The Politics of Personal Data Sociologist Martin Eiermann tracks the intersections of AI and privacy.

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"The Politics of Personal Data: Sociologist Martin Eiermann tracks the intersections of AI and privacy."
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Neighborhood Disadvantage, Functional Difficulty, and Cognitive Decline among Older Mexican Americans - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Background Cognitive decline is a disproportionately prevalent condition among older Mexican Americans, highlighting the need to understand the biopsychosocial factors contributing to cognitive health in this population. The study aims to investigate the longitudinal association between functional difficulty and cognitive decline and to determine the moderating effect of neighborhood disadvantage among older Mexican Americans. Methods We used four waves of data from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (2004–2005 to 2012–2013) linked to the 2010 National Neighborhood Data Archive. We selected older Mexican Americans who scored ≥ 21 on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at baseline (n = 1,189). Cognitive function was measured by the MMSE. Neighborhood disadvantage was assessed based on five census-tract indicators. Functional difficulty was indicated by limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL). Multilevel mixed-effects regression models were performed to estimate cognitive change over time. Results There was an average decline of 0.70 in the MMSE score as a function of ADL (p < 0.001), but no significant changes were observed for IADL. Significant interactions were observed between study wave and ADL/IADL (both p < 0.001) in predicting MMSE score. Participants with ADL/IADL difficulty experienced faster cognitive decline. Neighborhood disadvantage was associated with cognitive declines among participants with IADL difficulty, but not among those without. Conclusion Neighborhood disadvantage may represent a socioeconomic stressor that can negatively impact cognitive health among older Mexican Americans with functional difficulty. Culturally responsive neighborhood-level efforts may contribute to reducing the risk of cognitive decline among older Mexican Americans.

🔎New #publication from CDHA and @cdeuw.bsky.social affiliate Weidi Qin in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health
“Neighborhood Disadvantage, Functional Difficulty, and Cognitive Decline among Older Mexican Americans”
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Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes - npj Women's Health npj Women's Health - Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes

📝New #publication in npj Womens Health from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jenna Nobles
“Mobile device data for the study of miscarriage and its causes”
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Effect of pharmacological treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder on contacts with child welfare services - PubMed ISRCTN11891971.

🗞️New #publication from CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Felix Elwert in Br J Psychiatry
“Effect of pharmacological treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder on contacts with child welfare services”

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Universal Pre-Kindergarten for Child Maltreatment Prevention This cross-sectional study assesses the association between implementation of a full-time universal preschool program in New York City, New York, and the number of child protective services investigat...

🎒New #publication from CDE affiliates Jessica Pac and Lawrence Berger in @jamapediatrics.com
“Universal Pre-Kindergarten for Child Maltreatment Prevention”
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Cumulative Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Social Isolation: The Roles of Family Support and Strain Childhood trauma can have lasting effects on various aspects of adult life, one of which is the potential impairment in the ability to form healthy, stable relationships. Despite this, little research has explored the long-term effects of such ...

👪New #publication in Innovation in Aging from CDE affiliates Stephanie Robert & Weidi Qin and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jooyoung Kong

“Cumulative Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Social Isolation: The Roles of Family Support and Strain”

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Father involvement in pregnancy and attachment to their baby: Depression and partner relationships in a sample of Black fathers Black fathers, particularly those who are low‐income, unmarried, and from minoritized communities, face significant barriers to full participation in their children's lives. Prenatal challenges include scheduling conflicts, living arrangements, and ...

🍼New #publication from CDE affiliate Tova Walsh & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Alvin Thomas in Infant Ment Health J.

“Father involvement in pregnancy and attachment to their baby: Depression and partner relationships in a sample of Black fathers”

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Organizational and Non-Organizational Religious Participation and Trajectories of Cognitive Function among Older African Americans AbstractObjectives. The aims of this study were to determine 1) whether organizational and non-organizational religious participation are associated with c

⛪New #publication in Journals of Gerontology from CDHA and @cdeuw.bsky.social affiliate Weidi Qin
“Organizational and Non-Organizational Religious Participation and Trajectories of Cognitive Function among Older African Americans”

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Co-Designing Effective Pediatric Vaccine Promotion Strategies: Insights From Rural Wisconsin Parents - Susan Racine Passmore, Morgan N. Medina, Lynne Margalit Cotter, Emma E. Henning, Mahima Bhattar, ... Rural distrust in science, intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to concern about the ongoing uptake of pediatric vaccination. It is also unclear ho...

