Infrastructure for Population Research

描述（由申请人提供）：OPR的研究现在以五个标志性主题为特征：(1)健康和福祉，(2)移民和发展，(3)儿童和家庭，(4)教育和分层，(5)数据/方法。核心基础设施计划的每个要素都将推进OPR研究活动的质量、生产力和创新。研究核心有三个组成部分。行政核心将通过Notestein系列研讨会支持智力互动，并将主要通过帮助拨款准备（包括1RB批准）和管理来支持个人研究人员。计算和统计核心将通过保持计算基础设施的最新水平、提供统计和计量咨询以及增加对数据源的访问（即，为寻求使用其他数据的OPR同事提供支持，并通过具有允许其他人使用OPR同事收集的数据的临时存档功能）来支持个人研究人员。信息核心将通过帮助个人研究人员识别和检索学术出版物和数据来支持他们，并将通过继续建立和维护唐纳德·e·斯托克斯图书馆（世界上最大的人口图书馆）的安斯利·j·科尔人口研究收藏来支持整个人口社区。发展基础设施核心有两个组成部分。关于OPR签名主题的跨学科讲习班将促进跨学科研究并培育知识社区。专业发展讲习班将使所有业务办公室研究助理能够发展和加强研究技能。公共基础设施核心有四个组成部分。人口年会计划应用程序将被PAA和lUSSP用来管理他们的专业会议。研究简报系列将以政策制定者理解的语言翻译研究成果。紧急避孕网站将提供准确的紧急避孕信息，这些信息来源于医学文献和紧急避孕药具提供者目录。《儿童的未来》杂志将通过向决策者、服务提供者和媒体提供基于最佳科学研究的及时、客观的信息，促进有效的儿童政策和项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research at OPR is now characterized by five signature themes: (1) health and wellbeing, (2) migration and development, (3) children and families, (4) education and stratification, and (5) data/methods. Each element of the core infrastructure program will advance the quality, productivity, and innovation of OPR's research activities. The Research Core has three components. The Administrative Core will support intellectual interaction through the Notestein Seminar Series and will support individual research associates primarily by helping with grant preparation (including 1RB approval) and management. The Computing and Statistics Core will support individual research associates by keeping the computing infrastructure state-of-the-art, by providing statistical and econometric consulting, and by increasing access to data sources (i.e., both for OPR associates seeking to use other data and by having the temporary archive function that permits others to use data collected by OPR associates). The Information Core will support individual research associates by helping them identify and retrieve scholarly publications and data and will support the entire population community by continuing to build and maintain the Ansley J. Coale Population Research Collection in the Donald E. Stokes Library, the largest demography library in the world. The Developmental Infrastructure Core has two components. Interdisciplinary workshops on OPR signature themes will promote interdisciplinary research and foster intellectual community. Professional development workshops will allow all OPR research associates to develop and strengthen research skills. The Public Infrastructure Core has four components. The Population Annual Meeting Program Application will be used by the PAA and lUSSP to manage their professional meetings. The Research Brief Series will translate research findings in language understood by policymakers. The Emergency Contraception Website will provide accurate information about emergency contraception derived from the medical literature and a directory of providers of emergency contraceptives. The journal Future of Children will promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available scientific research. RELEVANCE: Expansion of demographic research worldwide from a focus on mortality to concerns about physical & mental health is reflected in our research portfolio. Our work relates to social, economic, & environmental determinants of health at different stages of the life cycle. Within this broad field, OPR researchers have been examining biological linkages among socioeconomic factors, psychosocial factors, stress & health.