the role of occupational complexity in meditation of effect of education on memory complaints. #PAA2023#minnpop
“This research provides evidence that the HBCU environment can have a positive impact on long-term mental health outcomes for Black students.” – @naomithyden, @PublicHealthUMN Postdoctoral Fellow
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A recent study by a University of Minnesota researcher found adults exposed to lead in their drinking water as children performed worse on cognitive assessments in their late 50s and early 60s. https://t.co/DD69T5PDZd via @MinnPost
Now it's out I realize we (me, Jonas Helgertz and @warre046) (sh?)could have called this "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" as we use sibling comparison methods to look at childhood growth and adult outcomes. (I aspire to @JoshuaSGoodman quality titles) 1/8
https://t.co/uMM2gOW7fa
The long-term consequences of lead exposure may be felt most heavily in the next few decades as people who were exposed to the heaviest levels of lead reach the ages where dementia typically begins to occur. @warre046@UMNSociology https://t.co/s2J56vpNDN