Novak, Beatriz Working paper no. 2011-10 Abstract Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate whether subjective survival expectations in a developing country were as good as predictors of mortality as they have shown to be in other contexts. Design and Methods: Data for this study was drawn from the first wave of the Costa …
Palloni, Alberto, and James A. Yonker Working paper no. 2012-04 Abstract We review a broad set of health-related indicators—mortality, health outcomes, proximate health determinants, and distal health determinants—for the US and a comparison group of peer OECD countries. The principal findings are: (a) the US ranks consistently worse than peer countries on all but a …
Brenner, Philip S., and John D. DeLamater Working paper no. 2013-02 Abstract Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging is a ubiquitous technology available on the vast majority of cellphones in use in 2012. It provides a common technological denominator between mobile devices of nearly every make and model, supplying researchers an avenue to collect data …
Palloni, Alberto, Beatriz Novak, and Guido Pinto Working paper no. 2013-07
Novak, Beatriz, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2013-08
Higgins, Jenny A., Laura Gregor, Sanyukta Mathur, Neema Nakyanjo, Fred Nalugoda, and John S. Santelli Working paper no. 2013-09 Abstract Objectives: We used mixed methods to assess use of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) among 15-24 year-olds in a rural Ugandan setting with considerable HIV prevalence. Methods: We measured withdrawal reporting among 1) sexually active 15-24 year-olds …
Engelman, Michal, Vladimir Canudas-Romo, and Emily M. Agree Working paper no. 2013-10 Abstract This paper asks how the demographic and epidemiologic transitions of the past century and a half have influenced patterns of survival and health in aging populations. We hypothesize that survival improvements at younger ages may yield an older population with a more …
Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 2014-04 Abstract To assess the magnitude of the relationship between obesity and type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) among Mexican elderly population. Material and Methods Data from the 2001, 2003, and 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) was used and estimates were obtained using multivariate logit regression methods for panel data. …
Palloni, Alberto, and James Yonker Working paper no. 2014-07
Muniagurria, Maria and Beatriz Novak Working paper no. 2014-09 Abstract We explore the influence of family structure on the nutritional status of Argentinian children aged 2-5 years with data drawn from the nationally representative National Survey of Health and Nutrition (2004-5). We use logistic regressions to model two outcomes: stunting (low height-for-age) and overweight (excessive weight-for-height). …