World Population Futures
(October 2001) What will the future inhabitants of the world be like? How many will there be, and what kind of world will they live in?
Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
Webinar: Migration and the Environment
In this Jason Bremner, associate vice president of International Programs at PRB, and Lori M. Hunter, professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, discussed the relationship between migration and the environment and highlighted innovative research taking place at population research centers.
Emerging Trends in Disability
By asoares
(2001) Disability is an ambiguous demographic, but one that is unambiguously increasing. Socioeconomic trends such as aging and other factors have contributed to the growth of the population categorized as disabled, making disability an important issue for policymakers, even though its definition is often a point of contention.
Black Women, Gay and Bisexual Men Face High HIV Risks in U.S., Canada
(September 2001) Two decades into the AIDS epidemic in North America, the face of AIDS is darker and increasingly female.
Assessing Senegal’s Anti-AIDS Successes
(September 2001) Now that the tragedy of AIDS in Africa has finally captured the world’s attention, the international media is spotlighting a few of the continent’s success stories.
Pesticides: A Threat to Central America’s Children and the Region’s Future
This article is the third in a series of articles concerning children’s environmental health published on the PRB website for “Children’s Environmental Health II: A Global Forum for Action.
Childhood Asthma: A Growing American Epidemic
By asoares
(2001) Asthma afflicts a rapidly growing number of children in the United States. The total number of children suffering from this chronic disease increased by 75 percent between 1980 and 1994.
La santé environnementale des enfants
(Juillet 2001) Les enfants vivant dans les pays industrialisés aujourd’hui habitent un monde complètement différent de celui des générations passées.
International Migration Transforms Australia
(2001) Immigration since World War II has transformed Australian society and population. Many residents of Australia are immigrants or are the children of immigrants.
Challenges to Global Immunization Programs
(June 2001) Massive resources are dedicated to immunizing the children of developing countries against an array of vaccine-preventable diseases.