Hans-Peter Kohler - University of Pennsylvania
Health and Aging in Malawi: Evidence from the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health
Date: 11/29/2012 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Social Sciences 111
Organizer: Matt Bradshaw
Meeting Schedule: Login or email the organizer to schedule a meeting.
All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
*** - All Meetings (unless otherwise noted) will be in 232 Soc-Sci - ***
10:00am - OPEN
10:30am - OPEN
11:00am - Seth Sanders
11:30am - Amar Hamoudi
12:00pm - Lunch (Faculty Commons) Poh Lin Tan, Mike Dalton, Ryan Brown
1:00pm - DuPRI students Maria Laurito, Greg Callanan, Melanie Sereny
1:45pm - Elizabeth Frankenberg
2:15pm - Duncan Thomas
2:45pm - Giovanna Merli
3:15pm - Seminar prep
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation, 3:30pm to 5:00pm (111 Social-Sciences)
Additional Comments: ABSTRACT: The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) is a collaboration of the University of Pennsylvania with the College of Medicine and Chancellor College at the University of Malawi. The MLSFH continues earlier research under the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP). The goal of the MLSFH is to (1) collect longitudinal data in rural Malawi that provide a rare record of more than a decade of demographic, socioeconomic and health conditions in one of the world’s poorer countries, and (2) analyze these data to investigate: the multiple influences that contribute to HIV risks in sexual partnerships; the variety of ways in which people manage risk within and outside of marriage and other sexual relationships; the possible effects of HIV prevention policies and programs; and the mechanisms through which poor rural individuals, families, households, and communities cope with the impacts of high AIDS-related morbidity and mortality.