CSSS Seminar: Deconvolution in Networks, with Applications to Worker-Firm Data
Call for papers: Managed Retreat in Response to Climate Hazards
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Buchanan and Fohner Use Electronic Health Records to Evaluate Community-Level Health Effects of Community-Based Participatory Research
CSDE Trainee Zeruiah Buchanan (Epidemiology) and CSDE Affiliate Alison Fohner (Epidemiology) released an article with colleagues in Public Health, titled “Electronic health record reveals community-level cardiometabolic health benefits associated with 10 years of community-based participatory research“. While a major goal of community-based participatory research (CBPR) is to improve community health, it is unclear how to measure longstanding success of CBPR. Authors sought to determine the impact of ongoing CBPR on cardiometabolic health in participating communities, including in people not directly participating in research. They used linear mixed-effects modelling with electronic medical records from 2002 to 2012 from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, which provides health care to all Alaska Native people in southwestern Alaska, to compare rates of change in cardiometabolic risk factors between communities that did and did not participate in ongoing CBPR beginning in 2003.
*New* CSDE Welcomes Visiting Scholar Dr. Amy Bailey
CSDE is happy to welcome Amy Bailey who will be at CSDE for the 2024-2025 academic year! Amy has also been a CSDE external affiliate since 2008 when she received her PhD in Sociology at UW. Dr. Bailey’s research focuses on racial inequality – specifically, the contemporary consequences of historical racial violence, the contextual factors associated with increased risk of lethal mob violence, and the characteristics of people who were targeted and killed by lynch mobs. Bailey’s earlier scholarship finds links between the local religious marketplace and the incidence of lynching, and that a higher percentage of potential lynchings were prevented in Southern counties with greater reliance on “New South” economic structures. Her work also demonstrates that Black and multiracial men who were killed by lynch mobs differed in important, status-linked, ways from other Black and multiracial men living in their counties. An additional line of scholarship examines the links between the US military and multiple forms of inequality, including incarceration, the community features associated with high levels of enlistment, and elevated rates of migration among veterans. Dr. Bailey will be sitting in CSDE, participating in CSDE events, and is happy to meet with any member of the CSDE community who also shares her research interests!
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Risto Conte Keivabu on The effect of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment: evidence from text data (5/29/2024)
On May 29th from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM, Dr. Risto Conte Keivabu will join CDWG to present his research. Dr. Risto Conte Keivabu is a postdoc in the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography of Emilio Zagheni at the Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany). His research interests are in climate change, socio-demographic inequalities and demography. More precisely, in his work he tries to understand the population consequences of climate change and environmental exposures. The event will take place in 223 Raitt (the Demography Lab) and on Zoom (register here). Learn more in the full story!
Title: The effect of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment: evidence from text data
Abstract: The increase in extreme temperatures due to climate change is anticipated to affect various aspects of human life. One crucial aspect is cognitive performance and health, which have implications for labor productivity and overall well-being. In this talk, I aim to contribute to the growing literature exploring the relationship between temperature, cognitive abilities, and expressed sentiment. Unlike previous research, I examine the impact of temperature at the individual level using geo-referenced text data combined with detailed meteorological information. Specifically, I present evidence from two studies. First, I present work investigating the influence of temperature on cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment using transcripts of political discourses in eight countries. Also, the study uses available sociodemographic data on politicians in Germany to explore heterogeneous effects of heat and cold based on gender and age. Second, I present work that examines the impact of temperature on expressed sentiment and its variation by migration background using geotagged text data from Twitter. The studies demonstrate that extreme temperatures affect cognitive abilities and expressed sentiment, with heterogeneous impacts across the population. In conclusion, the use of individual-level geo-referenced textual data provides valuable insights into how predicted increases in future temperatures could influence multiple dimensions of human well-being.