CSDE Affiliates Hyun-Jun Kim (Social Work) and Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen (Social Work), along with co-authors Hailey H. Jung and Austin Oswald, published an article in Social Science & Medicine, on “Intersectional Health Disparities Among U.S. Midlife and Older Adults Focusing on Sexual Orientation and Race and Ethnicity: Evidence from a Population-Based Study.” The authors examined health disparities by race, gender, and sexual orientation using the 2013-2023 National Health Interview Survey data and tested for synergistic effects,

CSDE Affiliate Meghan Romanelli (Social Work) and co-authors recently published an article titled, “Intersectional Disparities in Digital Health and Mental Health Service Use Among US Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey” in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian or Pacific Islander participants had lower prevalence of digital mental health use than White peers overall and among sexual minority youth.

When: Friday, November 14 at 12:30 pm

Where: Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom

We are looking forward to hosting CSDE Affiliate José Alavez from the University of Washington on Friday, November 14 in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative.

The death of a loved one is one of the most challenging episodes in a person’s life.

CSDE Affiliate Theresa Rocha Beardall (Sociology) recently published an article on “Indigenous Data Inclusion and the Colonial Politics of Recognition“, in Native American and Indigenous Studies. Rocha Beardall and co-author Meredith Alberta Palmer explore two consequences that arise from data inclusion within the context of Indigenous peoples’ relationship with the U.S. colonial state. First, the authors assert that data demands often lack direct collaboration with Indigenous nations and agencies,

CSDE External Affiliate Taylor Okonek (Macalester College), CSDE Affiliate and Executive Committee Member Jon Wakefield (Statistics and Biostatistics), and co-author Katie Wilson just published an article in Demographic Research, titled “A parametric survival model for child mortality using complex survey data.” Modern demographic methods for estimating a full mortality schedule for children have been developed for countries with good vital registration and reliable census data but perform poorly in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

CSDE Affiliate Adrian Raftery (Statistics) spoke to UW News to share insights from a recent paper, “Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth,” published in Communications Earth & Environment. Raftery and co-authors used data from 2015–2024 to probabilistically assess the changes in climate change prospects associated with emissions since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015.