The Prevent Cancer Foundation has awarded funds (donated by Awesome Games Done Quick) to CSDE Affiliate Michelle Shin (Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing), to develop a care model to increase cervical cancer screening in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). This study aims to better understand the barriers to cervical cancer screening from the perspectives of patients and community leaders through process mapping and key informant interviews to develop a culturally responsive care model to increase screening uptake in underserved communities.
DeWaard, Bajpai, and Co-Authors Estimates Climate-Induced District Out-, District-to-District, and District In-Migration in India
CSDE External Affiliate Jack DeWaard (Saint Martin’s University) and colleagues recently published the paper, “Climate-induced internal migration in India: Looking into the past to understand the present,” in Regional Environmental Change. In addition to the research itself, this paper was lead-authored by Rimjhim Bajpai, an early career researcher who recently started her PhD in Demography at the University of Vienna and works as a Researcher on the project, “Climate change and human [im]mobility: The role of compound and cascading risks (2C-RISK)”, under the direction of Roman Hoffman at IIASA. The paper employs a novel statistical approach to estimate district out-migration, district-to-district migration, and district in-migration around 2021 by leveraging data from the 2001 and 2011 censuses alongside temperature and precipitation extremes derived from historical climate records from 1961 to 2021. Results reveal significant associations between climatic extremes, both positive and negative, and migration flows, underscoring the role of climate stressors in shaping migration decisions.
Sherr, Flaherty and Wagenaar Partner with Mozambican Ministry of Health and Mozambique Health Committee (CSM) to Test Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for Mental Health in Mozambique
CSDE Affiliates Kenneth Sherr (Global Health), Brian P. Flaherty (Psychology), and Bradley Wagenaar (Global Health) published in The Lancet Psychiatry results of a randomized trial that tested the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for Mental Health (SAIA-MH) to improve outpatient care for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in Mozambique in The Lancet Psychiatry. SAIA-MH combines external facilitation, clinical consultation, and provider team meetings with systems-engineering tools in a continuous quality improvement framework. The 3-year study followed patients across 16 government facilities, the majority of whom were diagnosed with epilepsy. Compared to controls, patients at SAIA-MH facilities showed 46 percentage points higher rates of functional improvement, 18 percentage points higher medication adherence, and 18 percentage points higher appointment attendance.
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group: Kentaro Hoffman on Inference on Predicted Data and its Implications for Demography (04/01/26)
CSDE Welcomes Qiuju Guo as a Visiting Scholar!
Qiuju Guo is an Associate Professor in the School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, joining the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) at the University of Washington as a visiting scholar for a one-year stay.
Dedicated to gerontological research, Dr. Guo’s core research interests include family and old-age support, aging health and well-being, and older migrants. She has published a series of peer-reviewed papers in both Chinese and English on sociological issues related to older adults. Currently, she is leading a research project on the impacts of intergenerational transmission and feedback on urban adaptation among rural older migrants, exploring social issues concerning aging migration and intergenerational relations.
During her visit to CSDE, Dr. Guo aims to conduct in-depth academic exchanges and collaborative research in demography and aging studies. Colleagues and students are warmly welcome to visit her at Office 218F for discussions on any topics of mutual interest. For more detailed information about her academic background, please refer to her full curriculum vitae (CV).
Seattle City Light Seeking Research Collaborators to Apply for NSF Funding for Wildland Fire Research and Education (DUE NOW
Seattle City Light is looking to partner with researchers to apply to a funding opportunity, Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) | NSF – U.S. National Science Foundation, by April 7. City Light has electricity generation infrastructure and transmission lines throughout Skagit, Whatcom, and Pend Oreille counties that we’re looking to protect from wildland fires. The NSD call fits within City Light’s planning for hazard work. Please reach out to tarney.sheldon@seattle.gov if interested in collaborating.
Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) Networks (FIRE-NET) projects, Focus Area 3 of the NSF call, will build new collaborative teams to synthesize aspects of wildland fire science and develop strategies for tackling key gaps. These networks will advance wildland fire research, or create new directions in research or education by supporting groups of investigators to communicate and coordinate their research, training, and educational activities across disciplinary, organizational, geographic, and international boundaries. Exchanging knowledge and information across and among different groups is encouraged. Projects will provide opportunities to foster new collaborations, including those with international partners where appropriate, and will address interdisciplinary knowledge and data exchange focused on wildland fire research and education.
Successful FIRE-NET conference proposals are encouraged to include but are not limited to the following types of activities:
- Leveraging existing and developing data resources to support the development of new wildland fire-related research directions and educational activities;
- Employing novel networking strategies and collaborative training technologies to enhance coordination among a variety of fields and knowledge holders;
- Developing community standards for data and meta- data use and management in wildland fire research;
- Developing mechanisms to share information and ideas, such as bringing together disparate data sources including Earth observation data;
- Advancing wildland fire-related science and education through communication, data analysis, ideas sharing, novel collaborations, and workforce development.
Particular areas of interest for FIRE-NETs include developing partnerships among groups that are not currently working together that might include multiple sectors, such as scientists from various disciplines, government representatives, resource managers, operational organizations, and community members. Small to large scale conference proposals that bring together different parts of the community to build a highly-functioning team are encouraged
*New* Ohio Population Consortium Webinar: The Relational Context of Fertility Goals (03/25/26)
Join the Ohio Population Consortium on March 25 at 8 AM PT for a webinar on “The Relational Context of Fertility Goals.” Register for Zoom link. Most children are born into two parent families, and romantic relationships are likely the most proximal determinants of fertility goals. Yet relatively little research is focused on the relationship context of fertility goals. A major issue is that most demographic studies are restricted to measures of relationship status and do not consider more refined measures of the relationship quality and dynamics. Further, many studies highlighting relationship indicators are based solely on heterosexual couples. Speakers in this webinar will reflect on what we know about how relationship qualities and partners form fertility goals. They will also discuss how demographic research can be expanded to consider how intimate relationships are related to fertility goals. For more information, see the Ohio Population Consortium website.
Presenters
Nicole Hiekel, Research Group Leader, “Gender Inequalities and Fertility,” Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Alina Pelikh, Senior Research Fellow in Demography and Deputy Research Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College, London, England
Wendy Manning, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
*New* Center for Migration Studies Webinar: New Study Reveals Significant Damage to the US Economy from End of Birthright Citizenship (03/25/26)
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider the future of birthright citizenship – a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution – new research is shedding light on what is at stake should the Administration succeed in eliminating this long-established protection.
The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) invites you to join us for a webinar on Wednesday, March 25 from 10 – 11 AM PT / 1 – 2 PM ET exploring new findings from the forthcoming study “Multi-Trillion Dollar and Multi-Million Worker Contributions: An Economic Accounting of Birthright Citizenship.” The study will be available on the CMS website two days prior to the webinar.
During this timely discussion, the study’s authors, legal experts, and economists will examine the economic contributions of birthright citizenship beneficiaries and discuss the legal questions now before the Supreme Court.
*New* Curran with the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee Host Public Meeting on Recommendations (03/26/26)
On March 26, the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC) will host its spring meeting online and open to the public. The committee will be presenting its recommendations on the Census Bureau’s new methodologies for the generation of vintage population estimates, administrative records coverage by race/ethnicity, and the race/ethnicity coding improvement project. The meeting will be held from 11 AM – 2 PM and more information is available here. CSDE Director Sara Curran and Dr. Ron Prevost co-chaired and will facilitate the session on new methodologies for vintage population estimates.