Infrastructure for Population Research

描述（由申请人提供）：研究在OPR现在的特点是五个签名主题：（1）健康和福祉，（2）移民和发展，（3）儿童和家庭，（4）教育和分层，和（5）数据/方法。核心基础设施计划的每个要素都将提高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研讨会系列支持智力互动，并将主要通过帮助赠款准备（包括1 RB批准）和管理来支持个人研究助理。计算和统计核心将通过保持计算基础设施的最新水平，通过提供统计和计量经济学咨询，以及通过增加对数据源的访问（即，这两种方式都是为了OPR同事寻求使用其他数据，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）。信息核心将支持个人研究助理，帮助他们识别和检索学术出版物和数据，并将支持整个人口社区，继续建立和维护唐纳德·E·科尔人口研究收藏。斯托克斯图书馆，世界上最大的人口学图书馆。发展基础设施核心有两个组成部分。关于OPR签名主题的跨学科研讨会将促进跨学科研究和促进知识界。专业发展讲习班将使所有OPR研究助理发展和加强研究技能。公共基础设施核心有四个组成部分。人口年度会议计划应用程序将由PAA和lUSSP用于管理其专业会议。研究简报系列将以决策者理解的语言翻译研究结果。紧急避孕网站将提供有关紧急避孕的准确信息，这些信息来自医学文献和紧急避孕药提供者名录。《儿童的未来》杂志将通过向政策制定者、服务提供者和媒体提供基于现有最佳科学研究的及时、客观的信息，促进有效的儿童政策和方案。 相关性：全球人口研究从关注死亡率到关注身心健康的扩展反映在我们的研究组合中。我们的工作涉及生命周期不同阶段健康的社会，经济和环境决定因素。在这个广泛的领域，OPR研究人员一直在研究社会经济因素，心理社会因素，压力和健康之间的生物联系。

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.