🐄New #publication in Health Promotion Practice from CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Malia Jones

“Co-Designing Effective Pediatric Vaccine Promotion Strategies: Insights From Rural Wisconsin Parents”

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New #publication from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Lauren Bishop in Autism

“Mental health outcomes associated with applied behavior analysis in a US national sample of privately insured autistic youth”

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🌪️New #publication from CDE and @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate @nickdemark.bsky.social in @dukepress.bsky.social

“Severe Tornadoes and Infant Birth Weight in the United States”

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Today's DemSem is CANCELLED due to building heating problems. The student meeting is also cancelled. We will reschedule the talk for next semester.

New #publication from CDE affiliate Michael Light in @sociusjournal.bsky.social

“The Outsized Impact of Behavioral Causes of Death on Longevity in the United States: Comparing Total and per Death years of Life Lost”

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Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.

New #publication from CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Eric Grodsky & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Soobin Kim in Science Advances
“Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course”

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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change | The Invading Sea There is growing evidence of the connections between climate change and harm to people’s health.

🌦️Read what CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Jonathon Patz and colleagues have to say in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social
“Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change”

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New #publication in Journal of Population Economics from CDE affiliate Jason Fletcher

“The effects of parental education on male mortality: evidence from the first wave of compulsory schooling laws”
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AI is changing sports statistics as we know it, but humans still call the plays Even as AI changes the way people look at sports statistics, University of Wisconsin Professor Sameer Deshpande says human analysis hasn’t lost its relevance.

🏁CDE & @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Sameer Deshpande quoted in the @dailycardinal.bsky.social

“AI is changing sports statistics as we know it but humans still call the plays”
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New #publication from CDE affiliate Maureen Durkin in Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology

“Implementing A Practical Home-Based Oral Immunotherapy Protocol For Infants and Toddlers Using Nut Puffs”
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Proximity of Maternal Time of Immigration to Child's Birth Is Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder With Early Learning Delay Among Immigrant Populations in the United States: Findings From the Study to Explore Early Development - PubMed Our objective was to examine the relationship between the timing of parental US immigration and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without early learning delay (ELD), ASD with ELD, and ELD alone among US-born children. We analyzed data from a multi-site case-control study that recruited children aged 2- …

🚸New #publication from CDE affiliate Maureen Durkin in Autism Research examines the relationship between the timing of parental US immigration and autism spectrum disorder

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FMR1 Premutation Carrier Mothers’ Daily Negative Affect and Cortisol: Probing the Impacts of Stress Exposure, Coping Style, and CGG Repeats Abstract. This study utilized a daily diary methodology to investigate negative affect and cortisol secretion of mothers of adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (n = 104). We investigated wh...

♀️New #publication from @cdhauw.bsky.social affiliate Marsha Mailick in American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

“FMR1 Premutation Carrier Mother's Daily Negative Affect & Cortisol: Probing the Impacts of Stress Exposure, Coping Style, & CGG Repeats”
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🌹New #publication in Family Transitions from CDE affiliate Lawrence Berger
“Long-Term Stability and Change in Children's Legal and De Facto Post-Divorce Living Arrangements in Wisconsin”
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Addressing Alzheimer's: Speech And Smell Tests May Help To Detect Cognitive Decline - Health Policy Watch DAC supports an innovation ecosystem to accelerate healthcare solutions to end Alzheimer's disease globally, and DAC-supported projects in Kenya, India, Egypt

💬 @cdeuw.bsky.social and CDHA affiliate Amy Kind quoted in @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social “Addressing Alzheimer’s: Speech and Smell Tests May Help to Detect Cognitive Decline”

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