The intersection of child poverty with race, immigrant status and environmental threats
A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual…
IMMIGRANTS & MIGRATION
Science and need — not wealth or nationality — should guide vaccine allocation and prioritization
April 19, 2021 — Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine access for refugee and displaced populations, and addressing…
Teachers can use popular media to address anti-Asian bias, KU research shows
Critical race media literacy effective approach, schools should use to address difficult topics, scholars argue
Jordan’s worsening water crisis a warning for the world
Stanford study reveals a deepening water crisis in Jordan – and a way forward
Low parental socioeconomic status during pregnancy alters early fetal brain development
Maternal socioeconomic status impacts babies even before birth, emphasizing the need for policy interventions to…
Climate change significantly increases population displacement risk
Every year, millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes due to…
Ancient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians
Because of their interactions and conflicts with the major contemporaneous civilizations of Eurasia, the Scythians…
Women in cities less likely to have children
A new study in Behavioral Ecology , published by Oxford University Press, finds that women…
New study from Finland: Undocumented women receive inadequate pregnancy care
Undocumented women in Finland access pregnancy care later than others. Yet, screening of infectious diseases…
More than one in 10 patients with lung cancer do not know what type they have
– The increasing complexity of treatments for lung cancer and language differences can make it…
Young adults in a 20-year-long study shed light on what matters for mental health of ethnic diverse youth
Study sets the stage to learn about development of psychopathology and resilience among ethnically diverse children growing up in low resource contexts
Economist Christian Dustmann receives the Carl-Friedrich-von-Weizsäcker-Prize 2020
Leopoldina and Stifterverband honor Dustmann for his research in the field of migration and the labor market
Chinese immigrants face “alarming” barriers to cancer screening, UCF study finds
Language difficulties and cultural barriers keep an “alarming” number of Chinese Americans from asking for…
Health care use among undocumented patients
What The Study Did: Researchers examined the association of increased anti-immigrant rhetoric during the 2016…
Researchers successfully determine annual changes in genetic ancestry within Finland
Commercially available gene tests that shed light on individual’s origins are popular. They provide an…
Childhood exposure to diversity is best chance for community cohesion in immigration
New research from the University of Kent reveals social cohesion with immigration is best ensured…
University of Guam research conference to feature traditional Pacific solutions to modern issues
The public will have an opportunity to hear about research and experiences unique to Oceania…
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain diversity unlike in the U.S.
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods in England retain their diversity and are much more stable than such neighborhoods…
How women, migrants and workers are represented in the German Bundestag
Members of the German Bundestag who belong to underrepresented groups are more active in the…
The Lancet: USA failing to reach populations most in need of HIV prevention and treatment services as epidemic grows in the South and rural areas
People who are racial, sexual, and gender minorities continue to be affected by HIV at significantly higher rates than white people, a disparity also reflected in the COVID-19 pandemic
Transit-oriented development causing displacement: study
Transit-oriented development–which concentrates high-density housing, commercial activities and public spaces around a rapid transit station–can…
Latinx youth’s helping behavior tied to cultural processes as well as parenting practices
Although interest in studying prosocial behaviors among U.S. Latinx individuals has increased recently, there is…
Grasshoppers and roadblocks: Coping with COVID-19 in rural Mexico
Indigenous people fight pandemic with little government support
SARS-CoV-2 infection among migrant workers in Singapore
What The Study Did: Researchers examined how common SARS- CoV-2 infection was among migrant workers in…
FGM safeguarding policies are alienating UK’s African diaspora communities
AHEAD of tomorrow’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, by the United…
Experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) linked to nutritional health
Racialized immigrants, women and those living in poverty and chronic pain also had a higher prevalence of the disorder
Heightened immigration enforcement has troubling impact on US citizen children
DURHAM, N.C. — Harsher immigration law enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leads to…
Research to assess impact of Arab American family migration stress on infant well-being
Wayne State University College of Nursing to lead efforts to address disparity on family and child health research in Arab American families
Understanding skilled labour migration in East Asia
Research project on East Asia led by Goethe University receives 2 million euros in funding
Apps help integration and health of migrants
New study finds apps aided by artificial intelligence also improve mental health
How clicks on a job platform can reveal bias
Education, professional skills and experience are the essential criteria for filling a position – or…
Black and Hispanic Californians face health discrimination; less trusting of clinicians
Black and Hispanic Californians face health care discrimination at higher rates and are less trusting of health care providers
Human migration patterns connected to vitamin D deficiencies today
A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers finds that migration flows the last 500…
Non-immigrant kids respond differently when immigrant children are bullied
A recent study finds that, while youth think all bullying is bad, non-immigrant adolescents object…
Pandemic has revealed our dependence on migrant workers
Migrant workers and seasonal workers are marginalized, invisible and exploited.
Alzheimer Europe launches new guide and policy briefing on intercultural care and support
Luxembourg, 17 December 2020 – Alzheimer Europe today launched two new publications: “Intercultural dementia care…
How the spread of the internet is changing migration
Team of international researchers trace digital steps along the migration path
Structural racism severely impacts the health of foreign-born Blacks and Latinx
New study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine highlights the magnitude of the disparities in health of racial/ethnic minorities and immigrants in the United States, notably foreign-born Blacks and Latinx, which accumulates throughout life
Authors from Oceania depict climate change struggles in University of Guam journal
Live virtual journal launch to take place on Dec. 17, 2020
Assessing the impacts of global climate change on population trends
The European Research Council (ERC) will fund groundbreaking research led by IIASA World Population Program…
ERC consolidator grant for Christina Felfe
Saturday on the playground. “Look, there are some kids playing. Shall we go there?” The…
Archaeology: Palaeolithic sea voyage to Japanese islands beyond the horizon
Modern humans may have deliberately crossed the sea to migrate to the Ryukyu Islands of…
Xenophobic and racist policies in the US may have harmful effect on birth outcomes
The first U.S. Executive Order of the 2017 travel ban targeting individuals from Muslim majority countries may be associated with preterm births for women from those countries residing in the U.S., according to a new study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Newest phase of massive slavery database welcomes public contribution
Michigan State University’s searchable database containing millions of records cataloging the lives of enslaved Africans…
Differences in well-being amongst Somali, Latino and Hmong adolescents
University of Minnesota researchers examined the relationship between acculturation and substance use, socioemotional well-being and academic achievement
Xenophobia in Germany is declining, but old resentments are paired with new radicalism
Leipzig Authoritarianism Study 2020 published
Crossing international borders can be deadly for forced migrants
Study finds patterns across space and time in force migrant deaths
Altai Pastoralism Project funded by National Geographic Society and Wenner-Gren Foundation
The Rise of Altai Mountain Pastoralism Project (RAMPP) will investigate the enigmatic Afanasievo culture in the Altai region and the spread of dairying and herding practices
Tokyo’s voluntary standstill may have stopped COVID-19 in its tracks
Tokyo – Why did Japan largely contain COVID-19 despite famously jam-packed Tokyo and despite the…
Population dynamics and the rise of empires in Inner Asia
Genome-wide analysis spanning 6,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppe gives insights to the formation of Mongolia’s empires