Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Neighborhood characteristics affect people of all ages, but older adults—classified here as adults over age 50—may be affected more than other groups.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
A conversation with author Jessica Calarco on her new book, Holding It Together
Project: Indicators of Well-Being for California's Children
Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to more people than any other single program in the United States, with coverage for low-income children, adults, seniors, and those with disabilities.
PRB leads the KidsData program, which advances children’s well-being in California by providing a high-quality, wide-ranging data website and collaborating with those who work on behalf of children.
Faced with a deficit of nursing assistants and home health aides, rural areas lack the workforce they need for people to age in place, new research finds.
Project: Evidence to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
The series offers an introduction to data visualizations to help researchers better communicate FGM/C findings to key policy and program audiences. It covers strategies on how to present data, basic design concepts, and tools that can help improve workflow.
PRB is a partner on the PROPEL Health project, which is working to support more equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy, financing, governance, and advocacy.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
As coronavirus cases rise in less densely populated states in the Midwest and West, the disease, combined with high levels of obesity in rural America, could pose major challenges for health care systems, suggests Mark Lee at the University of Minnesota.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Black Americans’ higher rates of chronic conditions and disease such as obesity and diabetes, which are linked to fatal COVID-19 infections, may underlie life expectancy differences.