(2011) Around the globe, family planning has been integrated with maternal and child health services for some years, even decades. In countries where integration is a key element of the health system, birth rates have fallen as more women have been able to avoid unintended pregnancies.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
To better design and target anti-smoking efforts, researchers are examining stress, genes linked to nicotine addiction, and neighborhood/family characteristics to identify who smokes today and why.
(2011) In the next two decades, the number of Americans age 55 orolder will swell from 76 million to 110 million as the large baby-boom generation continues to age.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia is one of the nation’s most expensive old-age health conditions and the most time consuming for family caregivers.
(2002) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), reproductive health care is among the crucial elements that give refugees the basic human welfare and dignity that is their right.1
(2003) Reaching age 100 has long fascinated society. The century mark holds an almost mystical importance as a seal of hardiness and good health — the sign of a life well-lived.
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
This publication extends two prior reviews—So What? (2004) and New Evidence (2009)—of evidence for gender-integrated interventions.
