High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …

The goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to achieve nearly universal health insurance coverage through a … Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the impacts of the ACA on health care access, risky health behaviors, and … self-assessed health after two years. We estimate difference-in-difference-in-differences models that exploit variation in …

Implementation of evidence-based interventions to control obesity is regarded as a public health priority. In this …

incidence and cost of shocks borne by households, with health and other idiosyncratic shocks dominating in frequency, costliness … safety nets exist but offer little effective protection. Public action is needed to better control public health hazards and …

There is increasing concern about risky behaviors and poor mental health among school-aged youth. A critical factor in … youth well-being is school attendance. This study evaluates how school organization and structure affect health outcomes by … examining the impacts of a popular urban high school reform -- “small schools” -- on youth risky behaviors and mental health …

of these periods differs across countries. We apply data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE … year of birth, controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and health status. We find that economic conditions at birth …

. We use data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) among elderly individuals. This survey is …, socioeconomic and health status. We find that being born during a recession or boom period significantly influences cognitive …