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A new article recently published in the journal Children and Youth Services Review by DUPRI Scholars Christina Gibson-Davis, Lisa Keister, and Lisa Gennetian disparate impact of net worth poverty on Black and White children's academic and behavioral outcomes.

Recent work by DUPRI Scholars within the Biodemography of Aging Unit (BARU)—including Igor Akushevich, Konstantin Arbeev, Eric Stallard, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Anatoliy Yashin, and Arseniy Yashkin—examines the complex interplay between infections, vaccinations, genetics, and cognitive decline, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias, in older adults.

A new study published in the journal Demography by DUPRI Scholar Jen'nan Read and DUPRI graduate student Fatima Fairfax uses data from the National Health Interview Survey (2000–2018) to disaggregate non-Hispanic Whites by nativity status (U.S.- and foreign-born) and foreign-born region of birth (Europe, Former Soviet Union, and the Middle East) to examine diversity in health among adults aged 30+.

Universal home visiting programs struggle with participation among Black families. A new study published in PLOS One by DUPRI's Lisa Gennetian—along with Sanford PhD alums Jane Leer, Imari Smith, and Zoelene Hill—reveals how parenting and parental surveillance negatively affect Black parents’ interest and participation in early childhood home visiting programs, even though in focus groups Black parents describe high interest and value the benefits. Deciding not to participate in home visiting can be viewed as an adaptive response to an adversarial climate toward Black families. Labels cannot solve these systemic issues or historical injustices, but those that cue surveillance versus well-being can affect how people decide to participate in public health interventions.

DUPRI Scholars Christopher Wildeman and Hedy Lee have received funding for an R21 grant funded by NICHD to study "The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life" (grant number 1R21HD118539) The two-year, almost $400,000 grant stems from a 2022 pilot project funded by the Duke Population Research Center titled "Child Maltreatment and CPS Contact."

The latest Research Collaboration Pilot Project grants between Duke University and Duke-NUS Medical School features a collaboration between DUPRI's Hanzhang Xu and Rahul Malhotra or Duke-NUS Medical School. Their project is titled "Perception and lived experience of health effects of climate change among vulnerable older adults residing in Durham and Singapore – informing health communication interventions."

A new paper by a team of Duke authors, including DUPRI Scholar and Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology Charles Nunn, and with support provided by the Duke Center for Population Health and Aging explores "How market integration impacts human disease ecology."

Aging research has often focused on negative things like disability and frailty, says Dr. Heather Whitson, director of the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. Now experts are focused on helping people bounce back after stressors.

A new paper in the American Journal of Epidemiology by DUPRI Scholar and Sanford School of Public Policy Assistant Professor Jonathan Zhang and colleagues examines risk of mortality among patients with high-risk emergency department visits. The paper is titled "High-Risk Emergency Department Visits and Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Suicide, and Fatal Overdose Among US Military Veterans."

Roy Cooper, Thavolia Glymph, Eni Owoeye, Marissa Young and Jasmin Riley continue Cook’s legacy.