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PHI Awards Tier 1 Planning Grant to Lindman, Basu, Hajat, Hill, and Jones-Smith for their Study on Paid Family Leave and Parent Mental Health

CSDE Trainee Tom Lindman (Public Policy & Governance) and CSDE Affiliates Anirban Basu (Pharmacy), Anjum Hajat (Epidemiology), Heather Hill (Public Policy & Governance), and Jessica Jones-Smith (Health Systems & Population Health) were awarded a Tier 1 Population Health Initiative Planning Grant for their study, “Paid Family Leave and Parent Mental Health: Evidence from Administrative Data”. Research indicates that when workers have paid time off to care for themselves and others, they have more stable economic circumstances and improved physical health. However, less is known about the effect of access to paid leave on mental health, particularly among parents using leave after the birth of a child. Using WA PFML administrative data and insurance claims from the Washington All Payer Claims Database (APCD) for years 2020-2023, the authors aim to evaluate the impact of paid family leave on the likelihood of parents receiving care for depression and anxiety.

Spring Schedule for CSDE Workshops and Working Groups

In spring quarter, CSDE will be hosting a workshop series and several working groups. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to register and we welcome registrants from outside the University of Washington for our remote workshops as well.

Please reach out to CSDE’s Training Director, Jessica Godwin (jlg0003@uw.edu), if you have additional workshops you would like to see offered in the future and we will do our best to accommodate those requests. View the schedule as a pdf here.

CSDE Workshops

No remaining workshops this quarter.

CSDE Working Groups

  • Computational Demography Working Group
    • Date: Wednesdays @ 9AM-10AM
    • Location: Raitt 223/Zoom
    • Contact: June Yang (jyang32@uw.edu) and Ihsan Kahveci (ikahveci@uw.edu)
  • Biomarker Working Group
    • Date: 1st Thursdaysof each month (4/4, 5/2, 6/6) @ 12:30PM-1:30PM
    • Location: Raitt 223
    • Contact: Tiffany Pan (tpan@uw.edu)
  • Migration & Settlements Working Group
    • Date: Every other Friday @ 9:00AM starting March 29th
    • Location: Raitt 114/Zoom (meeting link)
    • Contact: Aryaa Rajouria (rajouria@uw.edu)

 

Van Draanen, Williams, Hill, and Rowhani-Rahbar Consider How the Earned Income Tax Credit Affects the Likelihood of Substance Use Disorder and Overdose

CSDE Affiliates Jenna Van Draanen (Child, Family & Population Health Nursing), Emily Williams (Health Systems and Population Health), Heather Hill (Public Policy & Governance), Ali Rowhani-Rahbar (Epidemiology), and colleagues released research in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, titled “No Change in Substance Use Disorders or Overdose After Implementation of State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)“. Inadequate income is associated with higher likelihood of experiencing a substance use disorder (SUD). This study tests whether the earned income tax credit (EITC), which issues supplemental income for workers with children in the U.S., is associated with lower rates of SUD and fatal overdose.

*New* NIH Virtual Workshop: The Future of Scientific Conferencing (6/6, 6/7, 6/11/24)

The NIH will host a virtual workshop on June 6th, 7th, and 11th. This workshop will bring together diverse perspectives from multiple disciplines to explore advantages, barriers, gaps, and opportunities in the future of scientific conferencing for the behavioral and social sciences. The workshop will incorporate innovative evidence-informed approaches to showcase the potential of a virtual platform for learning, networking, and participant engagement. See the full agenda and register here.

Schedule:

Workshop Day 1: Thursday, June 6, 12:00–5:00 p.m. ET
Engagement Day: Friday, June 7, 12:00–3:00 p.m. ET
Workshop Day 2: Tuesday, June 11, 12:00–5:00 p.m. ET

Agenda Now Available: https://www.labroots.com/ms/virtual-event/future-scientific-conferencing/agenda-pdf

The overarching aims are to:

  • Facilitate interdisciplinary communication and networking.
  • Identify crosscutting scientific gaps regarding the role of behavioral and social science factors in scientific convenings.
  • Inform practical strategies for designing effective, engaging, and sustainable scientific conferences and meetings.

Areas of focus include:

  • Technological innovations that enable virtual and hybrid approaches
  • The impact of these approaches on diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) of participants and attendees
  • Environmental sustainability

Engagement day (June 7, 12:00–3:00 p.m. ET) includes several activities designed to promote networking and connection, from live poster presentations and Q&A sessions to 1:1 networking opportunities and multiple small group breakout discussions, led by workshop speakers and NIH staff.

Korinek and Colleagues Examine War-related Life Course Stress and Subjective Aging

CSDE Affiliate Kim Korinek (Sociology, University of Utah) released an article with colleagues in Innovation in Aging, titled “War-related Life Course Stress and Late Life Subjective Age in Northern Vietnam“. The role of early life stressors in subjective aging is weakly understood, especially in low- to middle-income countries. This paper investigated how early life stressors encountered in armed conflict influence subjective age among Vietnamese older adults who experienced war over decades of their early life. Results suggest wartime stressors, especially war’s malevolent environments and severe childhood hunger, experienced in many conflict-affected populations globally, have the potential to subjectively ‘age’ survivors. Yet, not all war exposures are equal, and some may yield psychological and socioeconomic resources that support healthy aging.