alisongemmill.bsky.social
Demographer/Epidemiologist. Asst Professor @JohnsHopkinsSPH. Associate Director @HopkinsPopCntr. Repro/perinatal/population health, fertility, life course, health equity.
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Thanks, Greer. We wrote about this in our op-ed that was published last year. Sad that we have to keep reminding people about the traumatic experiences of those affected. www.scientificamerican.com/article/anti...
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There is seasonality in outcomes like preterm birth and low birthweight. Lots of potential reasons studied in the literature-- seasonal infections, temperature, vitamin d, etc. Also some studies have shown socioeconomic variation in who gets pregnant throughout year.
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These are based on real data. Births and infant deaths are highly seasonal.
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I understand the critique, but we use the term because that's the standard demographic definition.
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No-- We estimate 22,180 more live births and 478 more infant deaths than expected in the 14 states through December 2023. Does that help?
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• increase prospects for government stability that accompany shifts in age structure.
I am APPALLED by Natsios' lack of recognition of the life-saving benefits of contraceptive programming. Perhaps he should read this 2012 @thelancet.bsky.social analysis: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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In case folks are looking for a place to archive the data: www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
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Indeed. Did not expect to put this on my to-do list!
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I’m very tangentially involved in our (BU and Harvard) efforts to archive data and am happy to connect you w/ the core team of folks working on this. Just let me know. A lot of what they’re archiving is / will be preserved on dataverse.harvard.edu
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This is great! Thank you. Will share with my networks. I know many in the demography space that are also scraping info, so hoping we can all support each other if needed.
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Thank you. We have a fair amount of restricted files with our NCHS DUA, but double-checking to make sure we have everything!
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Making sure I have birth/fetal death/infant death and mortality files too.
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I did see that effort. Very much appreciate them coordinating! I am downloading files/documentation I know I will use in next year and am happy to share with others.
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Just got e-mail. The NIA study section I am on Jan 31st "will not meet as planned". Quoting SRO: "At the present time, all Federal advisory committee meetings are cancelled... We will be back in touch with you when we have further information."
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Yep! All of the above. He’s one of the best demographic methodologists, so recommend looking at his papers.
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@drdemography.bsky.social has some great papers on the demographic consequences.
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I was looking at content of the slides but got distracted by how beautiful that room is! Hope you have a great conference.
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Major oversight. 🤣
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A man of many talents! Nice work.
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Mostly #work-family sociologists so far. Reach out for an add!
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