CSDE Affiliates Ann Bostrom and Nicole Errett received a Population Health Initiative Tier-1 pilot grant for the project, “Unique risks of growing hazards: The influence of culture and marginalization on extreme heat health risks in Washington State.” With Co-PIs Cassandra Jean from the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences’, Dan Abramson from the Department of Urban Design and Planning, and Jamie Donatuto from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, the project will investigate the unique exposure pathways and health impacts of extreme heat among different cultural groups, specifically Black, Latinx and tribal communities in Washington State.

CSDE Affiliate Anjum Hajat and colleagues recently guest edited a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental and Public Health titled, “Work, Health and Equity”. This special issue features 11 original research articles from a variety of disciplines where the authors over new insights on the role of work in creating health equity. Included in the special issue is a paper by CSDE Affiliates Peckham, Seixas, de Castro, and Hajat entitled “Do Different Patterns of Employment Quality Contribute to Gender Health Inequities in the U.S.? A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis.”  The papers in this collection are outstanding and this special issue is a can’t miss for any discipline interested in labor outcomes and health!

CSDE Affiliate Katarina Guttmannova and co-authors recently published an article in Substance Use and Misuse entitled “Substance-specific risk factors amoung young adults: Potentioal prevention targets across cannabis-permissive environments“. The study utilizes data from the Community Youth Development Study (CYDS) collected in 2016 to examine levels of substance-specific risk factors such as perception of harm from substance use among young adults in a range of cannabis-permissive environments. The main objective was to inform future preventive interventions aimed at reducing cannabis use in the context of increasingly permissive environments.

CSDE External Affiliate Janelle Taylor recently published paper “Complexity and Challenges of the Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Long COVID“ in JAMA utilizes qualitative analysis on a sample of 200 participants who previously reported a positive test result for COVID. The authors describe dominant themes pertaining to the clinical diagnosis and management of long COVID such as clinical uncertainty. This work will help continue informing the conversation surrounding long COVID diagnoses.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be hosting its Social Sciences Research (BSSR) Festival on December 8th/9th! The festival will showcase exciting research results, emerging research areas, and innovations in health related to BSSR. To register to attend and view the festival agenda click here. The sessions are going to include Social connection, Mental and Emotional health, Social Determinants of Health, and Measurement in BSSR with a wide range of presenters.

Please join us for our CSDE seminar this week to hear about applied demography from the perspective of Washington state government researchers.

This week’s seminar features two external affiliates Dr. Taylor Danielson and Dr. Deleena Patton who practice applied demography via their work in the Research and Data Analysis (RDA) division at the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS).  RDA provides data, analytics, and decision support tools to DSHS in order to improve the delivery of services that meet DSHS’s mission of transforming lives.

This panel will be moderated by CSDE Affiliate Jennifer Romich from the School of Social Work and Faculty Director of the West Coast Poverty Center here at UW. She has worked with DSHS-RDA to assemble and use administrative data from Washington State. This is sure to be a can’t miss opportunity!

Next week, mark your calendars for our Applied Demographers Panel on November 18.  Dr. Taylor Danielson and Dr. Deleena Patton will be speaking on the vital role of demographic data and analyses in their work at Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services. Professor Jennie Romich will be moderating the discussion and this is an opportunity to understand better the challenges and opportunities for demographers and demographic data to contribute towards improving policy and population health and well being for Washington residents.

CSDE Affiliate Rawan Arar and David Fitzgerald’s new book is out!  The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach (published by Taylor and Francis) is a sweeping empirical and theoretical tour de force – drawing connections between systems-thinking in migration and demography, along with sociological perspectives on institutions. This is a project that’s been needed for at least a decade and Arar and Fitzgerald took up the challenge to great effect and impact.  We look forward to welcoming the authors to the CSDE stage with an ‘authors meet critic’ opportunity!  Stay tuned!  Meanwhile, congratulations Rawan and David and thank you for taking on this much needed knowledge building project!