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Religious Leaders Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda
News, Research Briefs
July 25, 2022
Religious Leaders Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda
Intimate partner violence — or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship — is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian country in East Africa, 56% of women who’ve been married report being sexually violated by a current partner, according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Strong patriarchal beliefs often…
Religious Leaders Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda
Sanyu A. Mojola
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July 12, 2022
Mojola Wins Best Publication Award From American Sociological Association
Sanyu A. Mojola received the 2022 Outstanding Publication Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Aging & the Life Course. She and her co-authors won for their paper, “‘A Nowadays Disease’: HIV/AIDS and Social Change in a Rural South African Community,” published in November 2021 by the American…
Sanyu A. Mojola
Life Expectancy Drops from 81 to 79 Years in California During COVID-19
News, Research Briefs
July 07, 2022
Life Expectancy Drops from 81 to 79 Years in California During COVID-19
The state of California enforced some of the most rigid COVID-19 restrictions, yet also experienced a significant drop in life expectancy during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new study co-authored by Princeton University, Northwestern University, and other institutions. The research team — led by…
Life Expectancy Drops from 81 to 79 Years in California During COVID-19
Andreas Wiedemann's new book "Indebted Societies"
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July 06, 2022
“Indebted Societies” Wins Two Awards From American Political Science Association
A book by Andreas Wiedemann, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, received two awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The book received the 2022 William Riker Award for the best book in political economy published within the last three years, as well as the 2022 Best Book on Class…
Andreas Wiedemann's new book "Indebted Societies"
RWJF
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July 01, 2022
State Health and Value Strategies Program Awarded $10.6 Million Grant
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a $10.6 million grant to State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS), a program based at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). The award reflects two years of continued funding. Led by Heather Howard, professor of the…
RWJF
Keith Wailoo
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May 02, 2022
Wailoo Named Co-Chair of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Ad Hoc Committee on Equity and Innovation
While new health and medicine technologies from gene editing to artificial intelligence promise to be immeasurably beneficial, they also come with profound ethical and societal implications. How can societies create dynamic governance structures to ensure that innovations are developed both ethically and equitably? A new ad…
Keith Wailoo
Fixing Social Security
Podcasts
April 18, 2022
Fixing Social Security (R. Douglas Arnold)
Social Security remains beloved and holds bipartisan support among American citizens. Yet the program faces an insolvency crisis. It pays out more in benefits than it collects in taxes and is therefore devouring its trust fund. By 2034, when the fund is projected to run dry, it’s estimated that 81 million Americans will face…
Fixing Social Security
Janet and Biden
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February 14, 2022
Currie Briefs White House on Lead Remediation
Janet Currie briefed President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and members of the President's economic team at a Feb. 8 meeting focused on the economics of infrastructure investments. Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, focused her remarks on the effects of lead exposure on outcomes for…
Janet and Biden
Postpartum
Research Briefs
December 14, 2021
Antidepressant Treatment for Postpartum Depression May Be Overprescribed
In countries like the U.S. and the Netherlands, antidepressants are a commonly prescribed treatment for postpartum depression. But a new study by Princeton University scholars suggests that prescribing rates in some areas of the Netherlands are too high. This usage is connected to several negative outcomes: mothers are less…
Postpartum
COVID
Research Briefs
December 02, 2021
Native American Deaths from COVID-19 Highest Among Racial Groups
Native Americans experience substantially greater rates of COVID-19 mortality compared with other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study led by Princeton University researchers. Those living on reservations seem especially vulnerable to the virus, due to high rates of poverty, crowded living conditions and limited…
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